BUZZ BUTTONS - Cooking Experiment With Toothache Plant, a Flower That Numbs Your Mouth

Toothache plant - Amazing Plants
Binomial Name: Acmella oleracea
Location: New York City, USA
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[@WeirdExplorer]

Have any ideas on ways to use this in cooking? This is such a weird one, I may make another episode on this in the future.

[@Grimm-Gaming]

Same as cloves/sezchuan pepper i guess.

[@tomg5516]

Stir fry, hotpot, salad, just like you'd use Garland Chrysanthemum leaves.

[@benjaminbroudy2982]

Maybe some sort of sauce that makes your mouth just a tad bit numb, for the "experience." You could grind up the flower and put it on people's food (preferably enemies) and make them think they have been poisoned. I may or may not have some people in mind that I would do that too...

[@data6022]

fried rice, a curry and hotpots go well whit it.

[@WeirdExplorer]

@@benjaminbroudy2982 yeah! toothache sauce would be interesting. I wonder if cooking it would strongly change the numbing effect

[@canaan5337]

Electric Daisies sounds like a psychedelic rock band from the 1960s

[@cade2561]

And way better than “buzz button” it sounds so lame and like Facebook

[@rubenvasquez021]

😅😂😂

[@pkre707]

I appreciate you keeping out of the medicinal realm of edible plants. There are so many wild claims about plants, basically every one is used to cure just about everything depending on the culture or region it comes From. And it’s cheaper to produce and sell than actual medicine, making it easy for people to prey on others desperation. Glad you stay out of that mess. Flavor is hard to describe as it is!

[@emilychb6621]

I second this. There's so much 'alternative' medicine out about plants to scam people out of their money. It's simply a billion dollar industry, and the amount of medicinal plants that 'big pharma' buys simply doesn't compare to the amounts sold on Amazon and stuff.

[@ericlivingston8027]

There seems to be a lot of things like that. I have read posts by Geology people who are selling stones on reddit on how annoyed they are because there are people who actually believe a stone will make it so you act a certain way or certain things will happen. There was a gold coin that was owned by Napoleon that was also owned by other famous people called something Angel which people believe carries luck. Basically a lot of industries focus on the stuff that does not matter. What I care about will food is how much sugar does it have, how many calories does it have, how many vitamins does it have and what is the overall taste.

[@pkre707]

@@eastindiaV you could, but that has nothing to do with what I’m saying. Never said that plants don’t produce anything useful. What I am saying is that the amount of medical claims about plants and fruit are vastly higher than those with actual proven usefulness. And that a fruit reviewer with no medical or scientific background should stick to reviewing fruit as opposed to getting into the weeds on the most likely dubious medical claims of obscure and rare fruits.

[@Call-me-Al]

@@eastindiaV using willow bark instead of a pill is crap, because the pill is highly regulated amount of active substance, while the amount you find in the bark is highly variable. This is why people keep dying from poppyseed tea, despite using the same grams of poppyseed for each batch: the amount of active substance is super unreliable.

[@HercadosP]

@@pkre707 Plants do contain active compounds that are used for medicinal purposes, the tricky part is the dose. A chemist can either synthesize and purify the exact same molecule found in nature or simply extract it from nature. A chemist with pharmaceutical knowledge can tell you the dosage you need to have the intended purposes. A doctor will let you know if you even need that medicine in the first place. Shoving magical plants up one's ass thinking that just because they are natural they can't harm people and will cure anything has the potential of incurring a trip to the ER in an ambulance

[@zympanze8632]

That flower is like "stinky peanut / Petai Flower" in Indonesia, but they use it for anti mosquito, just burn it when dried.

[@Kingramze]

You really need to chew up an entire flower or two to get the numbing effects. The tingling comes first, then the numbness... and then some curious flavor changes as your sensations come back from the numbness. The lips are especially effected if you blow /breathe past them. The flowers mostly taste grassy initially, so most people don't care for them, but it's unique. The electric daisy aka buzz buttons are members of the daisy and sunflower family and are edible. They aren't toxic, but the buzz can be an acquired enjoyment - not that dissimilar to people who enjoy hot peppers or mints or other strange flavor / sensation -causing herbs 'n spices.

