Opium Opium Afiyun (Unani)Aiphena (Ayurveda)Ya Pian (TCM) Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800–1806 Original packaging of Opium imported from TurkeyA Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, Sayre, 1907 Botanical name: Papaver somniferum Parts used: Opium is the drops which come after cutting the immature Seed-capsule of the Poppy; Meconium is the expressed juice, usually of the whole Plant; this latter was most common in Europe into the 17th century. Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter“Opium is Cold and Dry in Fourth degree”. (Avicenna)The ancients said it was Cold, as it is Narcotic and dulling; the more modern writers (of the 17th cent.) often said Warm. Classifications: 2I. ANTISPASMODICS.  2R. NARCOTICS & HYPNOTICS4k. ARTHRITICStop Cough and Wheezing Uses: 1. Strongly Stops Pain:-Primarily used to ease severe pain and promote rest.2. Calms the Mind, Promotes Rest:-‘composes unquiet Spirits, makes the animal faculty dull, causes Sleep and unsensibleness, very comfortable in Watchings and strong Pains’.-good for the restlessness, anxiety and fear associated with chronic pain3. Stops Cough:-settles severe and chronic Cough4. Astringes to Stop Leakage:-Sometimes added to astringent formulas Dose: 15–30mg (quarter–half grain), increased as needed“The dose is equal to the weight of a big grain of lentil”. (Avicenna) Correctives: 1. Saffron2. Cinnamon…

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