Fw: Brasilia
- To: "Medit-Plants" <M*@ucdavis.edu>
- Subject: Fw: Brasilia
- From: "* <o*@macn.bc.ca>
- Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 09:37:31 -0700
---- Original Message -----
From: Diane <otterpt@macn.bc.ca>
To: Medit-Plants <Medit-Plants@ucdavis.edu>
Cc: <cyndik@hollinet.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 1999 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: Brasilia
> Cyndi,
> (I forgot to CC this to the list and now it won't let me so will type
it
> over)
>
> Your fellow from Brazil says he's doing research on the "Plants of
> Power". I wracked my brain on this and thought he must be talking
about
> mind-altering plants.
>
> I checked my medical books (was a Registered Nurse) and of course the
> claviceps purpuria is the fungus on rye that produces the drug Ergot.
I
> always remember that Ergot was discovered when women worked in the rye
> fields and suffered uterine cramps - it also caused premature
abortions.
> It is now a valuable drug for controlling uterine bleeding, migraine
> headaches etc. The ergot fungus is "born in the rye" - other fungi
> are "born in other grasses".
>
> I have a package of the blue morning glory seeds bought last year,
> Ipomoea violacea. It is an annual and very beautiful.
>
> I found some websites with names like "Peruvian Journey" and
apparently
> the Aztecs used morning glory seeds to communicate with the sun gods.
> At the following website, Salvia spendens is also mentioned as being
> hallucinogenic if you chew the seeds or smoke them to treat them. I
> didn't fully read it.
>
> http://countrylife-net/ethnobotany/postings/767.html
>
> The alkaloids in these things would have an effect like LSD. I don't
> think Rodrigo is a gardener!!!
>
> Diane Pertson
> Otter Point Haven otterpt@macn.bc.ca
> Nature Notes from Vancouver Island
> http://zapbc.com/nature.htm at
> Parksville & Qualicum Beach Online http://zapbc.com
>