[@Mellotheiguana]

I dunno how I missed this one! I have seen the buzz buttons trending recently, so I am glad you changed the name. ☆

[@applegal3058]

I've been suffering from nerve pain in a tooth for the last week while I wait to see a dentist. I'll take a whole bouquet of that flower lol

[@eastindiaV]

Side note, if you got a SOXHLET DISTRIBUTOR You could better extract the essential oils and dose them more accurately, or mix into ethanol etc.

[@DurianXLVIII]

one time I licked one, and it was like licking a 9 volt battery.

[@emilywarner7707]

Been waiting for this one. They went through a brief gourmet fling few years back in mixed drinks. Called them buzz buttons.

[@joec8750]

And now I want to try a "buzz button"

[@emilywarner7707]

@@joec8750 I tried one from a local herb garden. I was VERY sorry for a good 30 minutes. And I can eat scotch bonnet peppers without much problem.

[@censusgary]

Yeah, I remember seeing them in some of those newspaper stories on the hippest new cocktails. Never tried one.

[@aaronnekrin5150]

Yes I've had one of those drinks a few years ago

[@tymonritco8578]

Sorted foods on KZbin featured these recently I believe

[@cleverclogs2244]

4:23 "That didn't do anything for me" [Immediately goes invisible!]

[@gabemckelvey6779]

The camera: it did something for me

[@cIeetz]

the camera adds 5 pounds and removes 5 feet

[@alexe8375]

4:28 - it might not have numbed your tongue, but it did seem to temporarily break reality, so that’s something

[@benjaminbroudy2982]

"A flower that numbs your mouth" Seems healthy. Ill have it on my cheerios in the morning.

[@tomg5516]

Similar compounds to what's in Sichuan Peppercorns. We grow these in my university teaching greenhouse for demonstration, and often offer them as a test of bravery for students. Usually people just end up drooling. They reseed themselves easily and you can take cuttings to propagate, so they're very easy to keep around all the time.

[@PRDreams]

What is the scientific name?

[@Dman6779]

@@PRDreams peppercornius schezuania

[@PRDreams]

@@Dman6779 not the Sichuan pepper, the other one 🤣 don't worry, it was in the description.

[@Dman6779]

@@PRDreams is it sussus amogus

[@StanErvin-yo9vl]

Szechuan peppers are my not so secret seasoning for stewed elk neck with taters, onions, maters, shrooms, sweet corn, and whatever else looks good. Remember that the neck will be twenty to thirty pounds and will feed a Lotta hungry folks. Best with dark beer to build up the stock. Beef bullion cubes are nice too. Knoor is my favorite brand. They usually have a lower sodium in All the flavors, even the tomato bullion and the vegetarian stock. 🦌♪⁠┌⁠|⁠∵⁠|⁠┘⁠♪Ƹ̵̡⁠Ӝ̵̨̄⁠Ʒ└⁠|⁠∵⁠|⁠┐⁠♪

[@kdonsky6]

We have Zanthoxylum clava-herculis here in Florida which is called Toothache tree. Ive heard you can also use that in chinese cooking, similar to szechuan peppercorn, as well. I will send you some if I can find it.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Oh cool. what part is used?

[@kdonsky6]

@@WeirdExplorer the seeds

[@markiangooley]

Same genus as Sichuan peppercorn. I’ve never heard of anyone using the fruit the same way (I’m guessing it’s the fruit rather than the seed itself, just as with Sichuan peppercorn), but maybe it would be very similar.

[@kdonsky6]

@@markiangooley interesting, did not know they're in the same genus. The article I found online said that the fruit can be used in Sichuan seasoning, but also that it's slightly toxic so who knows. I know where a tree is near me so I will try it.

[@kdonsky6]

@@markiangooley upon further research it says to actually use the dried husk around the seed, which might be also what you use in Sichuan pepper.

[@somethinginthewalls388]

the way you drew an angry face on that oxygen bond gives me life

[@gabrieldinix]

In Brazil we pronounce the J. Making it sound like an R is a spanish thing, in Brazil we talk portuguese

[@teonyi]

You mean like an H

[@georgH]

@@teonyi In Brazilian Portuguese the written R sounds like the H you're describing, this is what the OP meant. The J is more or less pronounced as in "Joe" "Ar" (air) is pronounced like "aHH" "Ç" is pronounced like "S", so it sounds like "Cachasa*"

[@teonyi]

@@georgH I speak some Portuguese

[@georgH]

@@teonyi I speak portuguese as well, learned it while living in Brasil for 2 years and it helped being native speaker of catalan and spanish. Anyway, you can look it up in Wikipedia. Sorry about so many edits, KZbin is removing my posts!

