What is the Medicinal value of opium

2. Presented By
Andleeb Sultana

3. CONTENTS
 Classification
 History
 Origin
 Cultivation
 Useful Parts
 Medicinal Importance Of Different Parts
 Chemical Properties
 References

4. HISTORY
 Opium can rightly be called the ‘king of narcotics’.
 400 And 1200 AD, Arab Traders Introduced Opium To
China.
 Opium Prohibition Began In 1729
 Opium Was Banned Completely In 1799
 Prohibition Continued Until 1860
 The word opium is derived from the Greek opos
(juice).

5. CLASSIFICATION
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Specie
Plantae Magnolio
phyta
Magnolio
psida
Papaveral
es
Papaverac
eae
Papaver Papaver
somniferu
m

6. ORIGINS
 The earliest reference to opium growth and use is in
3,400 B.C. when the opium poppy was cultivated in
lower Mesopotamia (Southwest Asia).
 The Sumerians referred to it as Hul Gil, the "joy plant.“
 The Sumerians soon passed it on to the Assyrians,
who in turn passed it on to the Egyptians. As people
learned of the power of opium, demand for it
increased.

7. CULTIVATION
Pakistan should push its case
internationally to go for
controlled poppy cultivation
for medical purposes, as being
done by other countries.
This will help the country to
raise tremendous revenues
that can be used for
reconstruction of these war-hit areas and provide
legal source of income for the local population.

8. USEFUL PARTS
1. Capsules

9. Contd…
2. Flowers

10. MEDICINAL IMPORTANCE OF
CAPSULE
 Painkiller
 Stimulant
 Euphoria
 Evaporating Anxieties, Tensions, Fears, And
Inhibitions

11. MEDICINAL IMPORTANCE OF
FLOWER
 Aphrodisiac
 Sedative
 Decongestant
 Hypnotic
 Painkiller
 Narcotic
 Muscle Relaxant

12. SIDE EFFECTS

13. CHEMICALS
 Morphine
 Oxycodone (Percodan)
 Dihydromorphenone (Dilaudid)
 Hydrocodone (Vicodin)
 Codeine
 Noscapine
 Papaverine
 Thebaine

14. references
 http://opioids.com
 www.wiki.com
 www.erowid.org
 https://bioweb.uwlax.edu