Morning glory
IPOMEA VIOLACEA
Origin MEXICO
Active ingredient ERGINA
MEDICINAL, RITUAL use
The colonizers associated indigenous spiritual practices with psychoactive plants with superstition and witchcraft, and repressed this knowledge. Mayan women used morning glory seeds in healing rituals and to induce childbirth, and the Aztecs considered them divine, connected to high spirits. In the 20th century, the lysergic substances in its seeds attracted scientific interest.
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References:
Kashanipour, R. A. "Soledad Acosta de Samper: Botany, Food, and Gender in 19th Century South America." Billet. The Recipes Project (blog). Accessed January 23, 2023. https://recipes.hypotheses.org/15899.
Luz, Pedro. Psychonautic Letter. Rio de Janeiro: Dantes, 2015.
Meira, Marilena, Eliezer Pereira Da Silva, Jorge M David, and Juceni P. David. "Review of the Genus Ipomoea: Traditional Uses, Chemistry and Biological Activities." Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 22, no. 3 (June 2012): 682–713. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-695X2012005000025.