Calea Zacatechichi -- tastes like hemp, smells like pot and the effect gives you a relaxed high, which is also activating, brain-boosting and very enjoyable. Most people need 2-3 joints for an effect that one can compare to Marihuana.
The plant is used by the Chontal Indians of Mexico to obtain divinatory messages during dreaming and to invoke clairvoyant dreams with bright colours. Whenever it is desired to know the cause of an illness or the location of a distant or lost person, dry leaves of the plant are smoked, drunk and put under the pillow before going to sleep. Reportedly, the answer to the question comes in a dream. Dreams are important in Meso American cultures. They are believed to occur in a realm of suprasensory reality and, therefore, are capable of conveying messages (Lopez-Austin, 1980). The name of the species comes from Nahuatl " Zacatechichi" which means Bitter grass and is the common name of the plant all over Mexico. It is also known with the Spanish names of Zacate de perro (Dogs grass), Hoja madre (Mothers leaf) Hoja de Dies (Gods leaf), and Thle-pela-kano in Chontal.
