One uses the seed pod for making tea, it will swell up in size over the course of a week or two after the petals drop/after it has been pollinated.
One should expect an opiate buzz/high from the tea, it is opium after all. The main active components in poppy are morphine, codeine, and thebaine.
The "buzz" is generally relaxing and mellow in nature but it can also have an underlying energetic/stimulating buzz to it when taken in lower to moderate dosage, I usually end up doing various tasks when buzzing on pod tea but once one gets past a "moderate" dosage the effects can become quite heavy & sedating and lay one down, even have one "nodding out" into sleep with out realizing it..
Poppy pod tea has a much much stronger effect than valerian/skullcap though (valerian is one of my favorite herbs tho)...One will be wrapped up in a warm blanket of euphoria from pod tea, there is a distinct warmth/euphoria to opiates. Pod tea will have one feeling much more than "sleepy relaxation", pod tea will definitely have one "high"/stoned a bit, strong enough to put one to sleep and even strong enough to kill someone if too much is taken (high doses will suppress/stop one's breathe, overdoses are lethal)
It contains opiates, the original/classic opiates morphine & codeine....so if one doesn't have the ability to regulate their impulses/cravings they shouldn't dabble with it. One can absolutely become addicted to the stuff and experience withdrawals just like from pharmaceutical opioids and heroin....But if one has control over themselves and has no problem keeping things in moderation, pod tea can be a nice seasonal treat from the garden.
I drink it during the spring & early summer, I keep it to only once or twice a week at the most.
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