🌿 Wild Lettuce Sap: Nature’s Secret for Pain Relief and Serenity
What if a common weed growing by the roadside held the key to easing your aches and calming your mind? Meet wild lettuce (Lactuca virosa), often called “opium lettuce,” a plant with a centuries-old reputation for its soothing, pain-relieving powers. Its milky sap, known as lactucarium, is a natural treasure packed with lactucin and lactucopicrin—compounds that offer sedative and analgesic effects ...