Brazilian Psychedelic Plant Emerges as Potential Depression Treatment

Image: Jurema preta (Mimosa tenuiflora). Image credit: Juliana S. Silva via Field Museum / CC BY-NC 4.0. (image rotated 90^o counterclockwise). Article by Juan Sebastian Serrano, AFP. ScienceAlert – May 8, 2025. Research article: Nature.

Long used in Indigenous Brazilian rituals, the jurema preta plant, which contains a potent psychedelic, is gaining ground as a potential treatment for depression. At street stalls where medicinal herbs are sold, customers can buy the plant’s root which contains dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a hallucinogenic substance that researchers say could be used to alleviate symptoms. […]

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