[@gabrieldinix]

@@teonyi yeah, it's just it's kinda weird for me the way the R in english works. I'm french-portuguese (or rather french brazilian), so I usually associate the R with the sound you make in english with the H. And the H sound in my mind is silent. For example, saying "huh" it has the H "sound" and the silent "H". Anyways, thank you for correcting me

[@liupompo]

I'm from Brazil, and ate a whole flower once. Let me tell you, it was... interesting lol

[@elizabethfrier3956]

Agreed😂

[@homelessrobot]

i had done this several times because i bought some seeds online and was growing them in a planter on my porch. Well one day i did this while i was home alone and it was a particularly potent one apparently, and i felt like i was going to suffocate to death for like 10 minutes. Never again.

[@MephistoRolling]

I started growing these after I had one in a bar in the Netherlands. You chew up the flower and do a shot and it feels like your mouth is fizzing.

[@MephistoRolling]

I've eaten plenty. You get that fizzy sensation but no other effects. So no vomiting etc.

[@peytoia]

ive had of some friends vomit after trying some i grew but i think that might just be a response to the sensation. the same ppl who threw up couldn’t handle spicy food, haha, so thats my pseudoscientific evidence for the idea

[@donkrapf]

I toured a hydroponic farm where the tour group tasted their way through the farm. At the end, everybody ate a buzz button. Surprising but not bad. One woman exclaimed "Ooo! I want that feeling all over my body!".

[@sdfkjgh]

@Don Krapf: She sounds like my kinda gal.

[@TomoyoTatar]

If only I could shove it into my uterus

[@edwinng4610]

@@TomoyoTatar the what did o just read

[@TomoyoTatar]

@@edwinng4610 Do not worrEE you'll learn once pOO berty hits.

[@JonGee420]

I remember seeing this video called "Poppies for pain" and it was just a video on how to make opium.

[@yes0r787]

How much did you make?

[@cade2561]

Lol cool and not cool at the same time. Did the person know they were making opium or were they oblivious? I’ve also seen “opium lettuce” tinctures from a bunch of medicinal plant nuts

[@Hortifox_the_gardener]

I used to make a nice sleep aid form a poppy plant in my garden. Quite the ancient recipe even. I did cut the capsules a couple times and when the sap stopped coming out I did cut the whole capsule off. Because why not. Then I simmered them in red wine with lots of honey and filled it in bottles. A tiny shot glass gave a nice cozy sleepiness. The plant died off though.

[@JonGee420]

@@cade2561 They knew what they were doing

[@JonGee420]

@@yes0r787 If I were to describe the flavor of opium I would say it tastes like purple.

[@wendiland]

salivating is spot on. I grew this last year and ate the whole flower. Had bit hard time talking for maybe 10-15 mins. I tested putting in salsa. Pretty fun!

[@lego312]

The flavor of molasses that you described for the ""Cachaca"" could be that rum is distilled from sugarcane mash. You say you don't drink, but I think that's the second time I've seen it on the channel (after the Coco de Mer episode) :)

[@michaelpineda4900]

This has probably been done before, but you should make a book or website explaining and describing all the plants you have tried (kind of like documenting all the things you have tried).

[@OkNoBigDeal]

Better yet, he should make detailed videos and post them somewhere 🙃🙃🙃

[@jeil5676]

"You do not want to eat a whole one of these flowers raw.".....Is he challenging me?

[@3literv6]

I have grown and ate these. I would say go for it, but don't try a whole one.

[@jeil5676]

@@3literv6 Ty but I was only kidding.

[@AnyMotoUSA]

Ive had it too, it makes you slobber like crazy

[@3literv6]

@@jeil5676 i thought so, but you should still try some. But only a tiny little flower butt, or a small nibble of a full sized flower. It's kinda like the old 9v battery on your tongue.

[@joec8750]

Lol DO IT

[@Verlisify]

9:08 I was waiting for "and now I'm blind"

[@iaw7406]

Wow i was not expecting to see you here...

