the plant is ripe the opium is harvested from the poppy. The pods in the opium are cut thinly with a blade and the raw opium is collected. The opium is placed into little tubs and is crushed so that it can be divided. The opium is then placed in to buckets of hot water. The buckets are then stirred with large sticks to remove any dirt like plant leaves or mud. Lime is added to the hot water to get the opium to dissolve and to reach a PH of 12. Following on from this he opium in the bucket containing
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Office: FSC 702B Opium – Catholicon or Toxin • Evidence suggests that more than 5‚000 years ago the properties of opium were known in the Euphrates River (幼发拉底河) delta. • Around 330 B. C.‚ Alexander the Great took opium to Persia and India‚ from where cultivation slowly spread eastward and reached China in about the 7th century (唐朝). 13th century‚ India The opium poppy Early history of poppy Opium – Catholicon or Toxin Opium is the dried latex (汁液) obtained from the opium poppy (罂粟)
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did not. This led to hostility between China and the European Countries Opium Wars Inflexible‚ close-minded (about commerce with Europe) Bad harvests‚ warfare‚ rebellions‚ overpopulation‚ economic disasters‚ and foreign imperialism contributed to the dynasty’s collapse. Manchu Dynasty was not able to control or adjust and get an efficient solution to China´s just arisen problems Opium Wars There was a high demand for China’s tea ceramics‚ and silks in Great Britain
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3 types of drugs that are made from nature Opium poppy Poppy is one of the most important medicinal plants. Traditionally‚ the dry opium was considered an astringent‚ antispasmodic‚ aphrodisiac‚ diaphoretic‚ expectorant‚ hypnotic‚ narcotic‚ and sedative. Poppy has been used against toothaches and coughs. The ability of opium from poppy to serve‚ as an analgesic is well known. Opium and derivatives of opium are used in the pharmaceutical industry as narcotic analgesics‚ hypnotics‚ and sedatives
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in the works since the beginning of drug use in America. One of the earliest forms of drug abuse in the United States was with opium. Opium was seen as a resource for pain relief. European explorers and settlers brought crude opium or dissolved opium extract to North America. Many people‚ including one of our great nation’s forefathers‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ used opium as
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PEASANTS AND FARMERS Q1.Explain what the open field system meant to rural people in 18th century in England from the point of view of (a) A rich man (b) A labourer (c) A peasant women. Ans: Open field system Before the 18th century in large parts of England the country side was open‚ it was not partitioned into enclosed lands privately owned by landlords. Peasants: They cultivated strips of land around the village they lived in. Mixed quality of land: At the beginning f each
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would buy in large quantities. Eventually‚ the British East India company discovered such a product - opium. Opium is a habit forming narcotic made from the poppy plant. The Chinese government tried to stop the opium trade by appealing to British royalty. When those pleas went unanswered‚ the quarrel
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The British used the profits from the sale of opium to purchase such Chinese luxury goods as porcelain‚ silk‚ and tea‚ which were in great demand in the West. (ii) Which nations traded with china in the nineteenth century? list and describe the goods they traded with china Tea and porcelain silk. The Portuguese‚ Spanish‚ Dutch and British wanted to trade in with Chinas luxury goods. Opium was traded to China mainly and Britain was their main key foreign trader. (iii)
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“Talk about the poem‚ ‘Kubla Khan’‚ your opinions of the poem‚ which part you thought were interesting. Use quotes.” (600~ words) Kubla Khan is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ supposedly under the influence of opium. The effects of the drug on Coleridge are somewhat reflected in the description of Xanadu (inside the dome). He portrays an area which appears to be tranquil and serene‚ typical of a drug-induced sensation. Even though the poem doesn’t convey a direct message‚ its
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waterborne illnesses. The East India Company was most famous for trading and exporting tea; it had a monopoly in the tea business. This monopoly and power led to the crumble of one of the greatest civilization of China.‚ this was because of the trade of opium. Political: China was a really strong civilization at the time; it was completely
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