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Hi Red Cat! Welcome!

I've been meaning to reply to this fascinating thread of yours for a while. Your intro post was quite the story to read, very forthcoming, and it's great to see a septeguenarian boldly exploring altered states of consciousness. Thanks for sharing it all and I wish you the best regarding your health.

I have two things to share:

Regarding your cancer struggle: A university nearby has just started doing studies on dandelion root extracts for treating cancer. The reason they started the study is the doctors happened to notice that terminal patients with a variety of cancers who started drinking dandelion tea extracts consistently experienced remissions of the cancers. Here is a link about the clinical trial they're doing in case you're interested in this information. It certainly wouldn't hurt to drink some strong dandelion tea a few times a day as your own personal experiment over the next year: First cancer clinical trial approved.

Maybe share that with your oncologist and they can get in touch with the Canadian doctor and discuss best-guess dosage and find out how the clinical trial is going so far, before the published results eventually come out?

Regarding the prior poster's suggestion of Salvia divinorum, I second that recommendation for sure. It's an amazing plant. Thankfully, Salvia the plant, and its active ingredient Salvinorin A, is NOT a scheduled substance here in Canada yet, so we can come and go with it, grow it, or sell the live plants freely without risking a criminal record. The products/tinctures/extracts of it technically fall under Health Canada herbal supplement regulations since it's not scheduled. So far, Health Canada does not fine or enforce removal of all the not-yet-approved extracts from head shops, convenience stores, and online vendors. It's simply not a priority for them I suppose.

Everyone I've experienced Salvia divinorum with was very glad to have discovered it, and found it profoundly consciousness altering. I look forward to someday contrasting & comparing that experience with the primary subject of this website.

From personal experience, I can say with certainty that Salvia divinorum is easily grown as a houseplant in indirect light by a window, without a humidity tent, once acclimated to that environment gradually. Don't bother with the expense and hassle of setting up a complicated growing environment. Clone it into 6 plants by taking and rooting cuttings in glasses of water from the growing tips. 6 is a good amount of plants to have around for personal use. I recommend the "Luna" strain as the hardiest for low-maintenance home growing, by far. PM me if you continue to have a vexing issue getting your hands on a live plant through your extended social circle and I'll see what other ideas I can come up with that, who knows, you might not have already thought of or tried.

I love growing a wide variety of medicinal and edible landscaping plants for fun, and it's nice to see someone else interested in cultivating and revering Magic Mint.

Again, welcome!

