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=== Other psychoactive infusions === * [[Cannabis tea]], which contains the psychoactive [[Thc|THC]]. It is a common drink in India, where it is known as [[bhang]]. * [[Coca tea]], infusion made from [[coca]] leaves. Contains trace amounts of [[cocaine]] and similar alkaloids.<ref name="ncbi_alkaloids">{{cite journal |vauthors=Jenkins AJ, Llosa T, Montoya I, Cone EJ |year=1996 |title=Identification and quantitation of alkaloids in coca tea |journal=Forensic Science International |volume=77 |issue=3 |pages=179–89 |doi=10.1016/0379-0738(95)01860-3 |pmc=2705900 |pmid=8819993}}</ref> In some countries where coca is illegal, products marketed as "coca tea" are supposed to be ''decocainized'', i.e., the pharmacologically active components have been removed from the leaf using the same chemicals as manufacturing cocaine. * [[Kava]] root tea, common in Pacific island cultures ([[Polynesia]], [[Melanesia]], [[Micronesia]]), which has [[Sedation|sedative effects]] and [[anesthetic]] effects caused by compounds called [[Kavalactone|kavalactones]].<ref name="wang">{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=J |last2=Qu |first2=W |last3=Bittenbender |first3=H. C |last4=Li |first4=Q. X |year=2013 |title=Kavalactone content and chemotype of kava beverages prepared from roots and rhizomes of Isa and Mahakea varieties and extraction efficiency of kavalactones using different solvents |journal=Journal of Food Science and Technology |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=1164–1169 |doi=10.1007/s13197-013-1047-2 |pmc=4325077 |pmid=25694734}}</ref> The traditional form is a water-based suspension of kava roots. * [[Kratom]] tea made from the dried leaves of the kratom tree. It has [[opioid]]-like properties and some [[stimulant]]-like effects.<ref name="FDA2018">{{cite web |author=Gottlieb, Scott |date=6 February 2018 |title=Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on the agency's scientific evidence on the presence of opioid compounds in kratom, underscoring its potential for abuse |url=https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm595622.htm |access-date=6 February 2018 |publisher=US Food and Drug Administration}}</ref><ref name="Cin2015">{{cite journal |last1=Cinosi |first1=E |last2=Martinotti |first2=G |last3=Simonato |first3=P |last4=Singh |first4=D |last5=Demetrovics |first5=Z |last6=Roman-Urrestarazu |first6=A |last7=Bersani |first7=F. S |last8=Vicknasingam |first8=B |last9=Piazzon |first9=G |last10=Li |first10=J. H |last11=Yu |first11=W. J |last12=Kapitány-Fövény |first12=M |last13=Farkas |first13=J |last14=Di Giannantonio |first14=M |last15=Corazza |first15=O |year=2015 |title=Following "the Roots" of Kratom (''Mitragyna speciosa''): The Evolution of an Enhancer from a Traditional Use to Increase Work and Productivity in Southeast Asia to a Recreational Psychoactive Drug in Western Countries |journal=BioMed Research International |volume=2015 |pages=1–11 |doi=10.1155/2015/968786 |pmc=4657101 |pmid=26640804 |doi-access=free}}</ref> * [[St. John's wort]] tea, the plant has been shown to have [[antidepressant]] properties according to a 2017 [[meta-analysis]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ng |first1=Qin Xiang |last2=Venkatanarayanan |first2=Nandini |last3=Ho |first3=Collin Yih Xian |date=March 2017 |title=Clinical use of Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort) in depression: A meta-analysis |journal=Journal of Affective Disorders |volume=210 |pages=211–221 |doi=10.1016/j.jad.2016.12.048 |pmid=28064110}}</ref> * [[Ephedra (plant)|Ephedra]] tea, mainly from the plant ''[[Ephedra sinica]]''.<ref name="Gurley_1998">{{cite journal |vauthors=Gurley B, Wang P, Gardner S |year=1998 |title=Ephedrine-type alkaloid content of nutritional supplements containing Ephedra sinica (Ma-huang) as determined by high performance liquid chromatography |journal=J Pharm Sci |volume=87 |issue=12 |pages=1547–53 |citeseerx=10.1.1.460.7810 |doi=10.1021/js9801844 |pmid=10189265}}</ref> It contains the stimulant [[ephedrine]]. It has been used in [[traditional Chinese medicine]], where it is called ''máhuáng,'' for more than 2,000 years.