Vertmorpheus Posted December 13, 2007 Not sure if this should be here or in the Lab... I find the Lab a bit scary though. I found this... "Another cactus, a species of Epiphyllum, known as pokere in Sharanahua and wamapanako in Culina, was likewise added to ayahuasca.(15) A Shipibo informant recently stated that tchai was no longer employed in ayahuasca, the resulting brew becoming too intense.(16) We have no phytochemical data on these cacti, but several species of Opuntia are known to contain low levels of mescaline, (17) and preliminary human bioassays suggest that the B-carboline harmaline might in fact potentiate mescaline - low doses of 60 and 100 mg mescaline hydrochloride, corresponding to 51 and 86 mg base or 0.78 and 1.32 mg/kg respectively, were decidedly psychoactive. The combination of mescaline or mescaline-containing cacti with B-carbolines has been dubbed peyohuasca.(5,18)" at http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v06n3/06332ott.html. Anyone have anything tucked away upstairs on the topic? I have a few of these things (not necessarily of the variety mentioned, i think mine is an E. anguliger x something, and need to know if they should be tucked out of reach of any marauding cacti bandits, or stored well apart from any particular Trichos with which they would have disastrous reactions, etc. They do grow very fast and root extremely quickly, look great in a basket too or as single vertical pieces in lil pots. VM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teotzlcoatl Posted December 24, 2007 (edited) Check out Mr.Smith's book! A qoute from his book- "Such an example might be the use of certain cacti with the b-carboline containing Scirpus species known as "bakána," possibly creating a combined drug synergy similar to that of the South American hallucinogenic brew known as "ayahuasca."" It's probably the best book on the subject, Mr.Smith is a really smart guy and addresses some of the most mysterious data concerning these cacti.... to bad I don't have a copy....YET. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/South_Americ...cti/message/519 I too am very interested in the psychoactive effects of cacti other than trichocereus and lophophora.... espeically modern accounts of ingestion... Edited December 24, 2007 by Teotz' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conan Troutman Posted December 25, 2007 Check out Mr.Smith's book!A qoute from his book- "Such an example might be the use of certain cacti with the b-carboline containing Scirpus species known as "bakána," possibly creating a combined drug synergy similar to that of the South American hallucinogenic brew known as "ayahuasca."" It's probably the best book on the subject, Mr.Smith is a really smart guy and addresses some of the most mysterious data concerning these cacti.... to bad I don't have a copy....YET. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/South_Americ...cti/message/519 I too am very interested in the psychoactive effects of cacti other than trichocereus and lophophora.... espeically modern accounts of ingestion... Yeh yeh, give us some species! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teotzlcoatl Posted December 29, 2007 (edited) "Peyotes", "False Peyotes" and other psychoactive cacti (From Mr.Smith's Book, Thanks Mr.Smith) Ariocarpus agavoides A. fissuratus A. kotschoubeyanus A. retusus Armatocereus laetus Astrophytum asterias A. capricorne A. myriostigma Aztekium ritterii Carnegiea gigantea Coryphantha compacta C. elephantidens C. macromeris C. macromeris var. runyonii C. palmerii C. rosea Dolichothele longimamma Echinocactus spp. Echinocactus grandis E. grusonii E. visnaga Echinocereus salm-dyckianus E. triglochidiatus Epiphyllum sp. unknown Epithalantha micromeris Epostoa lanata Gymnocalycium spp. Leuchtenbergia principis Lophophora diffusa L. diffusa var. koehresii L. fricii L. jourdaniana L. williamsii L. williamsii var. caespitosa L. williamsii var. decipiens L. williamsii var. lutea Mammillaria spp. Mammillaria craigii M. grahamii M. grahamii var. oliviae M. heydeii Mamillopsis senilis Matucana madisoniorum Neoraimondia macrostibas Obregonia denegrii Opuntia cylindrica O. leptocaulis O. sp. unknown Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum P. pringlei Pelecyphora aselliformis P. pseudopectinata Selenicereus grandiflorus Solisia pectinata Strombocactus disciformis Trichocereus bridgesii T. grandiflorus T. macrogonus T. pachanoi T. peruvianus T. peruvianus (short spine) T. scopulicola T. sp. "Juul's Giant" T. sp. unknown T. terscheckii T. validus T. werdermannianus Turbinicarpus pseudomacrochele T. pseudopectinatus There may be more... I'm trying to do alot of research on "peyotes" and "false peyotes"... I plan to have most of them in cultivation... I wish I could get on the nook, I tryed sending them an email, but it wouldn't go through... So if anybody from the nook is here, please send me a message. Edited December 29, 2007 by Teotz' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