[@cIeetz]

@@iaw7406 i was fully expecting to see your reply

[@iaw7406]

@@cIeetz sorry but a pokémon youtuber on a plant video ???

[@sudosmile4232]

I know I'm a bit late, but I'm from Madagascar and we use those in a dish called romazava, which is a meat stew to which you add this plant as well as spinach, it's very nice and if you substitute the meat for fried tofu it makes for a very interesting vegan dish. when cooked the bred mafane keep the same effect but lose some of its strength.

[@kyrosanimates4830]

I really love that you make these videos i always watch them because i know:"i am gonna learn new facts and i am gonna like it"

[@greendaysilenthill]

Numb Russian when hospital too expensive, take horse ketamine instead!

[@melissamencari2030]

Brazilian here! The right pronunciation of 7:09 (for those who are curious) would be "ca-sha-saw de jam-boo". We say the J as in "jam", H sounded J's are for spanish speaking countries. The A's in "cachaça" sound like the A's in "car", "shag" and "saw", respectively.

[@JTMusicbox]

Very interesting to learn about these. I’ve no interest in trying them, but fun to watch.

[@yes0r787]

Same here.

[@mo_eaaeaeaeaeiucokiegan8401]

numb eye

[@jakobmichl47]

hey you still looking for answers?

[@viniciustalvez243]

i've eaten jambu flowers straight from the plant a couple of times and i find it quite pleasant and havent thrown up yet, so yeah i dont think you need to worry too much about being sick, but who knows honestly

[@koopakape]

Making ice cream out of enough of that stuff to cause a 'peppery' reaction sounds really fun and potentially quite good actually...

[@Ginronmaster1994]

I think there is a bar in Las Vegas that uses this in one of their cocktails due to the way it interacts with sour flavor. No idea about cooking with it though.

[@michaelcaldwell3806]

Have you ever eaten fresh Wasabi leaves? I’m wondering if the leaves would be similar to that. Delicious with like summer soba.

[@GHumpty1965]

You started to slur towards the end of that this Video, maybe the plant was working better then you think?

[@michaelcastelpoggi1735]

The reluctance to taste the strange spiciness made this kinda hilarious to watch haha. I've also heard of it called buzz button. Thanks for the review.

[@elderfunghi7922]

That extract could be interesting in drinks or coctails. Or shots, kinda exotic ting

[@ricksponjadbz]

Oh, just a friendly correction on the portuguese. Our J pronunciation is the same as in English. And the Ç in Cachaça, is like a S. Don't know the difference between cachaça and rum though.

[@figbat6363]

If you cook the mixture first it will cook the alcohol off and leave the tingly ingredient behind and it will freeze.it won't be boozy though

[@SulcataGrove]

Great video. That was a big bite of the flower. When I tried them, I maybe had 1/10 of what you ate and it was more than enough to realize it wasn’t pleasant. The sensation almost seemed electrical. Such a crazy plant.

[@vladimirputindreadlockrast812]

Echinacea seeds will numb your tongue, and the Iroquois called echinacea the toothache plant.

[@kamil5550]

Omg what about a chimichurri with the leaves? I actually got seeds of this plant earlier this year, looking forward to growing them this summer

[@Peter-dk2ov]

Alcohol has a freezing temp of around -80 degrees Celsius

[@Bubu567]

When I was a kid, we used clove for toothaches. Just shove some in your gum and it would numb your tooth... after about 2 minutes of burning.

[@TheSwarm666X]

had Sichuan buttons before. it is similar, i think, it is like eating a 9v battery. the company that made them suggests mixing them with orange sherbet.

[@afeathereddinosaur]

Ha! Gotcha! Portuguese does indeed pronounce the J, unlike its spanish brother

[@servinghealthy]

Great video. I have grown this plant for the last couple of years in my garden, and plan to grow it again this year. I use it as a spice in cooking, very similar to how I would use Sichuan peppercorns, but not in Chinese cooking. Thank you for sharing this plant with the rest of the World!

[@jenick7045]

It's often used in a traditional Malagasy dish called romazava. My parents love it, i hate it.

