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Alegría Village Community, en Eco-village in the hills of San Mateo, Costa Rica.

Calea ternifolia

Common Name

Dream ́s herb

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ASTERACEAE

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Spanish Name

Hierba de los sueños- Zacatechichi

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  • Grows well on forest edges or under a partial shade.
  • Has been used in folk remedies as an appetite stimulant, cleansing agent, calming agent, laxative, and for treatment of diabetes, diarrhea, dysentery, fever, skin rashes, swollen scalps, "cold stomach", and headache.
  • Exposure through inhalation (smoking) or ingestion (as tea) is primarily used to temporarily intensify lucid dreaming.

PROPAGATION: Seeds produced during dry season.