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✦ Celastrus Seeds · in one breath ✦
Sparks of clarity and inspiration; at night, more vivid dreams and a sharper recall on waking.
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Average · 76 reviews
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J'achète régulièrement ces graines depuis quelques années car celles ci fonctionnent très bien, ça redonne de la présence et de l'attention, particulièrement utile quand on est un peu fatigué, ou comme dit quand on doit être concentré. Éviter d'en abuser quand même, une demi cuillère a soupe par jour c'est déjà pas mal personnellement pour moi. Je comment a mélanger avec Mucuna Pruniens, la synergie est très efficace !
esphaiôpæ
Dream · verified purchase · 24 December 2024
the intellect tree seeds definitely worked for me! increased mental focus noticeable. Also I love the gift that came with and the paper packaging :-)
Charles
Dream · 10 May 2024
A handful of seeds provides brain clarity and focus for several hours. I have ADD and found them to be better then any other stimulants. No anxiety from them either. Highly recommend!
Paula
Dream · 5 June 2021
I love the products bought in this store. They help a lot my dreams and concentration levels.
Fabiola Gitirana
Dream · 12 December 2022
Thank you for this product, I confirm that I have regained a certain concentration thanks to it. Thanks for the mugwort bag. I highly recommend this site.
Gwenaelle
Dream · 6 January 2024
I put about half a teaspoon in my mouth and let them soak and then chewed them and then swallowed them and a while later experienced a definite mental clarity and even a visual clarity. The seeds are bitter when chewed so I chased them with a sweet peach soda water. So I am happy with this product and with DreamHerbsTemple.
ridlond
Dream · 24 August 2019
Just great for prolonged focus
James
Dream · 23 March 2021
Very good for students & scholars. Highly recommend.
Ray
Dream · 24 October 2024
Good energy surrounding the purchase , arrival, and good mental clarity upon use. Fresh , and extra gift included :)
Elisabeth Hamilton
Dream · 15 June 2024
Seems great but care should be taken to not overuse because these seeds are of hot potencies, can give stomach upset.
Denis
Dream · 16 February 2022
Très bon pour la concentration et aussi pour la clarté des rêves
Gina
Dream · verified purchase · 10 August 2025
Good to relieve stress. Good presentation of the item by the seller.
Brígida Gómez Marfil
Dream · 20 May 2023
Ask the Forest about Celastrus Seeds
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What is Celastrus paniculatus (Jyotishmati)?
Celastrus paniculatus is a woody climbing liana of the Celastraceae family, native to the Indian subcontinent. Its small reddish-brown oilseeds have been used by Ayurveda for thousands of years. It is called the tree of intellect, and in Sanskrit Jyotishmati.
How do you consume celastrus seeds?
INFUSE offers the seeds in powder. The simplest way — half a teaspoon in a warm drink or an infusion, in the evening. Tradition also knows the decoction (seeds simmered 20 to 30 minutes), raw chewing, or incorporation into a truffle with cacao and honey to soften the bitter-earthy taste.
Does celastrus favour dreams?
Celastrus seeds are associated, in contemporary dreamer practices, with vivid dreams and dream recall at waking. This is a modern use, distinct from the classic Ayurvedic lineage which prized her mostly as a plant of clarity and subtle perception.
What do celastrus seeds taste like?
The taste is strong, earthy and bitter-acrid, characteristic. Many soften her with warm plant milk, a little honey, or by shaping a truffle with cacao. The long decoction rounds the bitterness.
How long before I feel something?
It is taken regularly, 7 to 21 days in a row, with regular pauses. It is a plant of cumulative effect: better to observe it over two to three weeks before concluding.
What are the contraindications of celastrus paniculatus?
Avoid in case of pregnancy or breastfeeding (potential abortifacient effects), upcoming surgery, diabetes, blood-clotting disorder or blood pressure treatment, autoimmune disease or immunosuppressant treatment, and gastrointestinal, liver or kidney disorder. Start with small quantities; at high dose, the seeds can give a sensation of heat or digestive discomfort. When in doubt, ask a healthcare professional's advice.
What's the difference between celastrus and coffee?
Coffee works through caffeine; celastrus seeds contain none. Ayurveda counts them among the plants of intellect and memory, taken as a regular cure over several weeks.
Does celastrus help memory?
That is its traditional use: Ayurveda counts jyotishmati among the medhya plants, those of intellect and memory. Our dreamers also speak of concentration and clearer dreams. No medical promise: it is a tradition, and a companionship of a few weeks.
What do people who tried celastrus say?
Of 76 reviews published on INFUSE, 2 speak of clearer dreams. Fabiola: 'They help a lot my dreams and concentration levels.'
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In depthbotany · phytochemistry · history
For those who want to go below the page: botany, then four voices, each one named. ◆ what the tradition left in writing, ◇ what research has measured, ● what our dreamers tell us, ☾ what the House says.
Botany
Celastrus paniculatus Willd. is a woody climbing vine of the Celastraceae, native to the Indian subcontinent. The part used is the seed, red-brown and oily. She is known as the tree of intellect, and in Sanskrit as *Jyotishmati*, "the luminous one".
◆ The documented tradition
In Ayurveda, jyotishmati, "the luminous one", is a plant of intellect and memory (medhya). Its link to dreaming is modern, born among today's dreamers.
◇ The studies
Its effect on dreaming is still to be studied.
● Our dreamers
Of 76 reviews published on INFUSE, 2 speak of clearer dreams (read one by one in September 2026):
"Très bon pour la concentration et aussi pour la clarté des rêves" — Gina (very good for concentration, and for the clarity of dreams)
"They help a lot my dreams and concentration levels." — Fabiola
☾ The House
Bringing sparks of clarity and inspiration, these beautiful seeds are remarkable for their capacity to relax the nervous system while equally enhancing its faculties. Celastrus seeds are recognised by contemporary dreamer communities for helping achieve lucidity, generating strong, vivid dreams, as well as enabling dream recall.
Traditional use
In Ayurveda, the seeds of the tree of intellect are a medhya rasayana, a plant that nourishes the intellect and memory; they were also known to Arab medicine. Modern pharmacological research on Celastrus remains mostly animal and *in vitro*, with no large clinical trial in people to date. What we share belongs to traditional use and contemporary practice, and makes no medical claim.
A dream use of our time
Among today's dreamers, these seeds have become associated with vivid dream images and recall on waking. This is a modern use, distinct from the classical Ayurvedic lineage, which knows Jyotishmati as a plant of the mind and of memory. We keep her in our dream collection as a plant of memory.
Sources for the four voices: Ayurvedic texts on the medhya plants · our customers' reviews.