[@Me_rdm]

First time being this early

[@giustobuffo]

Seriously! I usually see the videos way late haha

[@stanervin6108]

Have a slice of watermelon 🍉

[@chairshoe81]

these are called schezuan buttons too, unless those are different. but a man always comes into the cafe i work at and gives me a handful of these in the summer, he also makes tincture out of them. i love these things i just think theyre so fun. the ones he gives me arent red though, just yellow, and a tiny bit smaller

[@BatmanNew]

I am from India and as kids we used to chew the flower and it tastes good (we don't use the leaves also we spit the flower after chewing and swallow the sap) people also use it for tooth ache and the one found here have a smaller flowers than showed in the video and the one used in the video is little bit dry that why it looks odd the one we see here looks more like on 6:41. And I don't know people who uses it on tobacco may some parts of the country doing it. Now not many of these plants are found these days

[@dalmatiangirl61]

Rum flavoring does not taste like rum. Get past being a vegan and expand your palate.

[@ericleverentz8671]

I used to work at a cocktail bar called the Alchemist in the UK where we used this to make numbing shots people would take before a certain cocktail! It worked quite well! We called them Sichuan Daisy's

[@uiopisreal9966]

I laughed so hard when you showed the chemical compounds and gave the oxygen expressions

[@SamiZouad15]

Had a whole one at a market in France, it made me feel so sick, salivating non stop, and feeling my tongue getting swollen... Be careful when you have it!

[@henryforsman9483]

Damn! Back to back to back! Keep the videos comin!!

[@remifasomidore1046]

and a stream 2 days ago!

[@josephfrick]

you dont eat it you swish it around in your mouth and spit it out rofl are you trying to numb your stomach proly bad idea

[@Etubnuel]

Looks a bit related to achillea millefolium (röllika in Swedish) which roots and flowers has been used for soothing/numbing toothache way back when... classic home remedy.

[@ClareAndAlec]

Weird timing... Coincidentally, I had my wisdom teeth removed today

[@DB46811]

I got seeds for this awesome plant a few months ago and have been so impatient for spring to get some growing! I didn’t know the leaves were edible so thanks for the info. Great video as always. Glad you didn’t go blind. 😄

[@afeathereddinosaur]

Could you affirm that you became so numb you couldn't feel us here? Became so tired and so much more aware?

[@Nenezilla]

I see what you did there.....

[@OkNoBigDeal]

We have a brand of vodka liquor here in St. Louis called Zambu. It uses the “Brazilian buzz button” flower as a flavoring agent, which is Acmella oleracea. I personally like it, but could only do 3-4 of them before enough is enough.

[@yes0r787]

I was going to say try it in vodka or a bloody Mary but I checked the other comments first.

[@tonimt1712]

It looks like a bleeding tooth. Very interesting.

[@gustavocamargo9277]

In Brazil, around the Amazon region (where the flower is from), we also use in other recipes, like in Tacacá, a indigenous recipe of shrimp soup/stew.

[@eastindiaV]

Essential oils and plant salts are pretty potent. I was grinding some root bark the other day and a tiny bit wafted up my nose... full blown yopo trip man. I'm serious. This surprised me.

[@yes0r787]

What is yopo?

[@dg5450]

... what type of root bark?

[@eastindiaV]

@@dg5450 Not actually a hundred percent on the exact species but possibly Desmanthus Leptolobus, which isn't illegal Its out of season so it shouldn't be so strong if it was Illinoensis

[@eastindiaV]

@@yes0r787 Yopo is a seed containing dmt that Amazonian shamans blow through a pipe up peoples nose... makes you expand your perception Contains DMT salt, freebase won't be active nasally

[@Andrew_Erickson]

Maybe the Finns will start putting it into licorice?

[@hirvosenniina1911]

What a brilliant idea, but in salmiakki not licorice. Would totally buy.

[@Yankees177]

I grew this last year as a novelty and the plant grew well. I basically let it die in the garden and pulled up the roots when I amended the soil this spring. Fast forward to now and I have a whole bunch of toothache plants sprouting and flowering. Amazing. The reaction isn't bad but now I'm interested in buzz rum lol

[@data6022]

jambu! it's so so good. We have this in our garden, but the flowers are a bit smaller in south america's variation of it. I really reccomend some garlic fried rice whit this plant and shrimp. Cachaça de Jambu is DANGEROUS tho, that shit makes you not realize you're drunk. It's like amarula, when you realize it youre drunk already. cachaças are not exactly rum as well, cachacas is basically just alcohol whit water. I think that the best comparison would be some shogu (Japanese potato alcohol) instead of rum.

