Mild Pain Relief Tea

Common to grass verges, fields and urban scrub areas, our native red poppy has been used to make a mild painkiller from its petals into a herbal tea (steeped for 25 minutes) in the past.

Also, in times gone by and when pain relief was hard to come by, a glycerine-based syrup was also made using copious amounts of steeped petals. A beneficial cough syrup, I’m sure, with additional mind-calming qualities.

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