usage of hawaiian baby woodrose

The Hawaiian baby woodrose seeds have been used since ancient times in Ayurvedic medicine. We have heard of modern culture digesting these hawaiian baby woodrose seeds to try and gain these LSD effects. In order to make the seeds active, you'll need about 1 gram of seeds, which is about 4-8 of them. The outter shell has been told to give people stomach cramps, so the best was to use the seeds is to take the shell off and just use the white nut thats on the inside

Four to 5g represent a good starting dosage. Generally, four to eight seeds are considered sufficient to produce and LSD-like experience. Thirteen or fourteen seeds are given as a maximum dose. The seeds should be ground before use and can be washed down with water. The seeds can also be chewed thoroughly. The highest dosage that has been reported in literature is fifteen seeds.

The seeds are also used in a preparation known as Utopian bliss balls. These consist of five Argyreia seeds, damiana herbage (Turnera diffusa), ginseng root (Panax ginseng), fo-ti-tieng (Centella asiatica; cf. herbal ecstasy), and bee pollen.

The dosage for Merremia tuberosa is also given as four to eight seeds; the psychoactivity of this plant, however, is uncertain.

Ritual Use

To date, we know of no traditional use of this psychoactive plant. The baby Hawaiian wood rose is a possible candidate for the soma plant, which was described as a vine

It is unkown whether the shamanic Huna religion used the seeds as enthogenic, magical, or medicinal agents, although this is possible. In Hawaii, poor individuals who were unwilling or unable to pay the exaggerated black market prices for Hawaiian mariguana (Cannabis indica) used and still use the seeds as an inebriant. In contrast, the plant does not appear in the traditional ethnobotany of Hawaii.

Today, the seeds are used in the white Australian drug scene as psychedelic agents. It is not known whether the Aborigines ever used them. In the Californian subculture, the seeds as well as preparations made with them are used in sexual magical rituals a la Crowley.

Medicinal Use

The plant has been used in Ayyurvedic medicine since ancient times. The root is regarded as a tonic for the nerves and brain and is ingested as a rejuvenation tonic and aphrodisiac and to increase intelligence. It is also prescribed for bronchitis, cough, "seminal weakness," nervousness, syphilis, diabetes, tuberculosis, arthritis, and general debility. The baby Hawaiian wood rose is also used in the folk medicine of Assam. Many Argyreia species, e.g., Argyreia pilosa Arn., also find use in Indian folk medicine as febrifuges..