Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
663.23.05
663.23.05 Sceletium tortuosum
Names: Canna; Channa; Kauw goed; Kougoed; Tortuose fig marigold.
Content: alkaloids: mesembrine, mesembrenone, mesembrenol, tortuosamine; mesembrine is serotonin reuptake inhibitor, PDE4-inhibitor.
Mind
Sad.
Anxiety, stress and tension.
Euphoria, garrulous; talkative; inebriation and stimulation; empathogen.
Sedation; lethargy; aversion company.
Increased personal insight, interpersonal ease and a meditative, grounded feeling without any perceptual dulling.
Enhanced tactile and sexual response.
Senses raised, enhanced, tactile, sexual.
Delusion: things go faster or slower than themselves.
General
Sensation: light; electric tingle.
Desire: food, appetite increased, < walking long distances in arid areas.
Body
Ears: ringing.
Heart: palpitations, pulse fast.