Dream Herb: Calea zacatechichi: 15 grams: M
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Dream Herb: Calea zacatechichi: 15 grams: M
Calea zacatechichi: Crushed dried leaves are infused in water and the resulting tea is imbibed slowly, after which the traditional user lies down in a quiet place and smokes a cigarette of the dried leaves of the same plant. This little known herb has a long history of shamanic uses. It can be smoked or drank as a tea to induce vivid and intense dream states. According to MacDougall, 'sufficiency of dose taken is said to be indicated by a sense of repose, when the person 'hears his own heart and pulse beats.' Amongst the Chontal medicine-men, Calea Zacatechichi is called thle-pela-kanoor 'leaf of god' and is valued 'for the clarification of the senses,' 'visions seen in dreams,' and as a 'secret plant' to induce hallucinations. Calea Zacatechichi is a well known folk medicine in Mexico, utilized especially for use in treating intermittent fevers. Alkaloids have not been found in the plant. Its medicinal reputation seems to be attributable mainly to a bitter principle, the precise nature of which has not yet been determined, and an aromatic constituent. 'Further ethnobotanical studies of this interesting plant are indicated, and more thorough chemical investigations, using modern techniques, may uncover an hallucinogenic principle.' (U.N. Bulletin on Narcotics 1970 issue 1) Organically grown, dried, chopped leaves.
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