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AND Ashwagandha

Withania somnifera
                        Reports of Use
                        by Reverend MeO

"In the land of the blind,
                        this 3rd eyed Ayurvedic
                        herb is king." For all of the
                        information below, 900mg.
                        of a 1 1/2% pure
                        Withanolids extract from
                        the root of Withania
                        somnifera was used --
                        without any other herbs or
                        medications.

THE PULL & THE
                        VISUALS

Within about 45 minutes the sedation begins, a tiring
                        and drying effect upon the eyeballs -- eyelids fight to
                        close. Sleep comes very easy at this time. While it is
                        possible to fight the sleep-pull, it is uncomfortable.
                        The behind-the-eye-visuals begin soon after laying
                        down. They are continual and easy to make out. While
                        they are well-defined, they change very often -- with no
                        certain image staying more than 30 seconds.

Upon laying down, the body goes still, and you can feel
                        yourself floating. This works well sometimes with the
                        visuals. It is very possible to look down upon your
                        sleeping body.

TOLERANCE?

There is no large degree of tolerance that builds with
                        continuous use of Ashwagandha. However, if after
                        taking the herb nightly for several weeks, you stop for                                                     a
                        night, and then continue the next evening, the visuals
                        are clearer than with steady nightly use.

WILL I PAY FOR THE WONDERFUL SLEEP IN
                        THE MORNING?

If 8-10 hours of sleep is not allotted, you will wake up
                        feeling mentally and physically "fuzzy". No matter how
                        much sleep you get, eyes will be glossy and lightly red.

IS THIS HEALTHY?

Health benefits can be found with continual use. A
                        resistance to sickness and an over-all healing effect
                        starts. A friend compared this effect to Ginseng -- I
                        prefer to compare it to Echinacea.

PAIN RELIEVER / MUSCLE RELAXANT

Oh yeah! With other sedating herbs (Valerian,
                        Skullcap, Passion Flower, et al) my body tends to
                        wake up exhausted -- and with a lower back pain from
                        sleeping too long. This is NOT the case with
                        Ashwagandha. The body wakes up, without any pain at
                        all -- with a warm and soft protective sheen seemingly
                        coating the entire being.

If you do suffer from chronic pains (which
                        Ashwagandha relieved), the pains will return about 4-6
                        hours after waking up -- as it seems that this is                         thE time
                        the herb wears off almost completely. (Total time of
                        action: ~10-12 hours)

DREAM RECALL -- LUCIDITY

As with many "sleep" supplements (5-HTP, Skullcap,
                        etc...) dream recall is enhanced, even though some of
                        these items are said to decrease REM activity.

Some way or another, dream recall and lucidity comes
                        much easier with any of these substances, though.
                        Ashwagandha seems to greatly assist dream recall (not
                        as well as 5-HTP, I must add), and chances of lucidity
                        (once again, not as well as 5-HTP). Eyelids begin to
                        flutter soon after sleep begins.

Query NCU-3e
                              Common Name: 'Culebra' 
                              Family: Solanaceae Juss.

Country of Origin: Columbia - high and geographically
                              isolated Indian village of Sibundoy 
                              Habitat: forested slopes of the mountains to the south of the
                              valley of Sibundoy

Description: Originally classified as Methysticodendron
                              amesianum by R.E. Schultes in 1955 (Bot. Mus. Leaf., 17, 1,
                              1955)

Description of Methysticodendron Amesianum- R. E.
                              Schultes in Bot. Mus Leafl. Harvard Univ. 17 (1955) 2.

Tree up to 25 feet tall, with short, densely leafy branches.
                              Leaves membranaceous, dark green, narrowly
                              linear-ligulate, apically acuminate, basally gradually
                              attenuate (very often without distinct petiole), marginally
                              commonly subundulate or undulate, in adult state 20-26 cm
                              long, 1.3-2.0 cm wide; central nerve strong, beneath strongly
                              elevated, secondary nerves almost parallel, somewhat
                              conspicuous, towards margin arcuateanastomosing; both
                              surfaces minutely and irregularly (near veins denser) pilose.

