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PSYCHOTRIA VIRIDIS

CHACRUNA

PLANT FAMILY

RUBIACEAE

This evergreen shrub is cultivated all over the amazon jungle. Leaves are most potent in the morning and gathered for use in the legendary brew Ayahuasca which means vine of the soul.

SHAMANIC USE
Amazon Indians boil 25g - 50g of shredded P.Viridis leaves until water is brown, adding lemon juice to improve taste and release active ingredients, then strain & drink 30 minutes after ingestion of a MAO inhibitor herb like the ones below. Leaves can be re-used several times. Click for info.

50g shredded B.Caapi vines
2.5g - 5g powdered Peganum harmala seeds.

EFFECTS AND PROPERTIES
Can occur an hour later & last about two. Typically colour is enhanced & more vivid, mood is calm, confident & powerful. Click for trip reports.

ACTIVE CHEMICALS
DMT, when ingested is destroyed by the body’s mono amine oxidase (MAO) before it can reach the brain. The above-mentioned plants contain harmaline which prevents this from happening .

LEGALITY
DMT is a class A drug in isolation. Boiling, using P.Viridis leaves may also be illegal. Above info is for interest, we sell for botanical research, identification only.

Psychotria Viridis leaf
Psychotria Viridis leaf, click to see a larger picture

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