I ground up six Hawaiian Baby Woodrose Bush seeds in a coffee grinder and added them to a mug of yerba mate tea -- an MAOI, I now know. I only ended up swallowing two or so of the seeds, the rest of the residue clinging to the bottom of the mug, too fucking nasty to scrape up and eat.
YERBA-MATE
Limited data
Limited data
Sparse data. Doses and effects may be unreliable or untested.
- 1 source
- partial dose data
- duration data present
Limited data
Sparse data. Doses and effects may be unreliable or untested.
- 1 source
- partial dose data
- duration data present
Summary
Is marketed for its ability to suppress appetite and burn fat. Yet only with high doses. It has a quite high ratio of caffeine.
Dose Information
| ROA | Light | Common | Strong | Heavy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral | - | 1000-1500mg | - | - |
Light
Common
Strong
Heavy
Onset, Duration & After-effects
| ROA | Onset | Peak | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral | 10-30 min | 4-6 hrs | 4-6 hrs |
Effect Profile
Scores (1–10) curated from multiple sources:
- Effect keyword matching from PsychonautWiki catalog
- Weighted by importance: core (×3), major (×2), minor (×1)
Stimulant
6.8
Strong+
7/10
Strong focus and anxiety/jitters with moderate euphoria and stimulation
Stimulation / Energy
×3
6
stimulation
wakefulness
alertness enhancement
Euphoria / Mood Lift
×2
7
physical euphoria
cognitive euphoria
motivation enhancement
Focus / Productivity
×2
10
focus enhancement
memory enhancement
motivation enhancement
Anxiety / Jitters
×1
8
anxiety
increased heart rate
vasoconstriction
Based on reports from:
Tolerance
Build-up
develops over days to weeks of regular use
Reset
3–7 days for acute tolerance; longer for full reset
Tolerance Decay
Full tolerance
1d
Half tolerance
10d
Baseline
~18d
Acute tolerance: develops within a single session — the reset numbers above apply after sustained heavy use, not after one binge. Within-session tachyphylaxis usually resets largely overnight.
Effects
Positive
- Stimulation
- Physical euphoria
Negative
- Increased heart rate
- Nausea
- Headache
- Headaches
- Insomnia
- Vasoconstriction
- Motor impairment
- Sedation
Positive
- Alertness enhancement
- Wakefulness
- Motivation enhancement
- Focus enhancement
- Memory enhancement
- Anxiety suppression
- Cognitive euphoria
- Focus Enhancement
Negative
- Anxiety
- Talkativeness
Positive
- Increased music appreciation
- Increased libido
- Increased Music Appreciation
- Color enhancement
Negative
- Light sensitivity
- Appetite suppression
- Dehydration
- Appetite Suppression
- Dulled perception
- Spontaneous physical sensations
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