sower said:

I've indigested very high doses of nicotine before, and it's not something I want to repeat.

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In case you are wondering, one smoked cigarette butt potentially has enough nicotine in it to kill a child of the eating random things stage. An average human adult would probably die from eating two to three whole cigarettes, as the amount of nicotine in an unsmoked cigarette is about 300 times as much as you get from smoking it. A cigarette butt will also make an adult human (non-smoker) quite sick, so do not be tempted to eat one under any circumstance.
http://everything2.com/title/nicotine+poisoning

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0.3 g tobacco leaves, 
0.1 g green tea leaves,
0.1 g dry chrysanthemum flower
and 0.2 g Cnidii Rhizoma.

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4694842.html

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Turky said:

I just harvesting some mint, lemon balm, and lavender to make my tea for the winter. I actually have them drying out right now so I can put it all into jars and use it later. I love mixing them all together. Stevia rebaudiana is very good for a natural sweetener by the way. =D Enjoy making your own tea, it is amazingly better than buying it. Drinking something you grew is the best.

Passion Flower is also something you might want to grow. I find that it relaxes me more than many other plants. You can also check online for some, I bought 4 oz for 7 dollars the other day. =D

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durian_2008 said:

sower said:

I've indigested very high doses of nicotine before, and it's not something I want to repeat.

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If you're still following this thread, could you be more specific?

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Well, long story short (or shorter, at least), I chewed 3 pieces of 4mg gum and took a cigarette at the same time.. A very stupid and childish thing to do. Mind you, this was many many years ago, and I've gained at least some sense since then. The result was one of the most uncomfortable experiences I can remember. Extreme nausea, I was sweating like a pig, got intensely dizzy and my heart was racing. It felt like I was about to pass out for the next hour or so, and I threw up several times. I don't know how much nicotine I actually got into my system, but it was most definitely way too much. Scary part was that I felt absolutely fine until I was mid-way trough my cigarette, then BOOM! shit hit the fan.

I have no intentions of repeating that, so I will treat my Rustica with a bucket load of respect, and be very careful with it.

durian_2008 said:

When I research tobacco as a tea, it's a miracle cure, good for everything.

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This is something I've read about too, and it's the reason I intend to try it. Carefully. I expect 0.2-0.3g of cured leaves in tea won't cause any nastiness.

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I've been meaning to grow Passion flower as well, although my primary motive was that it's an awesome looking flower. I didn't know it made a good tea as well. Will definitely grow one now.

Chocolate mint sounds interesting too, will have to see if I can get a hold of that.

themallacht said:

I keep hearing about Passion Flower more and more now... Definitely thinking of adding it to my own ethnobotanical garden sometime soon.... GREAT Aldous Huxley quote by the way...

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Do it man, It's amazing. I just made some mint, lemon balm, lavender, and mullein tea and it's the best! Aldous Huxley is the shit, that's my favorite quote. =D I like you for noticing.