Snake plant

Snake plant Turbina corymbosa Seeds Ololiuqui LSD-like compounds Drink Hallucinogenic Aztecs Mexico... 

Sansevieria trifosciate Prain Hu Wei Lan (Snake plant) (leaf) Abamagenin, haemolytic sapogenin, organic acids.50 Leaf juice for earache. Treat itchiness. 

In 1897, Manuel Urbina identified ololiuhqui as the seed of Ipomoea sidaefolia (today known by the synonyms Rivea corymbosa and Turbina corymbosa-, Urbina 1897), an identification later accepted by B.P Reko (Reko 1919 Reko 192,9). Some incorrectly maintained that the Aztec snake plant was not a morning glory, but a species oiDatura, in the nightshade family, Solanaceae (Hartwich 1911 VA Reko 1936 Safford 1915). Finally in 1938, Bias Pablo Reko and Richard Evans Schultes collected the first good botanical voucher specimens of coaxihuitl and ololiuhqui, and definitively identified the plant as Turbina corymbosa (Schultes 1941). 

The Aztecs used the seeds of several species for divination purposes in religious ceremonies. Ololiuqui is the seeds from Rivea corymbosa (also called Turbina corymbosa). The plant itself is called coaxihuitf, "the snake-plant. ... 

The family Aristolochiaceae is a family of herbaceous plants often used in Asia and the Pacific to counteract snake poisoning, promote urination and menses, mitigate stomachache, and treat dropsy and skin diseases. During the past 20 years, members of this family, especially from the genus Aristolochia have attracted much interest and has been the subject of numerous chemical and pharmacological studies. The anti-inflammatory property of Aristolochia species is probably the result of a direct... 

Alam MI, Gomes A. Snake venom neutralization by Indian medicinal plants (Vitex negundo and Emblica officinalis) root extracts. J Ethnopharmacol 2003 86 75-80. 

It is medicinally used from Korea to Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. In Korea, the plant is used as an aphrodisiac for males and the elderly. In Japan, a decoction of the root is drunk to treat cough, invigorate, and treat tuberculosis. In Taiwan, the plant is an external remedy for snake bites. In Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, the roots are used to treat bronchitis, amnesia, and to stimulate memory and urination. The antitussive property is very probably owed to polygalasaponins, which are known to abound in the plant (24-26). It would be interesting to know whether the tonic properties mentioned here are owed to serotoninergic mechanisms. What is the alkaloidal content of this herb ... 

Brisbin, I.L., Jr. M.A. Staton, J.E. Pinder, III, and R.A. Geiger. 1974. Radiocesium concentrations of snakes from contaminated and non-contaminated habitats of the AEC Savannah River Plant. Copeia 1974 (2) 501-506. 

Keep areas of continuous, unbroken paving to a minimum. They cannot support the same biodiversity as a border with soii, and they do not act as a soakaway for rainfaii—an increasingiy necessary feature as flooding becomes more prevalent. However, broken paving, with herbs or alpines planted between gaps, can provide a valuable wildlife habitat The stones absorb heat in summer, and provide a basking spot for snakes and other small animals, while the nearby plants give cover. If laid on only a minimal foundation of sharp sand, the stones will also provide cover for invertebrates such as beetles. 

Other plants known to contain psychoactive compounds include hellebore, which was used for centuries in Europe to treat mania, violent temper, mental retardation and epilepsy. However, a drug of major importance in modern psychopharmacology arose from the discovery by medicinal chemists of the alkaloids of Rauwolfia serpentina, a root which had been used in the Indian subcontinent for centuries, not only for the treatment of snake bite but also for alleviating "insanity". Understandably, the mechanism of action of reserpine, the alkaloid purified from Rauwolfia serpentina, helped to lay the basis to psychopharmacology by demonstrating how the depletion of central and peripheral stores of biogenic amines was correlated with a reduction in blood pressure and tranquillization. 

Some birds also consume vegetables. Do not permit any seed to remain visible on the surface of the ground when planting vegetables. It may also be necessary occasionally to make use of netting or spun-bonded row covers to protect vegetables from birds. Imitation snakes, owls and hawks repel birds only if they are moved frequently from place to place and then only for a short time. Plastic foam cups inverted over com ears after pollination may protect ripe com ears from blackbirds. 

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