<ref name="Abourashed_2003">{{cite journal |vauthors=Abourashed E, El-Alfy A, Khan I, Walker L |year=2003 |title=Ephedra in perspective--a current review |journal=Phytother Res |volume=17 |issue=7 |pages=703–12 |doi=10.1002/ptr.1337 |pmid=12916063 |s2cid=41083359}}</ref><ref name="Huang2010">{{cite book |author=Kee C. Huang |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xKGxTcF8u-sC&pg=PR3 |title=The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs, Second Edition |date=12 December 2010 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4200-4826-1 |page=9}}</ref> Ephedra tea was also used by [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] and [[Mormon pioneers|Mormons]], hence the name "Mormon tea" and "Indian tea". * [[Poppy tea]], brewed from the [[poppy straw]] or [[Poppy seed|seeds]] of several species of [[poppy]] (most commonly ''[[Papaver somniferum]]''). Since it contains [[opium]], it is consumed for its [[narcotic]], sedative and [[analgesic]] properties. * ''[[Salvia divinorum]]'' ("Sage of the diviners") tea which contains ''[[salvinorin A]]'', a compound that induces a [[Dissociation (psychology)|dissociative state]] and [[Hallucination|hallucinations]].<ref name="front">{{cite journal |last1=Butelman |first1=Eduardo R |last2=Kreek |first2=Mary Jeanne |year=2015 |title=Salvinorin A, a kappa-opioid receptor agonist hallucinogen: Pharmacology and potential template for novel pharmacotherapeutic agents in neuropsychiatric disorders |journal=Frontiers in Pharmacology |volume=6 |pages=190 |doi=10.3389/fphar.2015.00190 |pmc=4561799 |pmid=26441647 |doi-access=free}}</ref> * [[Calea ternifolia|Dream herb]] (''Calea ternifolia'') an [[oneirogen]] (dream inducing herb) native to the Americas made into a tea by Mexican peoples.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sałaga |first1=Maciej |last2=Fichna |first2=Jakub |last3=Socała |first3=Katarzyna |last4=Nieoczym |first4=Dorota |last5=Pieróg |first5=Mateusz |last6=Zielińska |first6=Marta |last7=Kowalczuk |first7=Anna |last8=Wlaź |first8=Piotr |date=2016 |title=Neuropharmacological characterization of the oneirogenic Mexican plant Calea zacatechichi aqueous extract in mice |journal=Metabolic Brain Disease |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=631–641 |doi=10.1007/s11011-016-9794-1 |issn=0885-7490 |pmc=4863909 |pmid=26821073}}</ref> * [[Silene undulata|African dream root]] ''(Silene undulata)'' which is an oneirogen used by the [[Xhosa people]] as a [[Entheogen|sacred plant]].<ref name="Sobiecki">{{cite journal |author=J. F. Sobiecki |date=2008 |title=A review of plants used in divination in southern Africa and their psychoactive effects |journal=Southern African Humanities |volume=20 |pages=333–351 |s2cid=37305695}}</ref><ref name="pmid29403350">{{cite journal |last1=Sanz |first1=Camila |last2=Zamberlan |first2=Federico |last3=Erowid |first3=Earth |last4=Erowid |first4=Fire |last5=Tagliazucchi |first5=Enzo |date=2018 |title=The Experience Elicited by Hallucinogens Presents the Highest Similarity to Dreaming within a Large Database of Psychoactive Substance Reports |journal=[[Frontiers in Neuroscience]] |volume=12 |page=7 |doi=10.3389/fnins.2018.00007 |issn=1662-453X |pmc=5786560 |pmid=29403350 |doi-access=free}}</ref> * [[Ayahuasca]], a highly psychoactive and [[Hallucinogen|hallucinogenic]] infusion brewed from the ''[[Banisteriopsis caapi]]'' vine and the leaves of the ''[[Psychotria viridis]]'' shrub. It is prepared and drunk by native peoples of the [[Amazon basin]] as a healing drug and as a spiritual [[Shamanism|shamanic]] brew. * ''[[Tabernanthe iboga]],'' which can be made into an infusion, is traditionally used by the peoples of [[Central Africa]] and in [[African traditional medicine]] as a stimulant (in low doses) or as a powerful ritual hallucinogen (in larger quantities)''.<ref name="drugs2">{{cite web |date=January 23, 2019 |title=Iboga |url=https://www.drugs.com/npp/iboga.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601024047/https://www.drugs.com/npp/iboga.html |archive-date=June 1, 2008 |access-date=October 28, 2019 |publisher=Drugs.com}}</ref><ref name="koenig">{{cite journal |last1=Koenig |first1=Xaver |last2=Hilber |first2=Karlheinz |date=January 29, 2015 |title=The Anti-Addiction Drug Ibogaine and the Heart: A Delicate Relation |journal=Molecules |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=2208–2228 |doi=10.3390/molecules20022208 |issn=1420-3049 |pmc=4382526 |pmid=26807959 |doi-access=free}}</ref>''<ref>Aubry-Lecomte, Charles Eugène, "Note sur quelque poisons de la côte occidentale d'Afrique", ''Revue Maritime et Coloniale'', vol. XII, 1864.</ref> * [[Tobacco]] tea, which contains [[nicotine]] and is traditionally used by the indigenous peoples of the Americas as a medicine for various ills (dizziness, headaches), as a [[laxative]], as an [[Vomiting|emetic]] and as an [[Mucoactive agent|expectorant]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tobacco |url=https://www.utep.edu/herbal-safety/herbal-facts/herbal%20facts%20sheet/tobacco.html |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=www.utep.edu |language=en}}</ref>
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