226 POPPY. 



gleet, and other urinary complaints. The powdered 

 bark is generally given in combination with other 

 remedies. 



Preparations Fluid extract : Dose, i drachm. 

 Populin: Dose, 1-4 grains. 



Distinctive character The bark occurs in curved 

 or flattened pieces about i inch or more in width and 

 about inch in thickness, with the greyish epidermis 

 removed, leaving a dull brown surface, or where it has 

 been cut more deeply, alternate layers of buff and white 

 tissue. The inner surface is smooth and brownish 

 white. The transverse fracture is whitish and granular, 

 with two or three layers of pale brownish stone cells, 

 the inner portion showing fibrous laminae. Taste, 

 bitter. Odour, none. The Populus alba is used in 

 Italy. 



POPPY. Papaver somniferum, Linn. 



N.O. Papavcmcece. 

 Syn. Mawseed. 



Parts used Capsules, flowers. 



Action Anodyne, narcotic. The crushed capsules 

 are used generally as a poultice in combination with 

 Chamomile Flowers. Syrups are prepared from the 

 flowers or capsules, which are prescribed as ingredients 

 in cough medicines. Opium is extracted from Poppies 

 grown in the East, but those of European growth yield 

 but little of the drug. 



Preparations Syrup of Poppy B.P., 1885. Syrup 

 Papav. alb. (capsules) : Dose, 1-2 drachms. 



Distinctive character The capsules of the opium 

 poppy are usually hemispherical, but depressed at the 

 top, where the many-rayed stigma occupies the centre, 

 and have a swollen ring below, where it joins the stalk. 

 The small kidney-shaped seeds are attached to lateral 



