What is the African dream herb used for?
The root is called african dream root and traditionally serves as a very powerful, dream-promoting remedy. The consumption of the plant can provoke very vivid, sometimes also lucid dreams. The xhosa tribe in south africa uses the plant to get access to the spiritual world in lucid dreams. Other than potentially stimulating vivid or lucid dreams, the saponins in the african dream root plant may offer additional benefits, such as: antioxidant properties. Research on saponins suggests they may have antioxidant properties.