Other Names: Bois Sacré, Eboka, Tabernanthe iboga.
Iboga is an herb. It is used for ritual and ceremonial purposes in some African cultures. The root of the plant is also used as medicine.
See also : Ibogaine
Special Precautions of Iboga
- Iboga can cause side effects such as low blood pressure, slow heart rate, seizures, paralysis, difficulty breathing, anxiety, and hallucinations.
- Drying medications (Anticholinergic drugs) interacts with IBOGA
- Various medications used for glaucoma, Alzheimer's disease, and other conditions (Cholinergic drugs) interacts with IBOGA.
- The metabolites of Iboga have an extremely long half-life, meaning they can take months to leave the body completely. While you won’t be in an altered state of consciousness for much longer than a few days, the plant continues to work at deep levels in the body and mind for many months to come.
Benefits and uses of Iboga are
- fever, influenza (the flu), swine flu, high blood pressure, HIV/AIDS, and nerve disorders.
- for preventing fatigue and drowsiness
- for increasing sex drive
- for fighting substance abuse and addictions,
- as a general tonic.
- Spiritual : he plant has been used shamanically for thousands of years and these experiences are incredibly common. Like any other master teacher plant (Peyote, Ayahuasca, etc.) it acts as a powerful amplifier of consciousness and a doorway to aspects of reality far beyond our everyday perception. Although it is to be taken infrequently and with great reverence and caution, the experiences Iboga provides are so deep that they cannot help but alter consciousness permanently, if in no other way than by simply expanding our experience of reality in profound ways.