Zen Peddler Posted September 4, 2011 Someone gave me a fascinating book on medicinal plants that has a selection of a huge amount of oplants and their medical properties. The following plants caught my eye: Adlumia fungosa - action: narcotic Aerva javanica - action: narcotic Corydalis cava - action: sedative, hallucinagen cypripedium calceolus - action: sedative, mood enhancer, tranquiliser. Any one have any knowledge of these plants?? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
friendly Posted September 5, 2011 Corydalis yanhusuo is used as an analgesic and sedative in China and elsewhere. I can vouch for it's effectiveness. The 5x is still available, but the 25x is mostly pulled from the market these days. A few unscrupulous companies still provide it, despite the proven health hazards. Repeated use of the extracts is said to cause idiopsyncratic pre-hepatic syndrome in some after only a short duration of usage. Hallucinogenic? Not hardly. I see no reason to believe that related species are inactive, but advise caution with new species with unproven properties. Start with a very small amount and slowly each day work up the dose in small increments until efficacy, toxicity or placebo effects are determined. I am unfamiliar with the others. What is the title of the book, if I may ask? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted September 7, 2011 The book is entitled: Medicinal Plants of the world. Includes 320 medicinal plants and a quick guide checklist of 900 of the most important and well known medicinal plants of the world. Its got everything in it prettymuch - 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
friendly Posted September 7, 2011 (edited) I humbly suggest the CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference by Timothy Johnson, CRC Press, 1998 to be another valuable reference guide with 28659 plants listed by (1) Species name, (2)common name, (3) Family, (4) Range, (5) action, (6) Used to Treat, (7) Contains, (8) Indigenous use, (9) Use, (10) Body part treated, (11) Habitat, and (12) Comments, for each plant listed. I have run into a few who have disagreements with the book for various reasons, but I have found it to be an extraordinarily valuable resource. For specifically entheogenic plants and related matters, I can find no better reference than Garden of Eden, self published by Snu Voogelbreinder in 2009. A similar volume to the first, but more specific is Native American Ethnobotany by Daniel E. Moerman, Timber Press, 1998. It goes even further than CRC in it's descriptions and usages by native peoples of North America. Edited September 10, 2011 by friendly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted September 8, 2011 sorry this book is by Ben Eric van Wyk and Michael Wink. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torsten Posted September 8, 2011 Wyk & Wink write excellent books as guides, but not for in depth knowledge. I love their concise structure, but really, you have to look muhc deeper than what they write. Corydalis cava is a mild sedative. not even as good as the more popular Corydalis species. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gerbil Posted September 9, 2011 (edited) sorry for sidetrack, if it interests you zen, they've also got Mind Altering and Poisonous Plants of the World, essentially same format as med. plants. wow just looking up the authors other texts after T's 'write excellent books', found Wink's Annual plant review biochemistry and plant secondary metabolism, relatively fresh out, pricey but wow sounds interesting. Edited September 9, 2011 by gerbil Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted September 10, 2011 Yeah i noticed in some cases they missed major things like salvia elegans being a potent ACE inhibator and stuff. ive got a few texts - i really love that kind of stuff. Ill have a look out for the other book, thanks heaps for the heads up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
friendly Posted September 10, 2011 (edited) Zen Peddler: I owe you an apology. I saw that my 'reputation' button (something new I had not noticed previously) had been pressed by someone unknown and given me a 1, so without thinking I pressed the button on your entry to see what would happen. I did not mean to give you a negative reputation, and I cannot find out how to reverse my action, so I gave you a positive 1 in your next entry to try to undo any damage I may have caused. Please accept my apology; there was no malice intended, just stupidity on my part. omtao, friendly Edited September 10, 2011 by friendly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted September 11, 2011 LOL - that's fine mate. I dont mind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
