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Ed Dunkel

Lemon scented grass (native)

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Its the native Lemon scented Grass (Cymbopogon ambiguus) used at all in the same manor as regular lemon scented grass?

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I don't see why it couldn't be, though it might depend on exactly what uses of lemon grass you mean...

I don't know of any Cymbopogon spp. that are toxic in moderate amounts, I presume you could make a nice tea out of any that smell good. In n. Australia C. ambiguus is used to treat colds and chest complaints [usually rubbed on the body and inhaled, but sometimes decocted. Ethnobotanist Peter Latz reported drinking a strong leaf decoction of C. ambiguus, in the evening, and having vivid nightmares all night. Is that what you were after?

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Cooking, tea and uses like that.

But the dream / nightmare thing effect sounds intreging. I usually slip into lucid dreams when I'm midway through a nightmare. The rediculesness of my nightmares usually makes me realize I'm dreaming and thus I change the dream into a lucid one.

I haven't had a nightmare for ages either.

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I know someone who had a vivid nightmare of green aliens invading after imbibing a reasonable quanity of Zubrowka (Bison grass vodka). The grass is Hierochloe odorata, but it may well have similar components. It has a gingery lemon taste.

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