[NAFEX] Re: Datura

mIEKAL aND dtv at mwt.net
Mon Jun 13 10:00:11 EDT 2005


On the other hand the Huichol Indians of Mexico have been using  
Datura (as well as peyote) for sacred gatherings and religious  
rituals & to make their amazing yarn art.  They of course have utmost  
respect for the plants & likely use a homeopathic dosage.

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On Jun 13, 2005, at 8:51 AM, Doc Lisenby wrote:

> Jim wrote:
>
> "Kids are using Datura as a legal high (drug).  It is bought and  
> sold in
> tea bags and police are helpless to do anything about it because it is
> legal."
>
> Me:
>
> I eat Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) leaves and prefer them to  
> most popular cultivated "greens".  I can't recommend them because  
> they require proper cooking preparation.  We ran a few tests in  
> toxicology and unofficially determined that the poison is mainly in  
> the roots and mature stems.  It has a complicated poison and at the  
> time of our test could not be identified exactly.
> A few insects eat the leaves, but I have never seen any insect  
> damage to the stems or roots.  I heard/read a rumor that the poison  
> has been reported to cause increased production of white blood  
> cells in humans and was suggested as an AIDS chemotherapeutic  
> medication.
> Poke was a common table fare in the "thirties", as was persimmon  
> pudding and "real" yams.
> Thornapple, aka Jimson weed (Datura stramonium) has  hallucinogenic  
> properties and I've heard that it has been used by the drug nuts  
> for their endeavors.
> Doc
> Zone 7/8



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