Guayusa

raybeam · June 6, 2006, 11:19am

Guayusa, just read about it in a newsletter I receieve… A quick search on this forum didn’t give me anything. Have anyone tried it? I’m going to order, and try it!

Qu · June 6, 2006, 12:24pm

For your reference:

lyda.lycaeum.org:

GUAYUSA (ILEX GUAYUSA)

This tree is the source of the famous stimulant drink guayusa. In the Ecuadorean Amazonia, the tea is considered to be “good to calm nerves” and “good for women who are pregnant.” A tea is taken also when ayahuasca (Banisteriopsis caapi) is drunk to “kill the bitter taste” and “to prevent hangover.” It is likewise said to "give strength to deal with Ayahuasca. The tea is further stated to be efficacious for “stomach problems, and to have aphrodisiac properties.” The native inhabitants of the region of Mocoa employ guayusa in decoction for numerous medicinal purposes: “pain in the liver”, malarial fevers, syphilis and especially to calm stomach pains and to regulate faulty menstruation. A tea of leaves is used as a stimulant.

Leaves of guayusa are still sold in markets in Pasto and Quito as medicines. Except for its caffeine content, nothing further is known about the chemistry of the Amazonian species.

raybeam · June 6, 2006, 1:11pm

pasQuale:

For your reference:

lyda.lycaeum.org:

GUAYUSA (ILEX GUAYUSA)

This tree is the source of the famous stimulant drink guayusa. In the Ecuadorean Amazonia, the tea is considered to be “good to calm nerves” and “good for women who are pregnant.” A tea is taken also when ayahuasca (Banisteriopsis caapi) is drunk to “kill the bitter taste” and “to prevent hangover.” It is likewise said to "give strength to deal with Ayahuasca. The tea is further stated to be efficacious for “stomach problems, and to have aphrodisiac properties.” The native inhabitants of the region of Mocoa employ guayusa in decoction for numerous medicinal purposes: “pain in the liver”, malarial fevers, syphilis and especially to calm stomach pains and to regulate faulty menstruation. A tea of leaves is used as a stimulant.

Leaves of guayusa are still sold in markets in Pasto and Quito as medicines. Except for its caffeine content, nothing further is known about the chemistry of the Amazonian species.

Thankx for the info… It doesn’t tell anything about dream effects tough.

Qu · June 6, 2006, 1:56pm

no it doesn’t. What did the newsletter say that makes you want to try it?

as far as i see it is like some kind of redbull or some other high caffeine drink. There is a topic around somewhere about effects of caffeine on dreams.

raybeam · June 6, 2006, 5:30pm

Mainly that it’s used by shamans in the Amazonas to induce more vivid dreams… Read an article somewhere that said that it’s properties might have something to do with the coffeine being released slower into your system than from other coffeinesources.