Netissä selatessani eräänä päivänä törmäsin mielenkiintoiseen kasviin nimeltä keltapiikkiunikko tunnetaan myös mm. nimillä Argemone mexicana (lat.) ja Mexican Prickly Poppy (eng.). Jossain smartshop sivulla huomasin, että myyvät kyseisen kasvin tuotoksia käytännössä päihtymistarkoitukseen.
Exotic Gardenissa mainitaan että on käytetty ihottuman ja astman hoitoon: http://www.exoticgarden.fi/search.php?s ... wshopcat=4
Lisää tietoa mm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argemone_mexicana
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Keltapiikkiunikko (Argemone mexicana)
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psycho4life
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Re: Keltapiikkiunikko (Argemone mexicana)
Wikipedian mukaan näyttäisi olevan myrkyllinen. Käyttö päihtymistarkoitukseen olisi tällä perusteella yhtä fiksua kuin bensan imppaaminen.
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Re: Keltapiikkiunikko (Argemone mexicana)
Tässä on aika mielenkiintoista tekstiä vielä asiaan liittyen:
http://www.entheology.org/edoto/anmviewer.asp?a=155
"TRADITIONAL EFFECTS: Author Bep Oliver-Bever in “Medicinal Plants in Tropical West Africa”, says this in regards to Prickly Poppy; “The seeds have a cannabis-like effect and the herb, juice, and flowers are reputed to be narcotic in many countries.” We have many friends in Mexico who have personal experience with this plant, and say that the effects from smoking the dried herb are far from subtle, offering not only euphorant effects, but aphrodisiacal ones as well.
Although the dried leaves are typically the only parts of the plant available through various entheogen and ethnobotanical dealers, we are starting to see more and more seeds offered as word of this plant spreads. Unless you grow your own Prickly Poppy plants, the latex is next to impossible to find, but the collected latex, which is then dried into a tarry resin, reportedly has potent narcotic effects.
These effects are most-likely due to the interesting amalgam of alkaloids present in all parts of this plant, with the highest concentration in the parts that are rarely used or spoken of; the roots. Important to note, though, is that the seeds contain TWO toxic alkaloids in them, so although the seeds seem to be safe to smoke, DO NOT eat the seeds if you choose to work with this plant. (The two toxic alkaloids are sanguinarine and dihydrosanguinarine.)
Aregemone mexicana also contains isoquinoline alkaloids. The effects and possible uses of isoquinolines, a compound found in many plants, including cactus and poppies, have still yet to be fully explored. Used commonly in Chinese medicine, there is now a great debate amongst chemists as to whether or not isoquinolines contain or contain the potential for psychoactive effects, a concern into which much research is finally being directed."
http://www.entheology.org/edoto/anmviewer.asp?a=155
"TRADITIONAL EFFECTS: Author Bep Oliver-Bever in “Medicinal Plants in Tropical West Africa”, says this in regards to Prickly Poppy; “The seeds have a cannabis-like effect and the herb, juice, and flowers are reputed to be narcotic in many countries.” We have many friends in Mexico who have personal experience with this plant, and say that the effects from smoking the dried herb are far from subtle, offering not only euphorant effects, but aphrodisiacal ones as well.
Although the dried leaves are typically the only parts of the plant available through various entheogen and ethnobotanical dealers, we are starting to see more and more seeds offered as word of this plant spreads. Unless you grow your own Prickly Poppy plants, the latex is next to impossible to find, but the collected latex, which is then dried into a tarry resin, reportedly has potent narcotic effects.
These effects are most-likely due to the interesting amalgam of alkaloids present in all parts of this plant, with the highest concentration in the parts that are rarely used or spoken of; the roots. Important to note, though, is that the seeds contain TWO toxic alkaloids in them, so although the seeds seem to be safe to smoke, DO NOT eat the seeds if you choose to work with this plant. (The two toxic alkaloids are sanguinarine and dihydrosanguinarine.)
Aregemone mexicana also contains isoquinoline alkaloids. The effects and possible uses of isoquinolines, a compound found in many plants, including cactus and poppies, have still yet to be fully explored. Used commonly in Chinese medicine, there is now a great debate amongst chemists as to whether or not isoquinolines contain or contain the potential for psychoactive effects, a concern into which much research is finally being directed."