Meconopsis, Ut pal ཨུཏ་པལ Blue PoppyUt Pal (Tibetan)Lu Rong Hao (TCM) Meconopsis paniculataCurtis’s Botanical Magazine 1852 Meconopsis puniceaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine 1907 Meconopsis simplicifolia(Illustrations of Himalayan Plants, Hooker, 1855) Meconopsis grandis flower(Photo by Hedwig Storch) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Meconopsis spp.There are 4 varieties of Ut pal: based on the color of their flower: Blue: Ut pal sngon po, ཨུཏ་པལ་སྔོན་པོ  Meconopsis torquata, M. grandis, M. quintuplinervia, M. simplicifolia Red: Ut pal dmar po,  ཨུཏ་པལ་དམར་པོ  Meconopsis punicea White: Ut pal dkar po ཨུཏ་པལ་དཀར་པོ  Meconopsis spp. Yellow: Ut pal ser po ཨུཏ་པལ་སེར་པོ  Meconopsis integrifolia, M. paniculata (syn. M. wallichi) Meconopsis simplicifolia (a blue variety) has also been stated to be a source of Ut Pal. Parts used: Whole herb in flower; or the Flower Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Toxin:-Fever; Fever of Infectious diseases; Chronic Fever-Blood disorders from Heat and Toxin-Gastroenteritis-auxiliary medicine in some Tumors and Cancers2. Clears Lung Heat, Stops Cough:-Fever of the Lung or Liver-acute Sore Throat-Tuberculosis, Pneumonia3. Clears Heat and Damp: -Edema from Heat-Leukorrhea4. Clears Liver Heat:-Hepatitis-Fever from Liver Heat-Headache, Hypertension-has a sedative effect Dose: Powder: 1–3 grams Comment: 1. Meconopsis species are very varied and hybridise readily. It is now believed some species may…

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