Platelets, also called thrombocytes (thromb- + -cyte, blood clot cell), are a component of blood whose function (along with the coagulation factors) is to stop bleeding by clumping and clotting blood vessel injuries.
Milk of the poppy is essentially the Westeros version of morphine. Maesters make it from crushed poppy flowers, and morphine and other opiate-based drugs are made from poppy plants. Indeed, the books' descriptions strongly suggest that the poppy is intended to be the real-world opium poppy (Papaver somniferum).
When it comes to non-dairy, plant-based milks, like almond, rice, soy, coconut or hemp milk, people may not know that they donât have the same naturally occurring nutrients as real, dairy milk. Not all non-dairy milks have the same nutrients as real milk, so itâs important to know what you are getting in each glass. You may not know that real milk contains eight grams of protein per eight-ounce glass, while almond or rice milk only has one gram.