How is poppy flowers used for sleeping meds? are there any other flowers you can use for other homemade meds?

Question

i want to know if theres a way for me to make a sleeping concoction with a poppy flower. im not a physco im just really interested in herbal antidotes and stuff like that. i also heard that a yarrow flower can be used for healing, is this true? and if it is then how? for my next question i'd like to know of any other instructions and ingrediants for herbal concoctions, such as flowers used for healing, pain, sleep. anything interesting that i can do at home, doesnt matter if it's a liquid, powder, or gas. please any info, most info gets 10 points. thanks in advance.

Answer 1

california opium poppy is a good herbal remedy for sleep. some other herbs you may want to try are valerian, skullcap, chamomile, and passion flower.

Answer 2

Opium is the drug extracted from the poppy.  Other plants also produce potent psychoactive drugs - all of which are highly addictive and illegal to possess.  There are plants which have medicinal benefit, but it takes a highly trained and very experienced team of technicians and pharmacists to extract the medicinal compounds from those plants.  Using the raw plant yourself is an extremely dangerous thing to do.  You could easily kill yourself.  You can buy herbal medicines in a variety of stores, but FDA and other agencies have found many of those packaged compounds are contaminated and that they often don't contain one bit of the plant listed on the label.  FDA has subsequently sought the legal authority to regulate "herbal" and "alternative" medicines, but a combination of ignorant consumers and monetary "contributions" to certain members of Congress by those who peddle these worthless nostrums has thus far prevented it.  FDA is not allowed to regulate "alternative" or "herbal"  medicines.  Use 'em at your own risk - and if you inadvertently poison yourself, don't say you weren't warned.