The San Pedro cactus (Trichocereus Pachanoi)   is the oldest known magical plant from South America. Originally this plant comes from Ecuador and Peru, there it still grows on the highlands on 2000-3000 metres. 

This fast growing cactus has 4 to 9 ribs and a strong root sytem. In nature the San Pedro cactus will continue to grow until it falls over under its own weight. The fallen cactus will root again and produce many new shoots. 

The San Pedro is often used as a base for grafting other, more difficult to cultivate, cacti on top of it. 
The San Pedro itself can be grown from seeds. Under dry as well as wet circumstances the cactus can be grown, it grows up most quickly when it's watered regularly. However, without water the plant can survive for years and even produce new sprouts.

The active alkaloids of the San Pedro cactus are:

• mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxy-B-phenethylamine)
• 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-B-phenethylamine
• 3,5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxy-B-phenethylamine
• tyramine
• hordinenine

Product
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Effects
Mescaline cacti allow you to explore your inner fantasy world. They will give you a trip with spiritual, colourful visions and feelings of inner tranquility, oneness with life, heightened awareness and rapid thought flow. The subject-object consiousness disappears, and you feel you are melted away in the sensory (mainly visual) perception. This comes mostly together with undescribable feelings of happiness. The San Pedro trip is less heavy, and more friendly than the Peyote trip. The nausea during the first hour after consumption will not be as strong as with Peyote cacti.

Usage
The traditional way to consume the cacti is to eat them. They can be eaten fresh or dried. Try not to eat at least 6 hours before consuming the cacti. Remove the skin and thorns. Make sure you peel thinly as most of the active substances are concentrated just beneath the skin. You can now eat the meat around the wooden core of the cacti. Beware of splinters. The cacti taste very bitter. The best thing to avoid the bitterness is to eat them with fruit juice. A tastier way of consuming the cacti is make tea of them. Remove the thorns and cut the cacti in small pieces. Boil them for 2-3 hours in a closed pan with low heat. After letting it cool down you can mix it with fruit juice or honey. The cacti can be dried by cutting them into slices and putting them in an oven on 50°C for 4 or 5 hours. Then you can eat the slices. An often occurring first effect is nausea. Some people say eating ginger helps to avoid the nausea. Dosage When taking cacti that have an average height of 15-20 cm, an average diameter of 3,5 cm, one to one and a half cactus should be enough for a light to moderate trip, two to two and a half cacti for a strong trip. Remember that potency can vary greatly. Therefore it is best not to take the dosage all at once, but to build up the dosage gradually: take half of the dosage, wait an 60 to 90 minutes to see what the effect is, then if desired take half of what is left over and if necessary repeat. A San pedro trip takes about two to two and a half hours to peak. Fresh cactus to mescaline ratio 400 g contains about 480 mg mescaline - 0.12% mescaline per gram of cactus (according to Schultes & Hofmann) 400 g contains about 200 - 300 mg mescaline - 0.05 - 0.075% mescaline per gram of cactus (according to another source) Dried cactus to mescaline ratio 100 g contains about 200 - 300 mg mescaline - 0.2 - 0.3% mescaline per gram of cactus Dry weight is 25% of the fresh weight (75% water) Mescaline dosages 150 mg Minimum dose. 150 - 300 mg light to moderate dosage 300 - 400 mg strong trip last 6 - 12 hours 450 - 500 mg possible ego dissolution, trip will last about 12 hours 500 - 600 mg definite ego dissolution , trip can last up to 24 hours

Warning
Do not combine with alcohol, MAO-Inhibitors or other stimulants. Do not use when pregnant, depressed, on medication, driving motorized vehicles, under 18 years old. When you're using San Pedro make sure there's someone with you to assist you when neccessary.

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