Mexican Dream Herb Extract (Calea zacatechichi) – 99% Germacranolides

Description

This extract has a confirmed 99% Germacranolides. This are one of the main active ingredients in Calea zacatechichi.

The usual dose of Germacranolide 99% would be 2-6 mg and the maximum recommended would be 18 mg per day.

Caution: This product is not for the average person. You will need to have accurate weighing equipment and blend this with other ingredients before consumption. 

Germacranolides are a group of natural chemical compounds classified as sesquiterpene lactones. They are found in a variety of plant sources. These compounds are known for their calming properties and they also can be supportive to the immune system in protecting us from harmful microbes, acting as antioxidants, and assisting in cellular repair.

Calea ternifolia (syn. Calea zacatechichi) is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae. It is native to Mexico and Central America. Its English language common names include bitter-grass, Mexican calea, and dream herb.

It is used in traditional medicine and ritual in its native range.

In Mexico the plant is used as an herbal remedy for dysentery and fever. The Zoque Popoluca people call the plant tam huñi (“bitter gum”) and use it to treat diarrhea and asthma, and the Mixe people know it as poop taam ujts (“white bitter herb”) and use it for stomachache and fever.

The Chontal people of Oaxaca reportedly use the plant, known locally as thle-pela-kano, during divination. Isolated reports describe rituals that involve smoking a plant believed to be this species, drinking it as a tea, and placing it under a pillow to induce divinatory or lucid dreams due to its properties as an oneirogen. Zacatechichi, the former species name, is a Hispanicized form of the Nahuatl word “zacatl chichic” meaning “bitter grass”. Users take the plant to help them remember their dreams; known side effects include nausea and vomiting related to the taste and mild-to-severe allergic reaction.

Chemical compounds isolated from this species include flavones such as acacetin and sesquiterpene lactones such as germacranolides. The sesquiterpenes known as caleicines and caleochromenes may be active in its effects on sleep.

Calea zacatechichi has been classified as an herbal oneirogen, which is a plant that produces or enhances dream-like states of consciousness.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calea_ternifolia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneirogen