HERBAL MEDICINE

PLANT
HERBAL MEDICINE
PLANT
ABOUT THE TOPIC
THIS TIME WE WILL STUDY ABOUT THE HERBAL MEDICINAL PLANTS.
WE WILL STUDY ABOUT THE TWO BEST MEDICINAL PLANT. THAT ARE:
1). MARIJUANA 2). CALIFORNIA POPPY
MARIJUANA
MARIJUANA IS ALSO KNOWN AS
CANNABIS (DRUG). BUT IT IS ALSO
ONE OF THE BEST MEDICINAL
PLANT. MARIJUANA IS THE MOST
COMMONLY USED ILLEGAL DRUG IN
THE U.S. AND THE WORLD, AND
WAS A WELL-ESTABLISHED
MEDICINE UNTIL IT WAS FEDERALLY
CRIMINALIZED IN 1937. A MAJORITY
OF AMERICANS BELIEVE
MARIJUANA SHOULD BE LEGALLY
REGULATED.
FACTS ABOUT MARIJUANA
MARIJUANA CAN BE GOOD FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
MOST MARIJUANA USERS NEVER USE
ANY OTHER ILLICIT DRUG.
MARIJUANA POTENCY IS NOT RELATED TO RISK OF
DEPENDENCE OR HEALTH IMPACTS.
ROUGHLY 750,000 PEOPLE ARE
ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA EACH YEAR.
MARIJUANA CAN BE PROTECTIVE
AGAINST THE FORMATION OF CANCER.
MARIJUANA HAS BEEN PROVEN HELPFUL
FOR TREATING THE SYMPTOMS OF A
VARIETY OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
USES OF MARIJUANA
POTENTIAL FOR HEART ATTACK,
STROKE RISK SEEN WITH MARIJUANA
USE.
OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, A
GOVERNMENT-MANDATED TRACKING
SYSTEM IN FRANCE SHOWED THAT
PHYSICIANS IN THAT COUNTRY TREATED
1,979 PATIENTS FOR SERIOUS HEALTH
PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF
MARIJUANA, AND NEARLY 2% OF THOSE
ENCOUNTERS WERE WITH PATIENTS
SUFFERING FROM CARDIOVASCULAR
PROBLEMS, INCLUDING HEART ATTACK,
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND STROKE, AND
CIRCULATION PROBLEMS IN THE ARMS AND
LEGS. IN ROUGHLY A QUARTER OF THOSE
CASES, THE STUDY FOUND, THE PATIENT
DIED.


CALIFORNIA POPPY

CALIFORNIA POPPY IS ALSO KNOWN AS
ESCHSCHOLZIA CALIFORNICA. IT IS A SPECIES OF
FLOWERING PLANT IN THE FAMILY PAPAVERACEAE,
NATIVE TO THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, AND
THE OFFICIAL STATE FLOWER OF CALIFORNIA.
ITS NATIVE HABITAT INCLUDES CALIFORNIA,
EXTENDING TO OREGON, WASHINGTON, NEVADA,
ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, SONORA AND
NORTHWEST BAJA CALIFORNIA.
ESCHSCHOLZIA CALIFORNICA WAS THE FIRST
NAMED MEMBER OF THE GENUS ESCHSCHOLZIA,
NAMED BY THE GERMAN BOTANIST ADALBERT.
FACTS ABOUT CALIFORNIA
POPPY
IN 1890 THE CALIFORNIA FLORAL
SOCIETY OVERWHELMING TO CHOSE
THE CALIFORNIA POPPY TO BE THE
STATE FLOWER OVER THE MARIPOSA
LILY AND THE MATILIJA POPPY.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE DIDNT MAKE
IT OFFICIAL UNTIL 1903.
APRIL 6 IS CALIFORNIA POPPY DAY.
THE CALIFORNIA POPPY IS BOTH AN
ANNUAL AND PERENNIAL.
CALIFORNIA POPPY CAN BE FOUND IN
NEVADA, ARIZONA, BAJA CALIFORNIA,
NEW MEXICO AND SONORA, MEXICO.
BENEFITS OF CALIFORNIA
POPPY
IT IS AN EXCELLENT HERB FOR THE
NERVOUS SYSTEM.
IT CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS A GENTLE
BALANCER TO THE EMOTIONS.
A CALMING REMEDY FOR TIMES OF
STRESS.
IT IS SUITABLE FOR CALMING BOTH
CHILDREN AND ADULTS, HELPING TO
REDUCE ANXIETY AND TENSION IN THE
DAY.
CALIFORNIA POPPY CAN BE TAKEN
INTERNALLY IN TEAS AND TINCTURES
AND APPLIED EXTERNALLY IN LOTIONS
AND LINIMENTS TO ALLAY PAIN.



CREDITS
THIS PRESENTATION IS
CREATED BY SANMATI JAIN
CLASS X
SECTION C
ROLL NO. 24
SOURCES
HTTP://IMAGES.GOOGLE.COM
HTTP://WIKIPEDIA.COM
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POPPY-ESCHSCHOLZIA-CALIFORNICA




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