[@augustotiberio]

Cachaça is a style of rum. Its identical to agricole rum, made with fresh sugar cane juice. The only difference is in the name, as cachaça is a controlled denomination for Brazilian made agricole rum. Alcohol and water "only" is more what most brands of vodka are. Cachaça has a lot of flavours from the sugar cane juice mash

[@data6022]

@@augustotiberio eu sei. É álcool de cana fermentada com água. Mas, embora rum e cachaça sejam parecidos, eles tem um gosto diferente, cachaças são bem mais doces e "leves" que o rum. Shogu é diferente de cachaça, pq é feito de batata, mas ele é bem menos pesado que o rum

[@lelyanra]

That is JAMBU, not toothache plant. We use it in culinary here in Brazil.

[@WeirdExplorer]

oh my mistake, I probably should have mentioned that in the video.......................

[@Nicksloan91]

Amen on the unethical Medicinal-tube section at the beginning!

[@gilm5060]

Where can you find these?

[@alexandrepires5586]

Hugs from Portugal :)

[@colebaxter8597]

Eat it then eat something spicy and see if your tolerance to the heat is any different

[@Saluno375]

Interestingly, I put a whole one of those buds in my mouth at a local garden when someone offered me without knowing what it was... And all I felt was a little buzzing, no numbing and little salivating. Wonder if it was just a meek plant or if I have a tolerance.

[@tammymccaslin4787]

That face at 9:08 right before “There it is” cracked me up.

[@Kikilang60]

I have a friend who eats Wild Lettuce. He says it has a pseudo opiod, that relaxes the stomach muscles, so you don't feel full. I love greens, but I'm not into Opiods. So, I had a salad at his house one day. He says, "So, How do you feel? Full?" "Why no, I don't. Should I?" He said, that he feed me Widl Lettuce. I felt nothing, but I had soup, and a salad. What? Was I supposed to be in agony or something. Most things are just talk, except for poisons. I avoid poisons.

[@MrGreen-sw1ly]

I heard sugar is poison. So is hot pepper, peanuts, coconut/coconut water, fugu puffer fish, even milk/cheese, etc. but people still eats em, heheee.

[@tanyawales5445]

I think your friend should have warned you first about eating wild lettuce. "The whole plant is rich in a milky juice that flows freely when it is scratched. The juice has a bitter taste and a noxious odour. When dried, it hardens, turns brown, and is known as lactucarium. L virosa has been found to contain lactucic acid, lactucopicrin which is amorphous, 50-60% lactucerin (lactucone) and lactucin. Lactocerine is the main component of the lactucarium, which is a neutral insoluble material.1 Lactucarium is a diuretic, laxative and sedative agent which relieves dyspnoea, and decreases gastrointestinal inflammation and uterus contractions. It has anticonvulsant and hypnotic effects as well. In addition, the lettuce contains traces of hyoscyamine, which is probably responsible for its sedative effects." www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3031874/

[@adriennefloreen]

Bro, you need to visit me in Humboldt because you can buy this plant at the Arcata farmer's market in June and July. I buy one almost every year, honestly 2020 when everyone was commanded to stay at home was the only year I didn't, but for some reason my cats love it more than catnip and not only eat it but knock the pot over and roll in the roots and dirt pulverizing them leaving nothing left alive to grow a new plant. Here, they call it Spilanthes. I've never tried to make it into a tea or cook it but I've eaten the leaves and flowers and every houseguest who visited me during the few weeks of every year that I grew this plant was forced to try a leaf or flower and a solanum americanum berry...

[@modestoca25]

J in Portuguese is pronounced the same more or less as in English or French, not like Spanish /Jah'mboo/

[@knucklesskinner253]

*gets something in eye* *continues to talk about it while complains it’s stinging* Me wondering why tf he didn’t go WASH HIS EYES 👁👄👁

[@RefugeeOfReality]

I mean you only took a small bite and spit it out shortly after... so I don't think you can fully judge it's "numbing capabilities"... if you had severe tooth ache you would probably chew on that stuff UNTIL it would numb your mouth enough!

