"San Pedro" (Echinopsis spp.) is a columnar cactus that is distributed in northern Peru and
has traditionally been used in divination ceremonies and
folk medicine since pre-Hispanic times to the present day. "San Pedro" is used to make a drink known
as "achuma or huachuma"
which causes visual
and auditory hallucinations as a result of of the
intake of mescaline
alkaloid, which is found in their tissues. At least 4 more species of the genus Echinopsis also possess this alkaloid, being the most famous after pachanoi E.
and E. peruviana
.
The genus Echinopsis is categorized in the Appendix II of CITES, so the export of copies and derivatives demands particular paperwork and arrangement; in order to not significally impact in local populations as a result of the extraction of wild specimens
The genus Echinopsis is categorized in the Appendix II of CITES, so the export of copies and derivatives demands particular paperwork and arrangement; in order to not significally impact in local populations as a result of the extraction of wild specimens
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