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Botanical name: Argemone mexicana
Argemone mexicana
Healing power:
- used as aphrodisiacum,
- in case of stress for relaxation
How to use:
The dried leaves are smoked.
Description of the plant:
Even the Inkas used this plant as herb.
Mexican poppy grows annual and reaches a height up to 50 cm. The leaves are painted with veins of creamy white, similar to our Milk thistle, and thorny.
Mexican poppy blooms yellow and belongs to the herbs used in Ayurvedic medicine.
The plant needs a sunny location and a normal soil.
Propagation:
Start seeds from March indoors in flats and transplant in May, after frost outdoors.
The distance between the plants should be 20 cm.
