INTELLECT TREE Seeds | Celastrus paniculatus

STEP 1 - Stratify your seeds in a mixture of sand and fine soil under 2mm - 3 mm of substrate for a minimum of 2 - 3 weeks in the refrigerator at 4 ° C. Three months cold stratification ensures a higher germination rate.

 

STEP 2 -  Once your seeds are stratified, place in humidity dome seedling tray with with seed raising mix at a temperature of 20° C - 25 ° C. Mist with water until the soil is damp.

 

STEP 3 - Intellect tree seeds will germinate after 2 - 4 weeks.

 

STEP 4 - When they are 5cm tall, prick the seedlings out into the garden. Provide a trellis or support for the vine to grow upon.

The oil extracted from its seeds is used as a nootropic in Indian Unani and Ayurvedic medicine. It can be used to improve cognitive function, enhance learning ability, boost IQ, stimulate the intellect, manage anxiety, depression, insomnia, improve gut health and digestion. It can also be used as an aphrodisiac, stress reliever and mood enhancer.

500mg per day or approx 10 seeds.

The Intellect Tree has been described as a ‘brain tonic’. It produces a light, refreshing burst of mental energy shortly after consumption. It creates the feeling of fluid, alert thoughts, improved memory and heightened concentration. It can be taken as a potent and effective stimulant which makes study or other detail oriented tasks easier to focus upon and complete.

 

Intellect Tree is used to attenuate cognitive impairment and maintain gastric health by reducing an inflammatory cytokine. It promotes neuronal antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase, catalase), glutathione levels and impedes lipid peroxidation by neutralising free radicals. Hence, it is specifically used to protect brain cells and to manage stress associated neurological disorders like depression, paralysis, and hemiplegia.

 

Intellect Tree is believed to have therapeutic effects on health concerns like asthma, arthritis, gout, cognitive dysfunction, psoriasis and leprosy. Research also suggests that it is beneficial for cardiac health as it decreases blood lipid levels and cholesterol deposits in the blood vessels.

 

The use of Intellect Tree down regulates stress hormone levels in the blood and alleviates mood. The metabolites of Norepinephrine, Dopamine and Serotonin from the Celastrus seed significantly improves memory retention and the potential to recall past events without discrepancy.

The plant has a wide range of medicinal uses. It is often utilised within its native range and sometimes also exported. The seed and its oil are particularly valued.

Many plants in this genus contain compounds of interest for their damamged cell removal activity. The seeds are aphrodisiac, bitter, emetic, laxative and stimulant. It is used in the treatment of rheumatism, leprosy, gout, fevers and paralysis.

 

The oil has been shown to cause an overall decrease in the turnover of three central Monoamines (Norepinephrine, Dopamine and Serotin) which are involved in the learning and memory process. Various animal trials have generally supported the idea that one or more constituents of the oil may offer cognitive enhancing properties and significant improvement in retention ability. Pharmacological studies have shown that the seed oil has sedative and tranquillising properties.

 

A decoction of the seeds or the fixed oil from the seed are applied as a poultice or taken internally. Credited with stimulant and diaphoretic properties, they are applied to relieve fevers, joint and muscular pains and paralysis.

 

The oil from the seed is a powerful stimulant. It is used in the treatment of Beriberi, a disease caused by Thiamine deficiency. There are alkaloids in the oil that have a tranquilising property.

 

The seed oil is a major component in various products to relieve rheumatic and muscular pains. The oil is an ingredient of many more herbal medicines to enhance the nervous and mental system.

 

It is also considered to be analgesic, aphrodisiac, diaphoretic, emetic, emmenagogue, stimulant and tonic.

 

The leaves can be an ingredient, together with  Alyxia reinwardtii and Foeniculum vulgare as a prescription against dysentery.

 

The root is used as an anti-malarial and anti-pyretic. The wood is used in the treatment of tuberculosis. The bark is abortifacient. The juice from the bark is used in the treatment of indigestion. The stem bark is used as an anti-dysenteric and a decoction of the stem as a diuretic in the treatment of kidney disorders. The fruits are considered anti-flatulent, a blood tonic and a relief for fainting.

 

An oily seed extract has shown strong anti-spermatogenic action, thereby pointing to useful anti-fertility effects of the seed oil. A methanolic extract of the flowers has shown oral analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities.

Celastrus paniculatus seeds and their oil are what is used for cognitive support. The seeds contains a variety of active compounds including Sesquiterpenes such as Celastrine, Celapanine, Celapanigine, Celapagin, Malkangunin and Paniculatine. Celastrus paniculatus extracts have, in experimental research, positively influenced cognitive function and neuroprotective functions. The seed contains 52% oil and the fruit 30%. This oil is used medicinally and most often as a powerful nootropic.

Intellect Tree is contraindicated for people with hyper acidity, bleeding disorders, for those trying to conceive and also during the period of pregnancy and lactation.