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).
First, itâs important to understand how breast milk is made. As the evidence-based breastfeeding site Kellymom.com explains, not everything you consume passes into your breast milk. âBreast milk is made from what passes into momâs blood,â explains Kellymom, âNot what is in her stomach or digestive tract.â. So, as Kellymom describes, many of the things that are purported to make babies fussy â like broccoli, garlic, beans, and other gassy or spicy foods â just donât make it into a motherâs milk.