[@WoodenToaster-C4U]

Why on almost every video does he have a Plaster/Band-Aid/Booboopatch on his finger Like you would think you'd stop slicing your winger after the second or thirds time right >_

[@narasantos6188]

Ah yes, cachaça de jambú, the grad students bane. Love it, it's cheap, tingly and delicious.

[@williamcozart8158]

Topical oral anesthetic products like Orajel, and I imagine this flower, do not actually relieve actual tooth nerve pain, at least from like from a broken tooth. It will help like mouth or gum sores, but every time I have ever tried Orajel(I've had many bad tooth aches, lots of dental work) directly on a tooth that was hurting bad, it made the pain FAR worse. Getting that shit in the nerve of a broken tooth is bad, jacks UP the pain instantly, IME.

[@macrosense]

Technically, marigolds are edible. Perhaps you would enjoy eating weird salads

[@sinisterthoughts2896]

As you were blinking after the contamination to the eye, for some reason I expected you to go catatonic and keel over. Especially since you were in the middle of explaining your reservations. For comedic purposes. (hopefully!)

[@broccolirob5026]

This went from Weird Explorer to Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia

[@suminthraoojugir9041]

I know this flower. When I was small and had sores in my mouth my mum used to ask us to chew the flower. Now I am 59 living in the urban area , haven't seen it in a long time. It does work. Also clove. Kwa Zulu Natal South Africa

[@midnightd607]

Don't know if you've ever heard of it, but needle bush here in South Africa has numbing qualities. The thorns contain a natural numbing agent, it's used in traditional medicine for toothaches by sticking a thorn near the problem tooth for a bit. It's also used to treat post-pregnant women, but I'm unclear of how exactly.

[@chill8362]

I know this isn't Jackass, but I reeeeeally wanted to see you drink that lol Maybe you can add that spiced rum into a mint and chocolate chip ice cream?

[@marcosm.2327]

This plants helps people with health conditions such as dry mouth from cancer or medications

[@midesti]

Just looked it up. It appears to contain a "high yield" of phytotestosterone. Next thing you know, weightlifters will be making shakes out of it.

[@brt5273]

I wonder if the salivation helps clear swelling of the tissues and encourage the flow of lymph

[@WellWoopdidoo]

I tried growing these last year but they did not like my garden.

[@3literv6]

I grew them in a bucket with generic potting soil. Went pretty well.

[@WellWoopdidoo]

@@3literv6 Could be that my garden is what you might generously describe as an “almost entirely shaded aspect”. The brightest sun it gets most of the year is reflected off of a neighbours overlooking window.

[@tanyawales5445]

@@WellWoopdidoo That what I call a goth garden for shade plants only.

[@AsterInDis]

I wonder if making you salivate is PART of the pain relief? Saliva has a natural painkiller in it, though obviously at low enough concentrations that we're not stoned all the time. I'm pretty sure it's why we have the urge to put a cut/burnt finger straight into our mouth.

[@williampatrickfurey]

Be safe, thank you for the honesty of spitting it out. I wonder if it'd help on itching or burnt skin. Although I'm scared of the numbing effect of it also and i already know that plant antioxidants have helped me heal differently and faster. (I'd gotten a burned spot on my arm from a 400° frying pan when baking fish, I'd been eating much more spinach than i normal at that time and instead of one painful blister it had about a hundred small ones and i couldn't really feel the pain an hour later when I was scrubbing over it by mistake in the shower. It seemed that the skin hadn't fully separated from the next layer of the dermis.

[@Butterflyneverlands]

Well, we’ll, how do you think the medical compilation started? I believe if something natural helped you, you share but it’s up to the person to try it or not. Just check the risks first.

[@W9e0e2e3e4pizza]

I was super surprised to see you try the rum and popsicles knowing that you dont drink. Really nice to see you documenting even if a little outside your norm or comfort.

[@Thorrnn]

Echinacea root will make your mouth numb and tingly as well, but it's not an unpleasant sensation to me. I have been on a quest to find a Blue food. I've watched a lot of your videos and so far I've only found the dead mans fingers, the porcelain berry, and of course "blueberries", but none of them are actually blue on the inside. Have you seen or heard of any truly blue food that is edible, enjoyable, and any shade of Blue, like the edible parts?