Down the Drain-San Leo.Italy
by Jennie Breeze
Title
Down the Drain-San Leo.Italy
Artist
Jennie Breeze
Medium
Photograph - Original Img_7480
Description
Poppy in San Leo, Italy. There can be few people who are unable to recall having seen a field of bright, blood-red poppies exploding in masse in the blazing impressionist paintings of Claude Monet. Flashing intense blood-red- in an instant and as if by magic! The variety of Papavero (poppy) has become known as the 'Tuscan poppy'. In fact the fields of poppies in the Tuscan landscape have become a very strong visual symbol, almost synonymous with Tuscan and all things Tuscan. This elusive plant does in fact have many medicinal properties. The Romans used the plant to soothe away the "Aches of love" by drinking a sedative tea which would have released the substance Morpheus a delicate opiate present in the plant thus aiding insomnia and stress - relief... MEDICINAL PROPERTIES The petals of the Tuscan poppy contain substances that aid insomnia and Papaver Rhoeas is very slightly narcotic. The chief constituent of the fresh petals is the red coloring matter, which consists of Rhoeadic and Papaveric acids.
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January 3rd, 2015
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