• May 6, 2024

How many times have we heard the phrase, "how many bets you gave toloache", in reference to a person very much in love? However, far from being a magic plant that helps us "fall in love" with that person we so much desire,l toloache It is a very toxic plant.

The investigator Robert Bye, of the Institute of Biology of the UNAM, notes that an infusion of toloache It can cause neurological damage, either permanent or permanent, to the person who ingests it.

In fact, there are no serious studies that indicate what would be the safe dose to consume it, but it is very dangerous, because technically, "it is a delirium, which causes uncontrollable hallucinations".

Effects of toloache on the human body

The plant, whose scientific name is datura stramonium, produces disorientation, anguish, lack of concentration, incoherent thinking and the person who ingests it does not distinguish between reality and fantasy. The effect, if it reaches certain doses, can be irreversible.

Not for nothing in some remote areas of Mexico, women use the toloache to induce a kind of anesthesia without loss of consciousness to relieve labor pains, since it has antispasmodic properties.

Pócima for love? No way!

Federico Soto Gracia, specialist in drug dependence, he assures that the abuse in the consumption of this plant can produce pictures of psychosis in which there are visual and auditory hallucinations.

"It creates persecutory and terrifying images, which cause the individual to act in function of such hallucinations, that is, he can go out frightened by an image or looking for a sound, which generates a serious psychotic state that can last up to 72 hours," Soto explains. Grace.

Love or poison?

On the other hand, Juan Núñez Farfán, researcher at the Institute of Ecology (IE) of the UNAM and specialist in the evolutionary and genetic study of the plant, explains that due to its high toxicity, it is resistant to attack by most herbivores.

If you have never been in contact with this plant, it is easy to identify because it is characterized by a pungent, unpleasant odor and its high toxicity "does not require much care to grow, which facilitates its spread and continuity in different populations," he says. the expert.

So if you ever get "tea for love", actually be careful because more than love it is an act of revenge because in medieval Europe was used as poison similar to arsenic. And you, what tricks do you know to make your ideal partner fall in love?

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