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Psychedelic plants of natural nations
BURKOŇ, Vojtěch
The aim of this thesis is to outline the diversity of cultural uses of psychedelics and the resulting possibilities for modern society. The bachelor thesis explores psychedelic plants and their use within the indigenous cultures of Mexico. The theoretical part provides a detailed description of the biology of these plant species, including taxonomy, morphology, distribution and habitat, and their active compounds. Chapters on the history and traditional uses of these plants follow. The final chapter of the theoretical part summarizes current knowledge about the potential of psychedelics in clinical practice. The practical part expands the topic to a global scale with a table of plant species containing psychedelics and being utilized to some extent by indigenous people. Informations about these species were selected from available literature. The table shows that the predominant species are from the families Cactaceae na Fabaceae, from Central and South America. Most comonnly from arid or moist habitats. From psychedelics, they mainly contain various tryptamines and phenylethylamines. Parts of the plant used are primarly seeds, stems and leaves.
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Trade, protection of natural populations and reasons for using psychoactive cacti
ŠKRNOVÁ, Veronika
The aim of this work is to process the reasons and volume of trade in psychoactive plants of the Cactaceae family in recent decades for cultivation and altered state of human consciousness in the Czech Republic, to determine the origin, discuss the reasons for endangering natural populations of species since they all appear on list of CITES. Another goal is to analyze the benefits versus risks for modern man to altered states of consciousness. The tools for obtaining data were databases and questionnaires for growers and people with experience in using the studied species.
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