Botanical Name : Rauvolfia serpentina Family : ApocynaceaeAn erect glaborous ever green shrub 30 - 75 cm hight. alkaloids like serpentine, reserpine, ajmaline, ajmalinine and ajmalicine in root. It is sedative and hypnotic. It is an antipsychotic herb for controls hypertension. It is used for the treatment of high blood pressure. After a U.S. physician named Wilkins demonstrated the positive effects of reserpine (1952), the plant became popular. This drug rapidly replaced electric shock and lobotomy as treatments for certain types of mental illness.
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I have read so many good things about this plant, my grandmother always use it when she gets anxious or gets stressed.
so you can get high with that plant. I would love to try it out.
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