<blockquote data-quote="Pragmatica" data-source="post: 3623198" data-attributes="member: 20489">Hi Red Cat! Welcome!I&#039;ve been meaning to reply to this fascinating thread of yours for a while. Your intro post was quite the story to read, very forthcoming, and it&#039;s great to see a septeguenarian boldly exploring altered states of consciousness. Thanks for sharing it all and I wish you the best regarding your health.I have two things to share:Regarding your cancer struggle: A university nearby has just started doing studies on dandelion root extracts for treating cancer. The reason they started the study is the doctors happened to notice that terminal patients with a variety of cancers who started drinking dandelion tea extracts consistently experienced remissions of the cancers. Here is a link about the clinical trial they&#039;re doing in case you&#039;re interested in this information. It certainly wouldn&#039;t hurt to drink some strong dandelion tea a few times a day as your own personal experiment over the next year: <a href="http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2012/11/04/first-cancer-clinical-trial-approved-for-windsor/" target="_blank">First cancer clinical trial approved</a>.Maybe share that with your oncologist and they can get in touch with the Canadian doctor and discuss best-guess dosage and find out how the clinical trial is going so far, before the published results eventually come out?Regarding the prior poster&#039;s suggestion of Salvia divinorum, I second that recommendation for sure. It&#039;s an amazing plant. Thankfully, Salvia the plant, and its active ingredient Salvinorin A, is NOT a scheduled substance here in Canada yet, so we can come and go with it, grow it, or sell the live plants freely without risking a criminal record. The products/tinctures/extracts of it technically fall under Health Canada herbal supplement regulations since it&#039;s not scheduled. So far, Health Canada does not fine or enforce removal of all the not-yet-approved extracts from head shops, convenience stores, and online vendors. It&#039;s simply not a priority for them I suppose.Everyone I&#039;ve experienced Salvia divinorum with was very glad to have discovered it, and found it profoundly consciousness altering. I look forward to someday contrasting &amp; comparing that experience with the primary subject of this website.From personal experience, I can say with certainty that Salvia divinorum is easily grown as a houseplant in indirect light by a window, without a humidity tent, once acclimated to that environment gradually. Don&#039;t bother with the expense and hassle of setting up a complicated growing environment. Clone it into 6 plants by taking and rooting cuttings in glasses of water from the growing tips. 6 is a good amount of plants to have around for personal use. I recommend the &quot;Luna&quot; strain as the hardiest for low-maintenance home growing, by far. PM me if you continue to have a vexing issue getting your hands on a live plant through your extended social circle and I&#039;ll see what other ideas I can come up with that, who knows, you might not have already thought of or tried.I love growing a wide variety of medicinal and edible landscaping plants for fun, and it&#039;s nice to see someone else interested in cultivating and revering Magic Mint.Again, welcome!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pragmatica, post: 3623198, member: 20489"] Hi Red Cat! Welcome! I've been meaning to reply to this fascinating thread of yours for a while. Your intro post was quite the story to read, very forthcoming, and it's great to see a septeguenarian boldly exploring altered states of consciousness. Thanks for sharing it all and I wish you the best regarding your health. I have two things to share: Regarding your cancer struggle: A university nearby has just started doing studies on dandelion root extracts for treating cancer. The reason they started the study is the doctors happened to notice that terminal patients with a variety of cancers who started drinking dandelion tea extracts consistently experienced remissions of the cancers. Here is a link about the clinical trial they're doing in case you're interested in this information. It certainly wouldn't hurt to drink some strong dandelion tea a few times a day as your own personal experiment over the next year: [url=http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2012/11/04/first-cancer-clinical-trial-approved-for-windsor/]First cancer clinical trial approved[/url]. Maybe share that with your oncologist and they can get in touch with the Canadian doctor and discuss best-guess dosage and find out how the clinical trial is going so far, before the published results eventually come out? Regarding the prior poster's suggestion of Salvia divinorum, I second that recommendation for sure. It's an amazing plant. Thankfully, Salvia the plant, and its active ingredient Salvinorin A, is NOT a scheduled substance here in Canada yet, so we can come and go with it, grow it, or sell the live plants freely without risking a criminal record. The products/tinctures/extracts of it technically fall under Health Canada herbal supplement regulations since it's not scheduled. So far, Health Canada does not fine or enforce removal of all the not-yet-approved extracts from head shops, convenience stores, and online vendors. It's simply not a priority for them I suppose. Everyone I've experienced Salvia divinorum with was very glad to have discovered it, and found it profoundly consciousness altering. I look forward to someday contrasting & comparing that experience with the primary subject of this website. From personal experience, I can say with certainty that Salvia divinorum is easily grown as a houseplant in indirect light by a window, [b]without[/b] a humidity tent, once acclimated to that environment gradually. Don't bother with the expense and hassle of setting up a complicated growing environment. Clone it into 6 plants by taking and rooting cuttings in glasses of water from the growing tips. 6 is a good amount of plants to have around for personal use. I recommend the "Luna" strain as the hardiest for low-maintenance home growing, by far. PM me if you continue to have a vexing issue getting your hands on a live plant through your extended social circle and I'll see what other ideas I can come up with that, who knows, you might not have already thought of or tried. I love growing a wide variety of medicinal and edible landscaping plants for fun, and it's nice to see someone else interested in cultivating and revering Magic Mint. Again, welcome! [/QUOTE]