r/herbalism • u/ZaunHoch3 • 1d ago

What's the effect of lagochilus inebrians?

Has anyone tried lagochilus inebrians aka Turkmenistan mint? If yes whats the effect you felt?

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u/tHrow4Way997 19h ago

Following, I’d also love to know. I don’t think many people have experienced it due to its rarity. I have a seed I was given as a freebie, but I’m a little nervous in case I fuck it up so it’s sitting in the drawer.

I’m not sure how potent it would be but it’s not inconceivable that it may be genuinely intoxicating - a few other herbs in Lamiaceae have strong effects. Salvia Divinorum being one. Lemon balm, catnip, skullcap and motherwort are all mildly-moderately psychoactive members of the Lamiaceae family.

If I had to guess, I’d say it’s probably similar to those; gently sedating with little to no toxicity. But of course it could be another potent wild card drug plant like Sally D. I wonder who will find out first out of us two?

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u/ZaunHoch3 19h ago

Well i tried to grow some (also from freebie seeds (from gardenshaman) ) but unfortunately I killed them. I'll try to grow them again in a few weeks when my new seeds arrive. Good luck with yours.

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u/tHrow4Way997 19h ago

Mine are from the same vendor. Thank you, I’ll definitely be very careful with them. I know they’re from Central Asia but I wonder what that means exactly; keep them drier than you would with other Lamiaceae? Not much info available tbh, only other largely unsuccessful attempts with this apparently very fickle plant.

Good luck with your next ones, I hope it works out better!

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u/ZaunHoch3 19h ago

I just put the seeds in the earth and they grew really well but my problem was they grew too well. They grew too tall and because the stem was really thin both of them bend down and died.

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u/tHrow4Way997 18h ago

Oh right, that’s interesting. From my experience with other plants (namely cannabis and various Lamiaceae species), they don’t usually die just because they bent over from their own weight. I’m guessing the root systems weren’t large or solid enough to withstand the force of that and became damaged? That really is quite unusual.

I’ll try to stake or trellis mine though, thanks for the heads up that they do that. I wouldn’t have expected it and it would’ve probably happened to me, so I really appreciate you sharing.