View source for Mescal Bean

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| generic = Mescal Bean
| brand = ''Sophora secundiflora''. Texas mountain laurel, frijolillo
| classes = Plant Medicine, Phantastica
| uses = <vote slug="ceremonial-use">Ceremonial</vote>
| preparations = Bright red seeds, traditionally ingested or smoked. Highly toxic — narrow margin between active and lethal
| routes = Oral
| mechanism = Active alkaloid is cytisine, a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist. NOT a classical 5-HT2A psychedelic.
| intro = The Mescal Bean is the seed of ''Sophora secundiflora'', a small Fabaceae tree of the US southwest and northern Mexico. Caches in Texas rock shelters confirm continuous human use for at least 10,000 years. Likely predecessor to [[Peyote]] in the Plains Indian Red Bean Cult before mescaline was discovered; the name "mescal" was later transferred to peyote (with the unrelated agave). Cytisine is closely related to varenicline and has been used for smoking cessation.
| seealso = [[Peyote]], [[Varenicline]]
| references = <references/>
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[[Category:Phantastica]]
[[Category:Plant Medicines]]
[[Category:Medicines]]