Lactuca scariola Linn.
Lactuca scariola Linn. is also known as Lactuca virosa Amer.
The English names for this herb are Prickly lettuce, Wild lettuce, Wild opium.
Description
Lactuca scariola Linn.. This is a bright-green plant, from 2 to 7 feet high, covered with a whitish bloom. It has an erect, rigid stem sometimes smooth throughout but at times hairy at the base. The pale yellow flowers, which appear in the early fall, occur in very numerous heads up to a third of an inch broad, having the feathery appearance of the ripe dandelion bloom, arranged in open clusters, each head consisting of 6 to 12 flowers.
Lactuca scariola Linn.'s Leaves. Alternate, sessile, lobed or not, to +/-15cm long, 7cm broad, with a distinct white midrib, glabrous, glaucous, auriculate, clasping. Margins spinulose. Midrib with spines abaxially. Sinuses of lobes rounded. Lobes typically retrorse. Terminal lobe larger than the lateral lobes, acute. Entire leaves typically oblong.
Pharmacological Actions
None recorded.
Indications
None recorded.
Contraindications
None recorded.
Temperament
None recorded.
Occurrence, Taste & Odor
None recorded.
Dosage
None recorded.
Available Brands
- HABB-E-MUMSIK TILAIHamdard laboratories Waqf Pakistan
- MAJUN MUGHALLIZ JAWAHIRDARHamdard laboratories Waqf Pakistan
- MAJUN MUQAWWI MUMSIKHamdard laboratories Waqf Pakistan
- MUFARREH BARID SADAHamdard laboratories Waqf Pakistan
- MUFARREH SHAIKH-UR-RAEESHamdard laboratories Waqf Pakistan
- MUFARREH YAQUTI MOTADILHamdard laboratories Waqf Pakistan
- ROGHAN LABOOB-E-SABAAHamdard laboratories Waqf Pakistan
- SOMINAHamdard laboratories Waqf Pakistan
- TIRYAQ-E-NAZLAHamdard laboratories Waqf Pakistan
Compound Preparations
No Compound Preparation information is available for Lactuca scariola Linn..
Substitutes
No information regarding Lactuca scariola Linn.'s substitute is currently available.
Active Constituents
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Antidotes
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Toxicity
Currently no Toxicity information is available for Lactuca scariola Linn.. (work in progress)