Expand: Bobinsana Gummies — 125 mg Ecuadorian Extract | 10 ct

Bobinsana is a riverine shrub of the western Amazon, growing along the water's edge in the wetlands of Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, and Colombia. It flowers in soft pink filaments, which is part of why it is called sirenita bobinsana — the little mermaid of the river.

Amazonian traditions, Shipibo lineages among them, work with bobinsana in dietas: extended periods of simple food, seclusion, and sustained relationship with one plant. In that context it is understood as a plant of the heart — associated with empathy, emotional opening, connection to self and others, and with dreaming. It is sometimes called the happiness plant.

Herbalists in the region have also used it for the body, particularly for rheumatic and inflammatory complaints, and for vitality. We are describing traditional use here, not making a claim about what this product does.

We would rather tell you the truth about the state of the evidence than manufacture confidence.

Bobinsana has almost no published pharmacology. Phytochemical screening has identified flavonoids and other constituents in Calliandra angustifolia, but there is very little peer-reviewed research into how it acts in the body — no well-characterised receptor targets, no established mechanism. Compare that with kava, where the GABA-A story is well developed, or caapi, where the beta-carboline MAO inhibition is thoroughly described.

What bobinsana has instead is a long ethnobotanical record: centuries of careful, systematic Amazonian practice, held and transmitted by people who worked with this plant closely. That is a real body of knowledge. It is not the same thing as mechanistic research, and we are not going to present it as though it were.

If you want a plant whose pathways are well mapped, that is kava. If you are drawn to bobinsana, come to it through the tradition, which is where the knowledge actually lives.

• 10 gummies per pouch · 125 mg extract each · vegan
• Made in FDA-registered kitchens in the United States with organic ingredients
• Not suitable for those seeking to become pregnant
• Consult your practitioner if pregnant, nursing, or taking medications

125 mg of pure Ecuadorian extract. That is the highest single-plant dose in our range.

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Bobinsana has traditional associations with the reproductive system, and the evidence base is too thin for us to be reassuring about it. If you are trying to conceive, skip this one.

Bobinsana is typically worked with over time rather than acutely. Traditional practice takes it daily across a dieta.

Green and faintly floral.

Tranquility contains 30 mg bobinsana alongside blue lotus and kava. Expand is bobinsana alone at 125 mg. Single plant, higher dose.

• Meeting bobinsana: Christine's story
• Ethical principles for ethnobotanical research
• Ancient plant sacraments