Here is my most simple kitchen recipe for making a pain relief tincture of un-refined poppy exudate from the un-ripened seed pods. As to what kind of poppies you use, well that’s up to you. I have a small patch of about 10 – 12 fluffy ornamental oriental plants that are all mixed colors, pink, white, orange, red, purple, I don’t exactly know what kind they are but they make a satisfactory tincture. They usually will yield enough exudate to make about 2 liquid ounces of finished tincture (approximately 1,000 drops). This
tincture is best administered by the drop, sublingually (under the tongue) and allow to absorb through the soft tissue of the mouth, but if necessary the drops may be put into a small amount of juice to be sipped. I can’t make any recommendations as to how many drops at a time would be best administered to individuals for their pain, can only say that for myself for acute pain I would use no more than 5 – 7 drops at a time at 6 hour intervals.
Tincture
