Calea zacatechichi (dreamherb)

Calea dream herb is also known as 'dog grass' or Calea zacatechichi ("bitter grass"). The shrub belongs to the sunflower family and grows naturally in the Mexican highlands and certain parts of Costa Rica. Calea zacatechichi measures 1 - 1.5 m in height. The plant has many branches with oviform and opposite leaves (3-5 cm long and 2-4 cm wide).

It is used by the Chontal Indians of Mexico to obtain divinatory messages during dreaming and in Mexican folk medicine as an aperitif and to improve the natural metabolism. Indians have been naming calea 'leaf of God'. It is valued for its ability to clear the senses, to induce visions in dreams and as a healing plant in general. Shamans use the herb to receive divine messages in their dreams. Ordinary people in Mexico use it to increase appetite and health product that supports among other things a natural digestion.

Effects

Calea provides a restful and drowsy effect. The psychoactive effect is subtle and can be described as dreamlike. Mexican Indians consider calea as a hallucinogen, although no hallucinogenic alkaloid has been isolated yet.

Usage

3 to 25 grams of the crushed dried leaves are drunk as tea. It tastes very bitter.

Reviews

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Nov 12, 2009 Zach said:
    
“I read about this stuff on www.calea-zacatechichi.com, and bought a bit from this site. It tasted TERRIBLE when I made the tea, but the dreams were worth it. If you can't handle the taste, smoking it was pretty enjoyable too.”

Sep 7, 2009 Shivaya_voda said:
 
“We made tea of this herb and we was very excited... before taste it. When we took a sip, we started yelling cause of horrible taste. I never drank worst thing ever. CALEA= SATAN IN A CUP”

Jan 16, 2009 gallant said:
  
“I tried to make tea yesterday. Me and a friend made 2 cups out of 10-15 grams. We put the leaves in water for 5 minutes or so. It was the most disgusting taste we ever tasted, even with honey.
Maybe we left it in the water for too long, or didn't add enough water, but we both drank 1 sip and flushed the rest.

Strangely enough i had really really bizarre "dreams", just before i fell asleep. My room seemed to change chapes, and the door seemed to move.

I am curious what will happen if i drink 1 cup :D”