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A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky, rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain. There are having flowers in Spring, breezes in Summer, moon in Autumn, snows in Winter. If there is nothing worrying over you, it will be the best seasons at all times. My Herbs 14, contents An Ode to the Poppy, A Remembrance Symbol And an Heirloom Herb The Magical Aloe Herbs That Can Do Both Good and Harm to Children Coffee Body Peeling Herbs for Beautiful Hair Comfrey, the Herb of our Grandmothers Get Rid of Cough Wine as Medicine Elderberry A blessed Bush With Effects Beneficial to our Health Healthy Cooking With My Herbs You can find My Herbs magazine at Whole Foods Market, Barnes & Noble and other bookstores. https://myherbsmag.com
A lifetime is like a flash of lightning
in the sky, rushing by, like a torrent down
a steep mountain. There are having flowers
in Spring, breezes in Summer, moon
in Autumn, snows in Winter. If there
is nothing worrying over you, it will be
the best seasons at all times.
My Herbs 14, contents
An Ode to the Poppy, A Remembrance Symbol And an Heirloom Herb
The Magical Aloe
Herbs That Can Do Both Good and Harm to Children
Coffee Body Peeling
Herbs for Beautiful Hair
Comfrey, the Herb of our Grandmothers
Get Rid of Cough
Wine as Medicine
Elderberry A blessed Bush With Effects Beneficial to our Health
Healthy Cooking With My Herbs
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A Healer or Evil?
The last line of the poem refers
to the fact that the poppy is also
known as a symbol of sleep.
Appearing in mythology, paintings
or literature the poppy symbolizes
a number of things, from fertility
and decadence to blood or memory
and, of course, sleep and pain relief.
One species of poppy, Papaver somniferum
or breadseed poppy, commonly
known as the opium poppy is
the source of the narcotic drug opium,
which can ease pain and sedate
the body, but causes addiction and
has been used since ancient times as
a recreational drug.
In fact, the same poppy plant
can be used to obtain both opium
and edible seeds. Currently, many
varieties of poppy have been bred
that do not produce a significant
amount of opium. Therefore, bread
seed poppy is more accurate as a
common name today. This key difference
has strong implications for
legal policy surrounding the growing
of this plant.
In the United States there has never
been much commercial poppy
cultivation. Poppy seeds for food
had been imported from Europe
until WWII broke out in 1939.
However, when the imports were
cut off by the war, lots of farmers
saw the opportunity for profit and
the planting of poppy increased
rapidly, especially in California.
Along with the expanding poppy
cultivation, occasional abusive use
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