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I deeply recommend this little shop, the owners are very kind and act from the heart. The products are of high quality and handled with incredible care. I'm so happy that my herbal collection is growing and I can't wait to order more. At the moment I'm enjoying the tea made of blue water lilly and I feel calm, joyful and at peace. Love! M
Masa
Dream · 9 March 2022
A shop of great purity. The herbs have an exceptional vibration, ideal for sacred work. A huge thank you for the gift of the Pink Lotus, a thoughtful gesture that touched me deeply and came at the perfect time. Quality, speed, and beautiful energy. May the Light guide you!
La pièce
Dream · 2 February 2026
This plant has become a staple to my mental health care routine. If you have paranoia or anxiety or just stress out easily, take this and it shuts all that negativity off. And this store is wonderful. I will continue to be a loyal customer as long as they exist.
Tara
Dream · 10 November 2021
The blue lotus flower petals were of a high quality, potent blue in colour with an almost sweet, magical smell. I could tell how well the herbs have been cared for, dried and stored. I drank the tea before going to sleep and I can attest it brings a sense of heightened awareness, calmness, peace and introspection. Also dream recall increased significantly ! I deeply recommend Tim and Alice and this shop, their passion and energy feels inspiring and uplifting! Denisa, Romania.
Denisa
Dream · 2 June 2021
I wanted to give it some time until I could write a review but I have to say that the quality of the flowers is superb. This has become my favorite tea before sleeping. I can feel how relaxed I am after some minutes and then I sleep like a baby and have very symbolic dreams.
Emilio
Dream · 10 May 2025
The powder is very easy to use and using half a teaspoon helped me contain raging emotions.I put the powder under my tongue and let it work as I meditated.I have observed more dream recall but have yet to settle into understanding their meanings .Customer service is very helpful and informative so I decided to order whole flowers to continue my journey.I recommend delving into their website to understand better the approach and attitude to working with the plants.
Itemeka
Dream · 25 February 2025
Fast shipping to Aus. Excellent seller / store, great customer experience. Beautifully packaged. Would highly recommend this seller. Lotus flower is lovely as a cup of tea at night, like camomile on steroids. Love it. Thankyou
Ally
Dream · 6 October 2024
I’m new to the lotus family so this is my first experience with it. I made a cup of tea with two flowers and felt very lightheaded in about 40-50 minutes, it’s quite potent. If you are sensitive like me I would recommend one flower or less. Very relaxing and helped me fall asleep and stay asleep through the whole night. Haven’t experienced any lucid dreams yet.
Michelle
Dream · 4 September 2024
excellent quality and very nice spectrum of on how it affects the body (slightly euphoric but also calming and relaxing )
Kiruna
Dream · 8 July 2024
An absolutely fantastic flower, I have this daily in the evening for a much more satisfying and theraputic sleep, it's nice.
James
Dream · 25 January 2024
I love this plant and I am going to order again, it is very pleasant to consume personally I smoke it even if it is difficult to burn and it has a good smell a good taste a little sweet and it creates a very pleasant effect of relaxation and well-being. This plant allows you to remain lucid while having effects of relaxation and fatigue similar to cannabis. I would like to thank the seller for the gifts received with each order placed, it’s very kind of that 🙏🏻
Lucas
Dream · 17 November 2023
🗣 AMAZING 🤩 the flowers are top notch Omgosh after I drink it maybe about 10 minutes eyes were heavy and they were like so hard to keep open and the sleep that I had so restful peaceful when I woke up in the morning there wasn’t that I want to run back to bed I was up and let’s go. Packaged lovely and shipping was fast 🥳🥳🥳🥳 keep up the great work and thank you for the samples ♥️
AfroYoYo
Dream · 19 September 2023
Ask the Forest about Blue Lotus
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What is blue lotus?
Blue lotus (Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea) is an aquatic water lily of the Nymphaeaceae family, revered in ancient Egypt. Botanically, she is distinct from the sacred Asian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), which belongs to a different genus and family.
What are the traditional uses of blue lotus?
She is mainly prepared as an evening infusion, as macerated wine (the classic Egyptian preparation), in a sensual bath, or sprinkled on a smoking base. Tradition associates her with opening toward dreams, meditation and sensuality.
How do I prepare a blue lotus infusion?
Place a whole flower in a cup, pour simmering water (never violently boiling), let her infuse for 7 to 10 minutes. The same flower can be reused several times. Best savoured in the evening.
Does blue lotus induce dreaming?
Tradition and many contemporary accounts report more vivid dreams and improved dream recall. Ethnobotanical sources describe a use of the Nymphaea genus to favour divinatory dreams.
Blue lotus vs pink lotus — what's the difference?
Blue lotus is a Nymphaea (aquatic water lily); the pink lotus INFUSE offers is a Nelumbo nucifera, the sacred Asian lotus. Two different botanical genera, with distinct scents and qualities — sisters of the water rather than twins.
