wonder what sort of "health" condition I should be in?:scratchchin:
while I'm thinking about it, how do I join the Native American Church, and also go back to those herbal traditions?
In addition to psychoactive properties, Native Americans used the plant for its curative properties as well. They employed peyote for treating such varied ailments as toothache, pain in childbirth, fever, breast pain, skin diseases, rheumatism, diabetes, colds, and blindness. The U.S. Dispensatory lists peyote under the name
Anhalonium and states it can be used in various preparations for
neurasthenia,
hysteria and asthma. Screening for antimicrobial activity of peyote extracts in various solvents showed positive microbial inhibition. The principal antibiotic agent, a water-soluble crystalline substance separated from an ethanol extract of the plant, was given the name
peyocactin.
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There is documented evidence of the religious, ceremonial, and healing uses of peyote dating back over 2,000 years.
[12] The tradition began to spread northward as part of a revival of native spirituality under the auspices of what came to be known as the
Native American Church, whose members refer to peyote as "the sacred medicine", and use it to combat spiritual, physical, and other social ills.
Peyote - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia