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I have always been interested in different herbs and the healing effects they have and experienced many great benefits, including psychedelics. The society demands quick solutions as well as for economical reasons with a result where a lot of people are addicted to chemicals with a lot of side effects. I think that using herbal medicines not only when we have become sick but for preventing sickness is important for our well-being and spiritual development.
I started this thread for sharing facts and experiences about different herbal medicine. One of the best medicines I have experienced with so many great effects (except for psychedelics) is Damiana.
Damiana (Turnera diffusa)
Damiana is a wild shrub which grows in Mexico, Central America and West Indies. It reached the western world with the Spanish missionary Jesus Maria de Salvatierra in 1699. The people in Mexico have been using this plants for long time. It´s a herb with many benefits and even though most commonly as an aphrodisiac that can heal the sexual energy, increasing libido in both men and women, natives also used this for a lot of other reasons, which modern herbalism tends to neglect. It is also an excellent anti-spasmodic. In the Mexican folk-healing it is often used for healing pain in menstruation periods as well as headaches, anxiety and depression.
It is very good for the nervous system, tones and relaxes tense nerves and is said to have powers to sweeping out asthma-attacks. It can also be used in cases with urethritis and cystitis. Damiana can also be used in sex-magic and tantric rituals and also it can be useful for meditation as to switch off the inner chatter-box.
You can find Damiana leaves in tea bags and capsules. In high doses it can cause hallucinations so one should be aware of the dosage.
My personal experience of Damiana
I find it interesting to share one´s personal experiences of different herbs as when we read about the effects there can be effects which are not captured because of the culture and popularity and the kind of consciousness related to that.
I came across Damiana when I attended a medicine woman training in Glastonbury and we used it in a shamanic fire ceremony. At that point I really felt it helped to switch off the chatter-box which is mentioned above as a common effect. It deepened the experience of dancing in the fire ceremony and hearing the sounds of nature.
As I had a blockage in the sexual energy for some time and learnt that Damiana could help I decided to smoke it at home. So I bought some in a lovely shop in Glastonbury where they have lots of lovely herbs and oils: https://starchild.co.uk/collections/dried-herbs-organic?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkuDKgrrQ4QIV2KSaCh1G7g17EAAYASAAEgJIFvD_BwE
I smoked about three puffs every night for about a week and a half and had really fast and nice effects. The first night I felt a really nice and calm feeling, feeling really connected with the parts of my body and grounded. I lay down and came into a really nice meditative mood. The first feeling was that the goddess Afrodite was around.
Afrodite is the love goodess in greek mythology. She is said to relate to Venus, the goddess of love, beauty, desire, sex and fertility.
I felt as if I could feel her energy and see her colours in pink and yellow. Then I felt a warm sensation in my heart and a heart opening. I can´t remember in which order, but I had really strong dreams where in two of the most special dreams was when I met two sexual/tantric healers. In the first one It looked like the healer was Balinese as he had one of these typical hats that Balinese healers have. And I was in his room and he made a paste of herbs which was for me to take. In the dream it was as it was enough for me to have the energy of that herbal mix and see it as I did not drink or eat it. But it was as if I could feel something opening in me as I entered this space.
In the other dream I met with another tantric healer and he was doing something which could be felt in the sacral chakra especially but in total a feeling of him restoring something with my chakras. I also spoke to him in the dream thanking him for having healed my blockage.
The third special dream, I met with a crystal child and that was in India. The crystal children are a group of light beings with whom I have met before in the astral as well as when I have been smoking Changa, a form of DMT. They have a strong connection to old ancient Egypt and Atlantis. The times when I met them I met them as adults but this time it was a child but through the look, as they have very special eyes and also Egyptian look I understood it was a chrystal child.
The child spoke to me telepathically saying that they were now coming more and more to help out on earth but they need help to break free in the system in India and make the parents of the strict religious traditions to understand that they are very old souls and they did not come for learning in the old system but to even help the parents and society to raise their old memories of the ancient India which was more consciousness focused and how to grow as a soul but not about religion. They need help how to handle being in low vibrations on earth, how to manage. The child was really looking at me as if she wanted more from me, like there was something more I could do for them.
I should mention that I have a strong connection to India as well and I have been there many times in different parts studying yogic philosophy and meditation.
After some time I felt that a blockage in my heart was healed as before I could feel some pain there when I felt sad or anxious or so but after Damiana I did not feel that, at least not as much as before.
I also felt more grounded, increased sexual lust and feeling of being more connected and aware of what my body is saying. What I felt in this journey was that the sexual blockage was connected to the heart and old memories came up (also from past lifes) related to that and healed. I experienced that it helped me to reflect deeper about lack of trust, grief and emotional pain and how it was connected in this case.
A reflection in relation to what I mentioned in the beginning, about that the information we read might neglect some effects and that can be related to a certain type of consciousness, I think that as Damiana is most of all mentioned as curing sexual diseases/increase sexual performances and stress but not mentioning so much about that it can open our hearts and make us feel more connected with ourselves and the parts of our bodies it´s also responding to a consciousness which more often show the picture about sex as a performance rather than a heartful sharing which can even expand our consciousness if we use the energy in a good way as for example what the tantric philosophy is talking about.
That the dream world can really open is also not something that is commonly mentioned with Damiana and I think that in society a lot more people can relate to stress and sex as a performance rather than heart openings and sex as something which is happening from the heart and not the genitals and the dream world and therefore these parts might be neglected. But then of course, all experiences are individual as well.