Flowers up to 28 (mostly more or less 23) cm long apically
                              10-13 cm in diameter in bud, at dusk and night very strongly
                              and sweetly fragant. Calyx spathaceous, green, papyraceous
                              or membranaceous, 2- to 5-parted, with acute teeth, tubiform
                              for half its length, 3/5 as long as corolla (up to 13 cm long),
                              both surfaces very minutely and irregularly pilose. Corolla
                              divided for 3/5-4/5 its length, with lobes usually 5 (but
                              abnormally 4 or 6), membranaceous, white, spreading,
                              spathulate or almost spathulately rhombiform, apically long
                              acuminate, circinnate, entire, upper half strongly inflexed,
                              14-16 cm long, towards apex of tube usually 6mm. (but in
                              widest part 2.5-3.3 cm) wide, near base very remotely and
                              irregularly pilose within and without, with 3 conspicuous,
                              strongly parallel veins; tube rather densely white-pilose
                              within.

Stamens usually 5, shorter than corolla lobes; with terete
                              filaments, more or less 5 cm long, 2 mm in diameter at base,
                              apically strongly twisted and lightly bent, pilose except at
                              apex; anthers yellow, 2.7-3 cm long, 3-4 mm in diameter.
                              Ovary sub-cylindric, conspicuously 3-sulcate, glabrous, up
                              to 1.5 cm long, 0.5 cm in diameter, gradually produced into
                              styles. Styles glabrous, up to more or less 9 cm long, 2.5 mm
                              in diameter, apically slightly clavellate and strongly
                              flattened, with stigmatic tissue on very apex and along adges
                              up to 1-1.5 cm in decurrent form, black (when dry) and
                              papillose. Appendix (rudimentary style?) like styles arising
                              from central part of ovary, up to 5.5 cm long, accompanied
                              by 1 or 2 subclavellate, fleshy appendices 2-5 mm long.

Uses: This plant is known only from the valley of Sibundoy
                              where it is employed by the Inga and Kams� Indians in their
                              witchcraft. Its use in each tribe is restricted to several
                              witch-doctors, and these practitioners grow the plant with
                              special care in the neighbourhood of their huts. The wild
                              habitat of the species is said to be the forested slopes of the
                              mountains to the south of the valley of Sibundoy, especially
                              the slopes of the botanically almost completely unknown
                              Cerro Patascoy. When in cultivation, the plant is apparently
                              the hereditary property of certain families, as the sorcerers
                              pass it on to the eldest son together with the secrets attending
                              its use.

Restrictions:

Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption
                              tropane alkaloids - fatally toxic

Accession Data:

Accession #: 200200022 
                              Source: Rich Sanders 
                              Provenance: Cuttings from Richard Sanders Feb2002.
                              Original material from Andre Hodnik, France ex Sibundry
                              Valley, SW Columbia (only known wild source of this
                              clone) 
                              Accession Date: 02/11/02 
                              Bench: 1209 - Solanaceae 
                              Qty: 1 confirmed on 06/26/02

Classification:

Division: Magnoliophyta 
                              Class: Magnoliopsida 
                              SubClass: Asteridae 
                              Order: Solanales 
                              SubOrder: 
                              Family: Solanaceae 
                              SubFamily: 
                              Tribe: 
                              SubTribe:

Based upon: Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M. J. (1992 onwards). �The Families of
                          Flowering Plants: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval.�
                          Version: 19th August 1999. http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/.

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Class Usage in the past 36 months:

None Recorded

Material to other institutions in the past 60 months:

None Recorded

Pesticide applications and bio-control releases in the past
                          12 months:

None Recorded

Miscellaneous Notations:

None Recorded

Credits:

Personal communication with Rich Sanders, who provided the cuttings for us.
                              Methysticodendron Amesianum - posted at Lycaeum Website - last visited
                              04/26/02

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