How do I recognise a real blue lotus?
True Nymphaea caerulea has fine pointed petals, a clear blue, a marked sweet fragrance and a heart of golden-yellow stamens. Many products sold under this name are in fact white water lilies (N. alba or odorata), with a very different profile.
Where does INFUSE's blue lotus come from?
Our flowers are wild-harvested in the lakes of Sri Lanka, in connection with a small family business.
Are there precautions with blue lotus?
Start with a small quantity. Avoid during pregnancy and breastfeeding, and when taking sedative, dopaminergic or antidepressant medications (theoretical interactions reported). Our plants are sold as food herbal infusions.
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### Botany — a water lily, not a lotus
The "blue lotus" is, strictly speaking, an aquatic water lily: Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea (synonym Nymphaea caerulea), Nymphaeaceae family. She is botanically distinct from the sacred Asian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), which belongs to a different genus and family — a frequent confusion that the ethnobotanical sources are careful to dispel (Schultes, Hofmann & Rätsch, Plants of the Gods, p. 49-50).
The authentic flower is recognisable by precise traits: fine, lanceolate petals (14 to 20), a pale blue lightening to dull white at the heart, fifty stamens or more, and a bloom that opens mid-morning and replays over three days. The leaves are oval, peltate, irregularly toothed (Schultes-Hofmann-Rätsch, p. 50). Native to the Nile and its wetlands, East Africa, and some regions of South Asia — including Sri Lanka.
### The two treasures — nouchali & premium caerulea
INFUSE offers two grades, both true Nymphaea. The flower on this page ("organic") is a nouchali var. caerulea: her flowers are larger and more fragrant. The premium Egyptian-origin version, offered separately, gives smaller flowers with more refined and deeper effects. These are not a "true" and a "fake": they are two treasures, whose distinction comes down to density, rarity and form — not to any kind of inertia.
This is also why naming the species matters. Many products sold online under the "blue lotus" label are in fact white water lilies (N. alba or N. odorata) or Nelumbo — plants sometimes respectable elsewhere (the white water lily has a long history in European herbalism, as Matthew Wood recalls, The Book of Herbal Wisdom, p. 74-76), but which do not share the aporphine profile of the blue lotus. A 2024 study (Hashem et al., Journal of Ethnopharmacology) tested 47 products marketed as Nymphaea caerulea: only a minority were chemically and genetically authenticated (figure to confirm). Our two grades are, themselves, true Nymphaea — this is the whole point of naming them.
### Phytochemistry (descriptive)
The genus Nymphaea contains apomorphine; nuciferine and nornuciferine have been isolated from the close species N. ampla. These aporphine alkaloids form the chemical basis of the plant's presumed psychoactive activity (Schultes-Hofmann-Rätsch, p. 50; Pendell, Pharmako/Gnosis, p. 337-338). Apomorphine is, moreover, a compound used clinically — by injection — in Parkinson's disease: a marker on the chemistry of the molecule, and not an indication for the flower. Nuciferine is described in the pharmacological literature as a modulator of dopaminergic and serotonergic receptors. The flower also carries flavonoids, anthocyanins (responsible for the blue), tannins, and mucilages. Key point: the active chemistry depends on botanical authenticity — hence the importance of the species.
### What uses and studies report
Ethnobotanical sources note that there are indications of a use of Nymphaea as a plant of altered states, in both the Old and the New World, particularly to induce dreams for divinatory purposes, by smoking the flowers alone or with tobacco (Schultes-Hofmann-Rätsch, p. 50, 71). These are reported uses, transmitted by tradition and by contemporary accounts — not established effects. Clinical research on the whole flower remains limited.
### Egyptian lineage
The blue water lily was consecrated to Osiris in the Egyptian tradition (Pendell, p. 338). Her flower, which opens at dawn and closes at dusk, became in the Nile imagination an image of solar rebirth and a companion of the funerary passage — a symbolic reading transmitted by the ethnobotanical sources. She is found in the frescoes of the tombs, in the Festival of Drunkenness dedicated to Hathor (lotus-infused wine), and on the body of Tutankhamun, buried beneath petals. On the other side of the ocean, with no known contact, Maya and Aztec honoured a close species, N. ampla, in their royal rites — a remarkable ethnobotanical convergence.
### Safety
Start with a small quantity to observe how your body responds: the flower acts gently, but she acts. To be avoided during pregnancy and breastfeeding (insufficient data). Theoretical interactions are reported with dopaminergic medications (L-DOPA, agonists, antipsychotics), MAOIs (including Peganum harmala, whose combination potentiates effects), and SSRI antidepressants. This is not a plant for daily long-term use, but a plant of moments — rituals, chosen evenings. Our products are classified and sold as food herbal infusions; any other use is the responsibility of the user. DYOR.
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