12-07-2004, 09:31 PM
actually, this tea was originally taken with a hollowed bone or wooden straw, and the natives in south america have different ways of preparing it for different occasions. it can be used as a stimulant, a meditative suppressant, they have been known to mix it with the coca plant (also refined into cocaine) to produce an adrenaline rush to improve production in coca fields, they even can know how to make it so it promotes good blood circulation to act as (you guessed it) an aphrodisiac.
it does not contain caffeine, but what is usually referred to as "matteine" (i'm not sure if that is the actual name for the chemical) works as a slow-acting stimulant, so you get similar effects, but instead of making you hyper, jittery, or shaky, it improves focus and concentration; essentially, it hightens your awareness.
i use it when i'm studying, so i have a better chance of passing a test. works great, and has that great earthy taste to it.
indeed, an amazing herb.
(also: "yerba" in spanish is pronounced the same as "hierba," the spanish word for herb. this word was created from a mixture of spanish and indigenous incan languages.) ;)
it does not contain caffeine, but what is usually referred to as "matteine" (i'm not sure if that is the actual name for the chemical) works as a slow-acting stimulant, so you get similar effects, but instead of making you hyper, jittery, or shaky, it improves focus and concentration; essentially, it hightens your awareness.
i use it when i'm studying, so i have a better chance of passing a test. works great, and has that great earthy taste to it.
indeed, an amazing herb.
(also: "yerba" in spanish is pronounced the same as "hierba," the spanish word for herb. this word was created from a mixture of spanish and indigenous incan languages.) ;)