Chinese herbalists will continue to know nothing about world herbology until they experience ayahuasca in the Amazonian rainforest. It calls to mind the Purgation School in TCM history and even the emetics used in herbalism. More research is needed for anything in Chinese Herbalism that even comes close to ayahuasca.
I used this as a pretext of my argument because I believe in it's worth as a healing plant. No plant evokes words such as healing and cure like ayahuasca does. Is there any plant like it in the world? Worrisome to think about the eradication of the rainforests and the threat it poses to ayahuasca cultivation. It's approved for religious ceremonies in the U.S. I am just as skeptical if not more skeptical about social media laying claim to any experiential data. It will continue to be Jennifer Aniston on a tree threatening to jump if modern culture accepts that as the way they view the plant.
Time to make a bucket list of Chinese herbs I've used prior to Herbal classes: Saffron, White Arsenicum Sulphidum, Myristica Fragrans (Nutmeg), Caryophyllus Aromaticus (Clove), Orchid Mascula (Purple Orchid), Pongamia Glabra, Ashphaltum Punabinum (Shilajit), Asparagus Adscendens (Asparagus), Ouosma Bracteatum (Onosma), Cinnamomum Cassia (Chinese Cinnamon), Balsamodendron Mukul (Guggul), Zingiber Officinale (Ginger), Strichnos Nuxvomica, Terminalia Chebula, Withania Somnifera (Ginseng), Asparagus Racemosus.
