Originally Posted by
Rieber
Clearly you've never tried this perspective altering elixir.
Look up any description of the medicinal uses for alder and you will find no reference or warnings to psychoactive or hallucinogenic properties of the plant.
http://medicinalherbinfo.org/000Herbs2016/1herbs/alder/
https://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/a/alder019.html
-Medicinal Action and Uses---Tonic and astringent. A decoction of the bark is useful to bathe swellings and inflammations, especially of the throat, and has been known to cure ague.Peasants on the Alps are reported to be frequently cured of rheumatism by being covered with bags full of the heated leaves.Horses, cows, sheep and goats are said to eat it, but swine refuse it. Some state that it is bad for horses, as it turns their tongues black.
http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net...nosa=alder.php
Medicinal use of Alder:
The bark is alterative, astringent, cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. The fresh bark will cause vomiting, so use dried bark for all but emetic purposes. A decoction of the dried bark is used to bathe swellings and inflammations, especially of the mouth and throat. The powdered bark and the leaves have been used as an internal astringent and tonic, whilst the bark has also been used as an internal and external haemostatic against haemorrhage. The dried bark of young twigs are used, or the inner bark of branches 2 - 3 years old. It is harvested in the spring and dried for later use. Boiling the inner bark in vinegar produces a useful wash to treat lice and a range of skin problems such as scabies and scabs. The liquid can also be used as a toothwash. The leaves are astringent, galactogogue and vermifuge. They are used to help reduce breast engorgement in nursing mothers. A decoction of the leaves is used in folk remedies for treating cancer of the breast, duodenum, oesophagus, face, pylorus, pancreas, rectum, throat, tongue, and uterus. The leaves are harvested in the summer and used fresh.
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/curriculum/B...reckalder.html
Medicinal uses:
The inner bark of alder is Tanaina (Anchorage-area Native) medicine; the Natives boil the bark and drink the tea to get rid of gas in the stomach and to lower a high fever. (Kari) The astringent and powerfully bitter bark infusion is used as a gargle for sore throat, to induce circulation, to check diarrhea, and for eye drops.
Alder leaves are used to cure inflammation. Fresh leaves applied to bare feet are good for burning and aching; they are also used as a foot bath when brewed.Bark of the red alder (A. rubra) of the coastal regions and western North America was used by Indians to relieve indigestion and as a tonic and alterative.During the routine screening of southwestern Alaska plants for potential antitumor activity, the stem bark of A. oregona(same as A. rubra)showed significant antitumor activity. Lupeol and betulin were identified as the two constituents responsible for this activity. (Sheth et al.)Other uses: