Ololiuqui: The Ancient Aztec Narcotic
Journal of Mental Science July 1, 1955 Humphry Osmond 35 citations
This is an account of a model psychosis (6) produced by eating the seed of a tropical American plant which is known in Mexico as ololiuqui. It is only quite recently that Schultes (16) has made order from chaos in the matter of the identity of a climbing vine calledRivea corymbosa.I was introduced to ololiuqui by Mr. Leslie LeCron during a visit to Los Angeles in which he showed me Taylor's...
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.101.424.526 (opens in new tab)
Ethnobotany
Traditional plant use
Indigenous plant use
Aztec traditions
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