Psychoactive Cacti
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION
Family :
Cactaceae
Genus :
Trichocereus (New: Echinopsis)
Species :
bridgesii; cuzcoensis; fulvinanus; pachanoi; peruvianus; macrogonus; taquimbalensis; terscheckii; validus; werdermannianus
COMMON NAMES
T. pachanoi - San Pedro
T. peruvianus - Peruvian Torch
T. terscheckii - Cardon Grande
T. peruvianus - Peruvian Torch
T. terscheckii - Cardon Grande
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Psychedelic
DESCRIPTION
Most psychoactive cacti contain mescaline as their primary active chemical. The best known of these are San Pedro, Peruvian Torch, and Peyote.
GENERAL INFORMATION #
HISTORY #
ASK EROWID ANSWERS #
PREPARATION & RECIPIES #
San Pedro Preparation 5, by M.J. Shroomer
SYNTHESIS & EXTRACTIONS #
ARTICLES & WRITINGS #
San Pedro, The Miracle Healer, by Ross Heaven
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
Ethnoarchaeological evidence for San Pedro use in northern Peru - Eleusis, 2001
CHEMISTRY & PHARMACOLOGY #
EXPERIENCES #
A Much Needed Therapy Session, by Floydian
Beside Myself, by Fractals
The Music and the Void, by Mr. Trichocereus
14 Hours in Fairy Land, by The Brothers Grimm
A Day with Mescalito, by Sam
BOOKS #
Sacred Cacti and Some Selected Succulents, by K. Trout
Plants of the Gods, by Schultes & Hofmann
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PRIMARY RESOURCES #
Trout's Notes - Tons of Info on Psychoactive Cacti
Sacramental & Medicinal Cacti - Michael S. Smith
SECONDARY RESOURCES #
Growing Cacti That Contain Mescaline, Klaus Trenary
Growing Trichocereus species, Plot55
PROHIBITION SITES #
DEA : Peyote and Mescaline (weird)
MISC OTHER CACTI #
Hoodia Gordonii as Appetite Supressant and Euphoriant, BBC May 2003