1. AHIPHENA

1. AHIPHENA

BOTANICAL NAME - Papaver somniferum

FAMILY- Papaveracea

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

ENGLISH - OPIUM, POPPY

HINDI- कसकस , अफिम

MALAYALAM- ആവിന്‍, കറുപ്പ്, കസകസ

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

अहिफेन , कासतिला, शुभ्रपुष्प, अफेन

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

RASA- KASHAYA , TIKTA
GUNA- SOOKSHMA, ROOKSHA, VYAVAYI
VIRYA- USNA
VIPAKA- KATU
PRABHAVA- MADAKARI


DISTRIBUTION

CULTIVATED IN
A. INDIA- RAJASTHAN, UTTAR PRADESH , MADHYA PRADESH STATES
B. AFGHANISTAN
C. SOME PARTS OF EUROPE

PLANT DESCRIPTION

ERECT
ANNUAL HERB

HEIGHT- GROWS UPTO 60 CM IN HEIGHT

LEAVES-
             - SOLITARY
             - ALTERNATE, LOBED OR TOOTHED IRREGULARLY

FLOWERS
              - LARGE
              - BRIGHT RED OR WHITE

FRUITS
              - LARGE
              - GLOBULAR CAPSULES

SEEDS
               - WHITE OR DARK BROWN

USEFUL PART

1. SEEDS
2. FRUITS
3. FRUIT EXTRACTS
4. PETALS

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

- PACIFIES VITIATED VATA, PITTA

- GOOD IN COLIC,
                    -DIARRHEA,
                    -MUSCLE SPASM,
                    -INSOMNIA,
                    -INSANITY,
                    -PREMATURE EJACULATION


IN EXCESS DOSE

- ACTS AS A NARCOTIC