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. 2021 May 20;10:157. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_5_21

Table 2.

Joy bringer medicinal plants that help quit of opiate addiction[43]

Scientific name Common English name Used part Daily dosage Temperament Modifiers Effective material Property
C. sativus[58] Saffron[58] Stigmas[58] Up to 6.5 g of it, is joy bringing 10 g of it is deadly[34] Warm degree 2 and dry 1[34,58] Anise (P. anisum)[34,58]
Barberry (B. vulgaris) fruit extract[58]
Sekanjebin (vinegar with sugar or honey)[34]
Crocin[58] Strong joy bringer[34]
Senses tonic[34]
P. harmala[58]* Wild rue[59] Seed[59] From 4.5 g to 9 g[34] Warm degree 3 and dry degree 2[34] Sour fruits such as lemon (C. limon)[34] Harmine[59]
Harmaline[59]
Harmalol[59]
Strengthening the heart[34]
Central nervous system tonic[59]
P. alkekengi[58] Winter cherry[58] Ripe fruit[58] Up to 16 g[34] Cold degree 2 and dry degree 2[34] Gole ghand Rose (R. damascena) flowers with honey or sugar[34] Physalines[58]
Xaxanthin di palmitic acid (acid ester)[58]
Dryness of opioid moderator[34]
Help to digestion[34]
Joy bringer[34]
B. carterri[58] Olibanum[58] Resin gum from shaving trunk shell[58] 300 mg 3 times daily[58] 1.5 g/day[34] Warm degree 2 and dry degree 2[34] Rice (O. sativa) and sugar[34] Basilic acid[58] Joints pain reliever[58]
Heart tonic[34]
Memory strengthening[34]
C. arabica[58] Coffee[58] Fruit[58] 15 g[45] Warm degree 1 and dry degree 2[58] Rock candy[58]
Saffron (C. sativus)[58]
Caffeine[58] Pain reliever[58]

*Peganum harmala has toxic effects.[59] C. sativus=Crocus sativus, P. anisum=Pimpinella anisum, B. vulgaris=Berberis vulgaris, Citrus limon=Citrus limon, Peganum harmala=Peganum harmala, P. alkekengi=Physalis alkekengi, R. damascene=Rosa damascene, B. carterri=Boswellia carterii, O. sativa=Oryza sativa, C. arabica=Coffea arabica, Crocus sativus=C. sativus