Poppy Flower Edible. In addition this herb has also been used to improve intellectual capacity memory and concentration in the elderly. It has beautiful colorful flowers and edible seeds.
The poppy flower has 4-6 petals that may be in different colors. Following the trench warfare in the poppy fields of Flanders during World War I poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime. The constituents present in the petals are also responsible for the herbs softening and mildly expectorant action and explains its uses in herbal medicine to treat throat irritations a cough hoarseness bronchitis asthma and tonsillitis.
It has beautiful colorful flowers and edible seeds.
Later in this text you will have the opportunity to read more about the colors of the poppy flower and their symbolism. The red poppy flowers have for a long time been used for its weak anesthetic analgesic relaxing and mild sedative properties. It has been cultivated for a very long time for food medicine recreational drugs and as an ornamental plant. Orientale may or may not be edible but dont expect them to taste like the poppy seeds you enjoy on that favorite bagel at the coffee shop.