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  1. Posted · Edited by Leaves

    I will take some photo's today, but they will be hard to ID I think because many of the paper barks aren't grow in nurseries & there is tons of them. A broader leaf one is Melaleuca quinquenervia (common native & serious weed in Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Oklahoma and Texas), the lemon smelling ones must be a local native also because I have noticed them in many other gardens around so I think the local council nursery should have them.

    Yeah so I am not sure it is a good idea to send a potential/established noxious weed overseas.

  2. Posted · Edited by Leaves

    I thought the laws in thailand had already changed and stated something along the lines of 'kratom users must not be discriminated against' then goes on to explain it was made illegal because it was seen as a threat to the Thailand governments opium trade back in the 1940's.

    Kratom is a big threat to the bullshit mental illness drugs & pain drugs the west tries to push

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    I have 4 different narrow leaf tea trees growing in my yard, 2 of them look close to the pictures I can see on the net of Melaleuca alternifolia. 2 of the tree I have smell like lemon tea tree, the other 2 smell like just tea tree oil but one is sweeter smelling. I can take some photos if you want to ID them or I can just collect some seeds & send them over.

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    I served my country in the forces & the amount of people destroying their lives with alcohol was very disturbing. I was drinking way too much & after leaving the forces I ate a small amount of a cactus I had been growing for years. Since them I only drink when other people want me to drink with them (once a month) & only 2 or 3 drinks at a time. I think I would still be killing myself with booze if it wasn't for the healing properties of certain species. Also I can't really see how a person could enjoy abusing any of the above listed chemicals, maybe cathinone & ephedrine but the law makers allow supplement companies to make pre-work out powders that expose people to much more dangerous combinations/dosages of chemicals. The law makers need to try Catha sp. for themselves & realise they will need to make coffee illegal because it is stronger than Catha sp.

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  9. Posted · Edited by Leaves

    Off topic but I have read numerous reports about Kratom causing liver damage in certain people. Some people seem certain these reports are myths or were caused by contaminates. Might be a good idea to be cautious until some clear evidence is presented. Here is one of the pages I read the info on http://www.thepoisonreview.com/2011/05/26/hepatotoxicity-from-abuse-of-kratom-first-reported-case/

    It would not surprise me at all if the real cause was from consuming too much alcohol & panadol because the amount of booze & pharmaceuticals consumed in western countries is disgusting.

    Also it would not surprise me if the reports are fabricated by big pharmaceutical companies due to Kratoms threat on the methadone/buprenorphine scheme that they profit from.

  12. Posted · Edited by Leaves

    This thread made me remember my Uncles pet white cockatoo back in the 80's. White cockatoo's can live up to about 70 years old and my uncles had intelligence roughly equivalent to 5-10 year old human. I was at a small country bar with my Uncle & the cockatoo, there was a old booze hag that was very drunk & loud hanging around us & I can clearly remember his cockatoo leaning over to my ear and whispering "Geez, she's an annoying bitch, ay." Got to be the funniest thing I have even seen or heard coming from a bird :lol: I think the fact that the cocky whispered his comment shows immense intelligence.

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    The images you see of politicians are just that, they are images created by the people employed to analyse what the public would like to hear/see/think. They try to give out a image of someone kind & wise when really who we vote for does not matter much when the political advisers have foreign interests.....

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    Thanks PH, I agree that it is too risky to use this plant internally often. The seedlings do not smell at all like the mature trees, they only have the anise/sassafras smell. I have heard that others have done a bioassay on pure safrole & it only had sedative effects nothing more (also humans have the enzyme present to break it down so it is not carcinogenic). Some others have suspected cinnamolaurine as the active in Sassafras because they have extracted the safrole out of the sassafras and then tried making a tea from the safrole-less sassafras, this resulted in a stronger effect than when safrole is present. I am interested in this cinnamolaurine & since it is legal it would be great to work out what is going on :)

  21. Posted

    Apparently Sheppard is cold tolerant & hass was farmed in Tasmania but drought not cold killed them. Avo's grow in hilly areas in Chile at 40degress south & they are covered in snow every winter

  22. Posted · Edited by Leaves

    Yes, native willow is pretty common but it is only mildly sedative. It is usually easier to get access to wild growing Mulungu and it is more effective as a sedative but they could be used together with other sedative Australian natives to achieve a more potent effect.

  23. Posted · Edited by Leaves

    First off Camphor laurel is listed as toxic/carcinogenic to humans and some animals.

    http://www.bioinfo.in/uploadfiles/13257330861_1_1_JCRL.pdf

    The above link includes this info - In Iran’s folk medicine, camphor has

    been used both as an aphrodisiac and antiaphrodisiac. In small doses, camphor is used as an
    aphrodisiac to excite the reproductive organs, causing considerable heat in the urethra and nocturnal
    emissions. However, in large doses, it is used as an antiaphrodisiac to diminish urino-genital irritation.
    Above link states this - Extracts have been used as a brain stimulant for epilepsy, and other mental disorders.

    I thought this would be beneficial to the environment to share my experiences with Camphor laurel seedlings since it is a invasive species in Australia. I have been using the leaves off mature trees for making extracts to use in soap making. These mature tree leaves smell like camphor but I noticed the small Camphor laurel plants growing underneath the trees smell like Sassafras. Since I really enjoy sass root tea I thought I would try some Camphor laurel seedling leaf tea. I used about 50 seedlings each with about 4 leaves on each plants, just cut the roots off then put the stems/leaves in plunger coffee jug, added some cold water & used a stick mixer to macerate them then let sit for 1 or 2 hours then filtered with the coffee plunger. The resulting tea tasted nice & I only need to add a small amount of honey to make a drink I wouldn't mind drinking often if it is safe enough. It took over an hour before full effects were felt which were a mood lift, moderate stimulation & warmth. I found coffee was very stimulating if I drink it anytime after the tea.

    Since safrole has been found to be only sedating & nothing more would anyone know what is causing the mood lift/stimulation from Camphor laurel seedling tea? No negative effects have been felt from the tea personally but definitely be cautious with this plant. I am not recommending anyone try this tea but I am interested in knowing what is causing the effects.

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    I think I have seen ones like that up in the hills around here, I will see if I can get a photo next time, but that little avo used to compare the big one is tiny. A average avo is around double the length of a egg.

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