"Landon" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:29:47 -0500, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
>>In article >,
>> Landon > wrote:
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>>> Go ahead Omelet, what plant has always made you curious about it's
>>> real properties as a medication?
>>
>>Entheogens.
>
> You've misunderstood what this book has. The plants in it are listed
> alphabetically by plant name.
>
> You've given me a chemical type. It includes many plants that have
> that property, but is not a specific plant name.
>
> An entheogen can also be a fungus or mixture of other chemicals.
>
> Synthetic entheogens also exist.
>
>
>
> From Wiki:
>
> "An entheogen, in the strict sense, is a psychoactive substance used
> in a religious, shamanic, or spiritual context. Historically,
> entheogens were mostly derived from plant sources and have been used
> in a variety of traditional religious contexts. With the advent of
> organic chemistry, there now exist many synthetic substances with
> similar psychoactive properties, many derived from these plants.
> Entheogens can supplement many diverse practices for healing,
> transcendence, and revelation, including: meditation, psychonautics,
> art projects, and psychedelic therapy.
>
> Essentially all psychoactive drugs that are naturally occurring in
> plants, fungi, or animals, can be used in an entheogenic context or
> with enthogenic intent. Since non-psychoactive drugs can also be used
> in this type of context, the term "entheogen" refers primarily to
> substances that have been categorized based on their historical use.
> Toxicity does not affect a substance's inclusion (some can kill
> humans), nor does effectiveness or potency (if a substance is
> psychoactive, and it has been used in a historical context, then the
> required dose has also been found)."
>
>
> Try again, but give me a specific plant name

My best used 'plant for medicine' is a ordinary wet tea bag. One night long
ago, DH woke me to stop some bleeding. He had cut himself shaving - that
tricky tender spot just below his nose - and was pouring blood. Both he and
his bathroom looked like an ax murderer had been having quite a time. I
remembered the wet tea bag idea and pressed one on him. I hope none of you
here ever need to know that - but post it in the back of your memory just in
case.
Later that night when our teenagers came in to report in and say
goodnight, they asked, "What have you done to our Daddy?"
I had taped the tea bag beneath his nose and he was happily snoring with
the Lipton tag flapping in the breeze. Polly