dreamer042 said:
Also when training to be a shaman in certain amazonian cultures one is basically locked away and eats only fruit and water and "diets" caapi for a period of time till their systems are sensitive enough to "hear" what the other plant teachers have to say. Here is one persons report of "dieting" chacruna in peru as part of their training.
That seems like you would be running the risk of a hypertensive crisis when only eating fruit, nuts and a vine containing MAOI's.
That's a good point, perhaps I should mention this is all done under the guidance of a trained and experienced curandero shaman.
My caapi plant (red strain hardwood rooted cutting) also came wilted and dropping leaves and she was consistently getting worse by the day on her eastward facing window sill, I moved her to a makeshift greenhouse under a fluorescent grow lamp near a westward facing window and she has completely recovered, the wilted nearly dead leaves have a greened up again, she's putting off tons of new growth, and keeps reaching for the front the greenhouse away from the light but toward the window no matter which way I turn her. Perhaps doing something along these lines will save your girls as well? Just my $0.02 worth of experience in the matter.
