Opium lettuce refers to several plants in the lettuce genus (Lactuca) producing a lactucarium that has been used as a sedative and analgesic:
Lactuca virosa (most commonly)
Lactuca serriola (most widespread in North America)
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Opiumlettuce refers to several plants in the lettuce genus (Lactuca) producing a lactucarium that has been used as a sedative and analgesic: Lactuca...
and is often called wild lettuce, bitter lettuce, laitue vireuse, opiumlettuce, poisonous lettuce, tall lettuce, great lettuce or rakutu-karyumu-so. Lactuca...
secreted by several species of lettuce, especially Lactuca virosa, usually from the base of the stems. It is known as lettuceopium because of its sedative and...
Lactuca sativa and Lactuca canadensis var. elongata, and even that lettuce-opium obtained from Lactuca serriola or Lactuca quercina was of superior quality...
was used as an anesthetic. This alcohol-based mixture contained bile, opium, lettuce, bryony, henbane, hemlock, and vinegar. Surgeons roused their patients...
canadensis is a species of wild lettuce known by the common names Canada lettuce, Canada wild lettuce, and tall lettuce. Its true native range is not clear...
Lactuca sativa and Lactuca canadensis var. elongata, and even that lettuce-opium obtained from Lactuca serriola or Lactuca quercina was of superior quality...
Vegetables, so-called, typically are savory or non-sweet produce (zucchini, lettuce, broccoli, and tomato). but some may be sweet-tasting (sweet potato). Examples...
cucumbers, spinach, radishes, lettuce, and eggplants. The plateau also produces wheat, barley, millet, beans, opium, cotton, lucerne, and tobacco. The...
the incision may not be felt, such as opium, the juice of the morel,254 hyoscyamus, mandrake, ivy, hemlock, lettuce. A new sponge is soaked by them in these...
archaeologists have identified include dill, coriander, flax, lentil, cabbage, opium poppy and various other nuts, fruits and legumes, as well as a diverse variety...
by hand. Vegetables included leeks, garlic, melons, squashes, pulses, lettuce, and other crops, in addition to grapes that were made into wine. The Egyptians...
olives, grew poppies for seed and perhaps opium. The Minoans also domesticated bees. Vegetables, including lettuce, celery, asparagus and carrots, grew wild...
Thukpa is a kind of noodle soup common among the Monpa tribe of the region. Lettuce is the most common vegetable, usually prepared by boiling with ginger,...
agriculture in Hong Kong consisted mostly of revenue farms that focused on opium productions. The industry led to many wealthy Chinese businessmen, who established...
was recalculated by the IMF to $6.1 billion, after adding proceeds from opium production. Mean graduate pay was $0.56 per man-hour in 2010. The country...
business entertainment nature.[citation needed] Until the Second World War, opium was also offered. For the majority of Chinese who were not part of the merchant...
dry tongue. Galen recommended wrapping the tongue with a cloth soaked in lettuce juice to treat a stutter. Another treatment for a speech disorder was tongue...
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