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psychoactive plants
Also known as: psychoactive plant use, psychotropic plants, psychoactive plant medicines
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Psychoactive plants in Ancient World: notes from an Ethnobotanist academia.edu 6 facts
claimThe historical use of psychotropic plants across different cultures traces back to the Neolithic period in the Old World and prehistoric periods in the New World.
referenceGiorgio Samorini (2019) presents archaeological data evidencing the relationship between Homo sapiens and psychoactive plants from a global perspective.
claimArchaeological evidence for psychotropic plants includes physical remains, paraphernalia, and iconographic representations.
referenceRatsch, C. authored 'The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants', published in 2005.
claimPsychoactive plants were used for ritual, medical, and recreational purposes across cultures, as evidenced by diverse ancient texts and archaeological contexts.
claimAncient civilizations utilized psychotropic plants for achieving altered states of consciousness, medical applications, and rituals.
the consumption of psychoactive plants in ancient global and ... academia.edu 4 facts
claimPsychoactive plants containing hallucinogenic molecules that induce altered states of consciousness (H-ASC) have been used in religious rituals across many cultures throughout human history.
referenceMetzner R authored 'The Role of Psychoactive Plant Medicines', published in 'Hallucinogens - A Reader' by Jeremy P. Tarcher / Putnam in 2002.
accountChemical analyses of organic residues from a 1,000-year-old ritual bundle recovered from the highland Andes provide evidence that pre-Columbian ritual specialists (shamans) used multiple psychoactive plants as part of a sophisticated botanical knowledge system.
referenceMerlin MD authored 'Archaeological evidence for the tradition of psychoactive plant use in the old world', published in Economic Botany in 2003.
Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org 3 facts
claimIncreased fitness can potentially result from the consumption of psychoactive plants containing compounds that chemically resemble endogenous signaling molecules, particularly when internal signaling functions are compromised due to deficiencies in dietary precursors in marginal environments.
referenceA preliminary inventory of plants used for psychoactive purposes in southern African healing traditions was compiled by J. F. Sobiecki.
referenceMiller et al. (2019) provided chemical evidence for the use of multiple psychotropic plants in a 1,000-year-old ritual bundle found in South America.
Ancient Roots of Today's Emerging Renaissance in ... link.springer.com 2 facts
claimSome healers in Western countries continue to employ psychoactive plants, often illicitly, due to international bans on psychedelics.
referenceMelanie Miller, Juan Albarracin-Jordan, Christine Moore, and Jose Capriles published a 2019 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences titled 'Chemical evidence for the use of multiple psychotropic plants in a 1,000-year-old ritual bundle from South America' which provides chemical evidence of multi-plant psychotropic use in ancient South American rituals.
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The psychedelic renaissance and the limitations of a White ... akjournals.com 1 fact
claimThe use of psychoactive plants is historically linked to religious rituals in various cultures, including the Bwiti in Africa, indigenous groups in the Amazon, and the Aztec civilization in North America.
[PDF] 28 Psychoactive plants in ancient Greece | Semantic Scholar semanticscholar.org 1 fact
claimEvidence of the use of psychotropic plants in ancient Greece includes poppies, cannabis, henbane, and datura.
Psychoactive Plants Consumed in Religious Rituals: Common ... researchgate.net Feb 1, 2019 1 fact
claimPsychoactive plants contain hallucinogenic molecules that induce a form of altered states of consciousness, referred to as HASC.
Psychoactive Plant - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics sciencedirect.com 1 fact
claimPsychoactive plants and plant natural products were instrumental in early neuroscience research.
“Plants of the Gods” and their hallucinogenic powers in ... surgicalneurologyint.com Jul 19, 2021 1 fact
claimPsychoactive plants and the drugs they produce are relevant to neuroscientists, neuropsychiatrists, and emergency room professionals because users may present with acute seizures, delirium, delusions, or frank psychotic states.