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Family : Irvingiaceae
There is a growing body of evidence that opioid drugs are made by plants quite unrelated to the poppy including Irvingia gabonensis.
Irvingia gabonensis stem bark extract (also known as `dika nut') has strong analgesic properties.
- Irvingia gabonensis is used medicinally in most parts of tropical Africa for the treatment of a number of ailments. In West Africa the Mende tribe of Sierra Leone uses the stem bark to relieve pain, and have been doing so for centuries.
- Irvingia gabonensis kernel extract is used medicinally in West Africa to relieve pain. It has been shown to have narcotic analgesic properties. (Source: Journal of Ethnopharmacology, February 1995, pages 125-129).
- The bark is rather bitter, and in Gabon it is added to palm wine.
- The bark macerated in palm wine is taken as an aphrodisiac.
- In Nigeria and Cameroon the split shells of the fruit are used in divination by semi-Bantu tribes, giving a favorable omen if one falls flat and the other convex side up.
- The seed oil is useful in margarine formulations.
Success story :
`I wasn't quite sure what to do with the bark. The bark is kind of soft so broke it up and put it into my coffee grinder and made it into a powder.
Then I made a 1:1 tincture out of it (1:1 tincture is 1 part herb and 1 part 100% GRAIN alcohol (everclear) put it into a clean jar with a lid, put it into a warm dark place for 3 – 4 weeks, shaking it daily. Then poured through a coffee filter to remove the bark, store in an amber bottle in a dark place, should last about a year.)
Taking .5cc / .5mm was all that I needed, it was really good, relaxing, calming and a good euphoric sensation. I need to order some more so I can make a big batch of tincture.'
-Bill, USA.
$6.99 for 30grams of Wild Mango.
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