Feel free to share your experiences of Damiana or to share info about another herb/preferably something that you have personal experience from.
I started this thread for sharing facts and experiences about different herbal medicine. One of the best medicines I have experienced with so many great effects (except for psychedelics) is Damiana.
Damiana (Turnera diffusa)
Damiana is a wild shrub which grows in Mexico, Central America and West Indies. It reached the western world with the Spanish missionary Jesus Maria de Salvatierra in 1699. The people in Mexico have been using this plants for long time. It´s a herb with many benefits and even though most commonly as an aphrodisiac that can heal the sexual energy, increasing libido in both men and women, natives also used this for a lot of other reasons, which modern herbalism tends to neglect. It is also an excellent anti-spasmodic. In the Mexican folk-healing it is often used for healing pain in menstruation periods as well as headaches, anxiety and depression.
It is very good for the nervous system, tones and relaxes tense nerves and is said to have powers to sweeping out asthma-attacks. It can also be used in cases with urethritis and cystitis. Damiana can also be used in sex-magic and tantric rituals and also it can be useful for meditation as to switch off the inner chatter-box.
You can find Damiana leaves in tea bags and capsules. In high doses it can cause hallucinations so one should be aware of the dosage.
My personal experience of Damiana
I find it interesting to share one´s personal experiences of different herbs as when we read about the effects there can be effects which are not captured because of the culture and popularity and the kind of consciousness related to that.
I came across Damiana when I attended a medicine woman training in Glastonbury and we used it in a shamanic fire ceremony. At that point I really felt it helped to switch off the chatter-box which is mentioned above as a common effect. It deepened the experience of dancing in the fire ceremony and hearing the sounds of nature.
As I had a blockage in the sexual energy for some time and learnt that Damiana could help I decided to smoke it at home. So I bought some in a lovely shop in Glastonbury where they have lots of lovely herbs and oils: https://starchild.co.uk/collections/dried-herbs-organic?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkuDKgrrQ4QIV2KSaCh1G7g17EAAYASAAEgJIFvD_BwE
I smoked about three puffs every night for about a week and a half and had really fast and nice effects. The first night I felt a really nice and calm feeling, feeling really connected with the parts of my body and grounded. I lay down and came into a really nice meditative mood. The first feeling was that the goddess Afrodite was around.
Afrodite is the love goodess in greek mythology. She is said to relate to Venus, the goddess of love, beauty, desire, sex and fertility.
I felt as if I could feel her energy and see her colours in pink and yellow. Then I felt a warm sensation in my heart and a heart opening. I can´t remember in which order, but I had really strong dreams where in two of the most special dreams was when I met two sexual/tantric healers. In the first one It looked like the healer was Balinese as he had one of these typical hats that Balinese healers have. And I was in his room and he made a paste of herbs which was for me to take. In the dream it was as it was enough for me to have the energy of that herbal mix and see it as I did not drink or eat it. But it was as if I could feel something opening in me as I entered this space.
In the other dream I met with another tantric healer and he was doing something which could be felt in the sacral chakra especially but in total a feeling of him restoring something with my chakras. I also spoke to him in the dream thanking him for having healed my blockage.
The third special dream, I met with a crystal child and that was in India. The crystal children are a group of light beings with whom I have met before in the astral as well as when I have been smoking Changa, a form of DMT. They have a strong connection to old ancient Egypt and Atlantis. The times when I met them I met them as adults but this time it was a child but through the look, as they have very special eyes and also Egyptian look I understood it was a chrystal child.
The child spoke to me telepathically saying that they were now coming more and more to help out on earth but they need help to break free in the system in India and make the parents of the strict religious traditions to understand that they are very old souls and they did not come for learning in the old system but to even help the parents and society to raise their old memories of the ancient India which was more consciousness focused and how to grow as a soul but not about religion. They need help how to handle being in low vibrations on earth, how to manage. The child was really looking at me as if she wanted more from me, like there was something more I could do for them.
I should mention that I have a strong connection to India as well and I have been there many times in different parts studying yogic philosophy and meditation.
After some time I felt that a blockage in my heart was healed as before I could feel some pain there when I felt sad or anxious or so but after Damiana I did not feel that, at least not as much as before.
I also felt more grounded, increased sexual lust and feeling of being more connected and aware of what my body is saying. What I felt in this journey was that the sexual blockage was connected to the heart and old memories came up (also from past lifes) related to that and healed. I experienced that it helped me to reflect deeper about lack of trust, grief and emotional pain and how it was connected in this case.
A reflection in relation to what I mentioned in the beginning, about that the information we read might neglect some effects and that can be related to a certain type of consciousness, I think that as Damiana is most of all mentioned as curing sexual diseases/increase sexual performances and stress but not mentioning so much about that it can open our hearts and make us feel more connected with ourselves and the parts of our bodies it´s also responding to a consciousness which more often show the picture about sex as a performance rather than a heartful sharing which can even expand our consciousness if we use the energy in a good way as for example what the tantric philosophy is talking about.
That the dream world can really open is also not something that is commonly mentioned with Damiana and I think that in society a lot more people can relate to stress and sex as a performance rather than heart openings and sex as something which is happening from the heart and not the genitals and the dream world and therefore these parts might be neglected. But then of course, all experiences are individual as well.
Feel free to share your experiences of Damiana or to share info about another herb/preferably something that you have personal experience from.