The Blue Lotus flower has been used primarily as a sleep aid and anxiety reliever. It can also cause the user to experience euphoria, higher consciousness and lucid dreaming if taken in higher doses. The psychoactive effects of the flower are attributed to two aporphine alkaloids, apomorphine and nuciferine.
It’s known as an entheogenic drug, which is a mind-altering substance believed to alter one’s consciousness in a spiritual or religious manner. This term is commonly used instead of “hallucinogenic” or “psychedelic”
The two main compounds responsible for the flower’s psychoactive and medicinal effects are apomorphine and nuciferine
- Apomorphine. A psychoactive compound that acts as a dopamine agonist, meaning it can instill a happy and euphoric feeling. It may also help with muscle control in those with conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and erectile dysfunction.
- Nuciferine. A compound thought to act as an antipsychotic drug that induces feelings of calmness through mechanisms that aren’t yet fully understood. It has also been shown to improve symptoms of erectile dysfunction.
Consuming blue lotus flower may make you feel “high” and result in a gentle euphoria. Some people have drawn comparisons to the high you experience after consuming cannabis, though this can be largely individual.
Different ways of consuming Blue Lotus can be smoking it or drinking it in hot water