Wild Lettuce


Wild Lettuce


Latin Name: lactuca sp., lactuca virosa
Alternative Name: horse thistle, prickly lettuse, compass plant, wild opium
Forms Available: leaves

Wild Lettuce – lactuca sp. – wild lettuce is considered a substitute to opium. It acts as a sedative and pain reliever. It is has calming and sedating properties. It has been used to induce sleep, to calm coughs, relieve headaches and other general aches and pains. It is often recommended to calm excitablity in children. The sap of the wild lettuce has been applied to acne and skin rashes.

Aromatherapy & Health Uses: Calming and sedating. Used to induce sleep, to calm coughs, relieve headaches and other general aches and pains.


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