Methods of Taking Calea Zacatechichi, the Dream Herb at Calea Z Dreams

Methods of Taking Calea Zacatechichi, the Dream Herb

This page documents the most popular ways of taking Calea Zacatechichi, also called Dream Herb, for the purposes of its effects on dreaming.

The following methods will be discussed:

Smoking
Tea
Capsules / Pills
Resin
Chewing raw leaves
Do-It-Your-Self Extraction
Enhanced Leaf / Calea Z extracts

Smoking Calea Zacatechichi

There are 3 popular ways of smoking dream herb:

Smoking Calea Z in A Bong

Using a bong is the easiest method to smoke generous amounts of the dream herb in the shortest amount of time. The water in the chamber will make the smoke less harsh. This is especially true if you use chilled water.

Smoking Calea Z in a Joint

From the messages on forums and from the websites that sell Calea Z, smoking it in a joint is a highly touted method of using Calea Zacatechichi. Most places that sell this herb include a brief description pointing to its history with shamanic and tribal groups, who would “smoke a joint of it while drinking the tea before bed.” While the joint does have a certain aesthetic pleasure to it, the biggest drawback is preparing the Calea Z for rolling requires you to pick out all the many stems. Some people enjoy mixing the joint with tobacco, too.

Smoking Calea Z in A Bowl

Using a bowl is a quick and easy method to smoke Calea Z. If you find it takes many grams to be beneficial for you, then you may prefer to use a bong, as you will be packing many bowls. This can also lead to sore lungs. Some users also note that a dozen or two bowl packs is enough to clog the bowl pretty badly.

Calea Zacatechichi Tea

Brewing a tea out of the leaves and steams of the plant is a very popular method of taking dream herb.

How to Prepare Calea Zacatechichi Tea

Making Calea T tea is pretty straightforward:

boil the leaves for about 15 minutes (How much do I use? See Dosage Guidelines)
drain the water
let it cool down and then drink it.

Its effects are most beneficial if the tea is consumed shortly before going to sleep.

Ways to Make The Tea Taste Better

Making the tea is the easy part – it’s the drinking that most find hard. The leaves create an incredibly bitter taste and except for a few lucky souls, the great majority of users find this taste not just bitter but revoltingly bitter.

Add honey or agave nectar
Add milk or soy milk
Boil it with packs of other strong-tasting tea such as mint tea
Mix with Kool Aid

Suggestions are very much needed!

Please leave a comment with ways you’ve make Calea Z tea taste better.

Making Calea Z Capsules

While you can always purchase Calea Z pills/capsules, it’s also relatively easy to make them yourself.

What you’ll need:

Calea Z
Empty capsules

It’s also very helpful to have:

a grinder
a scale
lots of time

Instructions:

Grind and then fill with capsules with Calea Z.

Notes:

It’s possible to buy empty capsules at health food stores such as Whole Foods Market in the USA. As of 2007, 50 vegetarian capsules sold for around $5 US.
Crushing the leaves is greatly improved if you have a grinder. (Grinders are available from IamShaman Shop from $12-18 dollars. Click on this link and in the search box type in grinders.)
It is very nice knowing exactly what dosage you are working with – the easiest way to do this is to simply weigh your herb or filled-up capsules with a small scale.

What it comes down to is simply crushing the leaves and filling the capsules. Having a grinder will make crushing much easier and having a scale will let you know exactly how much you’re creating and then consuming.

Resin

Some vendors sell Calea Zacatechichi resin. If you have information on how this is made or how to make it yourself, please leave a comment and share.

Click here to see a list of Calea Z vendors who sell resin.

Chewing

Another method of ingesting Calea Zacatechichi is to chew on its raw leaves.

Note: If you have information or experience on this method, please submit an experience report or simply leave a comment on this post.

Do It Yourself Extraction Method

One user has documented how to make a Calea Zacatechich extraction.

Click here to view the report on Erowid.

Enhanced Leaf / Calea Zacatechichi Extract

Many vendors also sell higher-potency dream herb in the form of extracts or enhanced leaves, pills, or resins.

These products often use the notation of 10x Extract or 20x Enhanced Leaf. This is supposed to mean the product is 10 times or 20 times more potent than the unenhanced natural leaf.

To purchase 20x resin, 10x or 20x leaf, see the list of Calea Z vendors.

One Response to “Methods of Taking Calea Zacatechichi, the Dream Herb”

Ben Says:
August 11th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Apparently adding any kind of citrus/citric fruit (lemon/lime, orange etc.) is the worst possible thing to add to a calea z tea. I can’t say so myself, because i’ve never tried it because of hearing this. I have used calea in tea form before, and knowing the taste and the bitterness of it, I can easily imagine how even more horrible it would taste.