Family Lythraceae
Latin name: Hemia Salicifolia
Common names: Sun Opener, Abre-O-Sol, Sinicuichi, Shrubby Yellowcrest Anchinol, Grandadillo, Hachinal, Heimia, Sun-Tea.
"Plant of the yellow vision" A flowering shrub from Mexico which may have been employed by the Aztecs during trance rituals. Native from Mexico to Argentina. Heimia salicifolia is still used by some Mexican shamans as a tool for divination. The natives hold Sinicuichi to be sacred and endowed with supernatural powe ...(more)
Family Lythraceae
Latin name: Hemia Salicifolia
Common names: Sun Opener, Abre-O-Sol, Sinicuichi, Shrubby Yellowcrest Anchinol, Grandadillo, Hachinal, Heimia, Sun-Tea.
"Plant of the yellow vision" A flowering shrub from Mexico which may have been employed by the Aztecs during trance rituals. Native from Mexico to Argentina. Heimia salicifolia is still used by some Mexican shamans as a tool for divination. The natives hold Sinicuichi to be sacred and endowed with supernatural powe ...(more)