Blue Lotus Spagyric
Blue Lotus Spagyric (Nymphaea) in 1oz amber glass dropper bottle Blue Lotus, an edible flower known as Sacred-Lily-of-the-Nile by the ancient Egyptians, has long been highly regarded for its sedative, mildly euphoric, and relaxant effects (1). For thousands of years Blue Lotus was a ceremonial herb, used ethnobotanically as a religious sacrament, and was thought to enable humans to reach higher levels of consciousness (1). Recipes of the ancient world call for Blue Lotus flowers to be steeped in wine or spirits for weeks at a time, and then ingested during ceremony in order to evoke feelings of peace and convene with the gods. Mushroomlife's Blue Lotus flowers were wild harvested from their natural habitat, tropical aquatic locales in Indonesia. One study administering Blue Lotus in mice showed anti-anxiety effects, with potential involvement of a noradrenergic mechanism (2). Unfortunately there are currently no clinical studies concerning Blue Lotus in humans, and very little data ha