PRICKLY PEAR PRICKLY POPPY

PRICKLY PEAR (Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.) ++

Synonyms :
Cactus ficus-indica L., Opuntia ficus-indica var. gymnocarpa (F.A.C. Weber). Speg.

Activities (Prickly Pear) :
Analgesic (f; DAV); Astringent (f; EFS); Diuretic (f; WOI); Emollient (f; WOI); Sedative (f; DAV).

Indications (Prickly Pear) :
Acne (f; JFM); Alopecia (f; AAB); Arthrosis (f; AAB); Callus (f; JLH); Childbirth (f; AAB); Conjunctivosis (f; JFM); Corn (f; JLH); Cystosis (f; AAB); Dermatosis (f; JFM); Diabetes (f; DAV); Diarrhea (f; EFS; JFM); Dysentery (f; EFS; JFM); Enterosis (f; JFM); Epistaxis (f; DAV); Fever (f; AAB; JFM); Gonorrhea (f; JFM); Hepatosis (f; JFM); High Blood Pressure (f; AAB); Insomnia (f; DAV); Malaise (f; AAB); Nervousness (f; DAV); Pain (f; DAV; JFM); Prostatosis (f; DAV); Pulmonosis (f; JFM); Rabies (f; JFM); Radiation Burn (f; JFM); Rheumatism (f; DAV); Stomachache (f; JFM); Tumor (f; JFM); Wart (f; JLH).


PRICKLY POPPY (Argemone mexicana L.) +

Activities (Prickly Poppy) :
Analgesic (1; DEP; WBB); Antibacterial (1; WO2); Anti-HIV (1; FNF; HAD); Antiinflammatory (1; TRA); Antiseptic (1; WO2); Antitrypanosomic (1; WO2); Antivagal (1; WBB); Antiviral (1; WO2); Carcinogenic (1; WO2); Cardiodepressant (1; WO2); Carminative (f; CRC); Contraceptive (f; CRC); Demulcent (f; CRC; DEP; IED); Depurative (f; CRC; JFM); Diaphoretic (f; CRC; JFM; WBB); Diuretic (f; CRC; DEP; JFM; WBB); Edemagenic (1; JFM); Emetic (f; CRC; IED; JFM; WBB); Embryotoxic (1; TRA); Emmenagogue (f; CRC; JFM); Expectorant (f; CRC; DEP; IED; WBB); Fungicide (1; TRA; WBB); Glaucomagenic (f; JFM); Hallucinogen (f; CRC); Hemostat (f; CRC); Hepatotoxic (1; TRA); Hypertensive (1; TRA); Hypoglycemic (1; TRA); Hypotensive (1; TRA); Insecticide (1; TRA; WBB); Laxative (f; CRC; IED; JFM; WBB); Narcotic (1; CRC; DEP; WBB; WO2); Orexigenic (f; CRC); Pectoral (f; JFM); Poison (f; CRC); Respiradepressant (1; WBB); Respirastimulant (1; WBB); RT-Inhibitor (1; FNF; HAD); Sedative (f; CRC; JFM; WBB); Spasmogenic (1; TRA); Stimulant (f; CRC); Tachycardic (1; WBB); Termitifuge (f; WBB); Tonic (f; JFM); Uterotonic (1; TRA; WBB); Vasodilator (1; TRA); Vulnerary (f; CRC; JFM).

Indications (Prickly Poppy) :
Asthma (f; CRC; JFM); Bacteria (1; WO2); Bleeding (f; CRC); Blennorrhagia (f; WBB); Cancer (f; IED; JFM; JLH); Cardiopathy (f; JFM); Catarrh (f; CRC); Chancre (f; CRC; JLH); Childbirth (f; CRC); Cholecystosis (f; CRC); Cholera (f; WBB); Cold (f; CRC; JFM); Colic (f; CRC; DEP; JFM; WBB); Conjunctivosis (f; CRC; JFM); Constipation (f; CRC; IED; JFM; WBB); Corneal Opacity (f; DEP; JFM); Cough (f; JFM); Dentition (f; JFM); Dermatosis (f; CRC; DEP; IED; WBB; WO2); Diarrhea (f; WBB); Dropsy (f; CRC; DEP); Dysentery (f; DEP; WBB); Dysuria (f; CRC; JFM); Eczema (f; WBB); Enterosis (f; DEP); Epilepsy (f; JFM); Eruption (f; CRC); Fever (f; CRC; JFM; WBB); Fungus (1; TRA; WBB); Gastrosis (f; TRA); Gonorrhea (f; DEP; WBB); Guinea Worm (1; WO2); Headache (f; CRC; DEP); Heart (f; CRC); Hepatosis (f; CRC; JFM); Herpes (f; CRC; DEP); High Blood Pressure (1; JFM; TRA); HIV (1; FNF; HAD); Hyperglycemia (1; TRA); Infection (1; TRA; WBB); Inflammation (1; CRC; TRA); Insomnia (f; CRC; JFM; WBB); Intoxication (f; CRC); Itch (f; CRC; DEP; IED; WBB); Jaundice (f; DEP; JFM); Leishmaniasis (1; WO2); Low Blood Pressure (1; TRA); Malaria (1; JFM); Mycosis (1; TRA; WBB); Nervousness (f; CRC; JFM; WBB); Ophthalmia (f; CRC; DEP; JFM; WBB); Pain (1; DEP; WBB); Parasite (f; JFM); Pertussis (f; CRC; JFM); Pneumonia (f; JFM); Rheumatism (f; CRC); Ringworm (f; JFM); Scabies (f; CRC; DEP; IED); Snakebite (f; WBB); Sore (1; DEP; JFM; WO2); Splenomegaly (1; WO2); Splenosis (f; JFM); Strangury (f; DEP); Syphilis (f; WO2); Tapeworm (f; DEP); Toothache (f; CRC); Trachoma (1; WO2); Tuberculosis (1; FNF; WBB); Virus (1; WO2); Wart (f; JFM; WBB); Water Retention (f; JFM); Wound (1; JFM; WBB).

Dosages (Prickly Poppy) :
30 mimims oil (DEP); thimble full of seeds as emetic (DEP).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Prickly Poppy) :
Ingestion of the seed oil can cause anemia, diarrhea, dysentery, high-tension glaucoma, and vomiting due to the ‘carcinogenic’ alkaloid, sanguinarine. Toxicity is due to interaction of sanguinarine and 11-oxo-triacontanoic acid. Milk of cows fed prickly poppy can cause glaucoma (WO2). LD50 of argemone oil = 9 ml/kg ipr mouse; sanguinarine 18 mg/kg (WBB). Seeds contain berberine, which may be helpful in MDR-resistant tuberculosis (JAD).