Coleus

[Phungushead]

Coleus (sp. blumei, pumila) is a common houseplant that can be found
in almost any garden store... Mazatec Indians supposedly used it
for medicinal purposes - chewing (or making tea out of) 50-70 FRESH
leaves (dried doesn't work, and you can't smoke them) apparently gives
an experience similar to a mild mushroom trip (lasts like 2 hours or
so).

There isn't really much information on it... as far as I know, the
active compound is unknown (although it is believed to be an 'unstable
crystalline polyhydric alcohol'). The chemistry of the plant is
supposedly related to salvia. Many people are allergic to the
plant (dermatitis)... I would think it might be a bad thing if they ate
it. There are also some hybrids that are toxic (contain chemicals
that depress the nervous system), so you'd have to be pretty damn
careful of what one you bought.

Soooo... what I was wondering was mainly if anyone here has any
experience with it. Most of the trip reports I found were pretty
inconclusive (people preparing the leaves wrong and getting no results,
stuff like that)...