Rediscovering the Mexican Prickly Poppy

The spiny but pretty Mexican prickly poppies contain yellow to orange latex sap that is known to have poisonous properties. The seeds too are poisonous. Yet the plant is used for medicinal purposes in traditional healing systems all over the world to treat conditions ranging from fevers to cancer and warts. The plant is rich in intoxicating alkaloids that is not hallucinogenic in nature but has a sedative effect. Dried leaves ........................... http://www.rvita.com/index.php?option=com_content&sub_itemid=3&task=view&id=6903&sec_id=10&cat_id=-1&mode=research