Passiflora incarnata, also called Passion Flower, is a beautifull Perrenial with sweet scented flowers and unique flower structure. Passiflora incarnata has been used as a sedative to aid in the treatment of insomnia. In homeopathic medicine Passion Flower was used to treat epilepsy.

The medicinal properties of Passiflora incarnata have a long history of use by native North Americans. The Cherokee are known to be using Passion Flower in many religious ceremonies.

The flowers are highly sought after and considered to be the most potent part of the plant. The dried herb has been valued as an antispasmodic, hypnotic, and sedative.

Dream Herb - Calea zacatechichi - was traditionally used by the Chontal Natives of Oaxaca, Mexico. It still is being traditionally used by the Chontal Indians to induce dreams. It would be prepared as a tea and drank while smoking a cigarette made up of the Calea zacatechichi foliage just before going to bed.

Exactly how Dream Herb (Calea zacatechichi) effects the brain is not well understood. The plant contains 0.01% of a crystalline alkaloid, C21H26O8. Modern studies have shown an increase in brain activity during sleep and some minor hallucinations of subjects when awake.

It has been found to increase the superficial stages of sleep and the number of spontaneous awakenings. Those who partook of the Dream Herb were able to experience lucid dreaming; the ability to control and remember their dreams with less effort.

Auditory hallucinations are also fairly common, which prompted the Chontals, believing they were hearing the voice of God, to refer to Calea zacatechici as Leaf of God. A feeling of well-being is said to persist for a day or more with no unpleasant side effects.

Virola theiodora is also called Epena, Parica, Nyakwana, and Yakee. It goes by various names depedning on the tribe. Virola is prepared as a snuff in the Western Amazon basin and was used ceremonially by adult males.

Traditionally the Virola bark is stripped from the tree early in the morning and a blood red resin is scraped off from the inner bark. The use was generally restricted to Shamans and medicine men to diagnose and treat illness and was commonly used as an Ayahausca analogue.

Freshly harvested bark from South America is great for use in crafts and is commonly used in woodworking in South America. Virola contains poisonous Tryptamine Alkaloids, Dimethyltryptamine.

Mandrake - Mandragora officinarum, also called Witches Drink, Thieves Root, Mad Apple, Love Apple and Satan’s Apple - has a very long history of use as a sacred herb. The root of Mandrake (Mandragora officinarum) is thought to take on almost a human form. Mandrake is sometimes referred to as umbrella plant, because it looks like a closed umbrella when it first appears each spring.

Mandrake has been used in association with magic in European folklore. Mandragora occicinarum (Mandrake) was a common admixture in witches’ brews. It was often carried for protection and luck. Mandrake grows rapidly in groups and produces a fruit, but it is rather unsavory.

Mandrake contains extremely large amounts of tropane alkaloids and should be regarded as poisonous. However, It has been used as an analgesic and anesthetic, sleep aid, aphrodisiac, and to treat many ailments.