Cestrum nocturnum a.k.a. Night Queen

[paramguruGmaharaj]

Hey Fellow Nexians,
I was wondering if anyone has tried using Cestrum nocturnum a.k.a. Night Queen in their Enhanced Leaf/Changa blend? If so can you Please describe the effects if there were any? Im thinking of adding it to my Enhanced Leaf blend since its so common in my area and I've read that there are some small psychoactive effects as stated in WIKI . Its is also sometime referred to as "night blooming jasmine", here is a nice photo of its flower.

 

[Cognitive Heart]

Hi there..

Jasmine is a beautiful, nocturnal plant, indeed! However, this plant contains solanine in high enough levels. Please do more research! I cannot recommend a dosage. Uses of this plant in terms of changa plants / herbs is not wise. However, other nightshade plants are used in very small amounts as changa foliage.

Ingestion of green berries over several weeks by a 2-year-old child resulted in diarrhea, vomiting, and blood clots in the stool. A solanine alkaloid isolated from the stool was hemolytic to human erythrocytes

The most commonly reported problems associated with C. nocturnum are respiratory problems from the scent, and feverish symptoms following ingestion.

The mechanisms of the plant's psychoactive effects are currently unknown, and anecdotal data is extremely limited. In a rare discussion of traditional entheogenic use of the plant, Müller-Ebeling, Rätsch, and Shahi describe shamanic use of C. nocturnum in Nepal. They describe experiencing "trippy" effects without mentioning unpleasant physical side effects. Rätsch's Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants also describes a handful of reports of ingestion of the plant without mentioning serious adverse side effects. Poerke et al. describe the following toxic effects reported from ingesting C. nocturnum:[citation needed] Ingesting 15 lb of plant material caused a cow to salivate, clamp its jaws, collapse, and eventually die. A postmortem showed gastroenteritis and congestion of liver, kidneys, brain, and spinal cord. Although the berries and the sap are suspected of being toxic, several cases of ingestion of the berries have not shown them to be a problem, with one exception. Morton cites a case where children ate significant quantities (handfuls) of berries and had no significant effects and another two where berries were ingested in smaller amounts, with similar negative results.

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[paramguruGmaharaj]

Thanks a bunch for your feedback Cognitive Heart... I appreciate it. I did a little more research on solanine... doesn't really seem like something I want to put into my system anymore. Guess I will keep searching until I find something growing in my area that isn't poisonous.

Peace & Love :thumb_up:

 

[Cognitive Heart]

Your welcome..

Also, considering the page you left us with was where I obtained the above information leads me to think that not enough close reading was observed.. Always be 100% sure of what it is you plan on ingesting! Even it grows close. Just because it grows close don't mean its smoalkable!