San Pedro — Trichocereus pachanoi, the columnar cactus of the Andes — milled to a powder and filled into capsules at 500mg, taken 4 or 5 days a week rather than once.
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San Pedro Microdose
$38.00
San Pedro Microdose
$38.00
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San Pedro
Echinopsis pachanoi (syn. Trichocereus pachanoi)
Heart · Connection
A sacred cactus from the Andes, traditionally used in micro-amounts for opening the heart and finding alignment.
Benefits, preparation, pairings, and how to use, all in one place.
A sacred cactus from the Andes, traditionally used in micro-amounts for opening the heart and finding alignment.
Meditation & Spirit
Aligns the heart and mind for clear seeing.
Heart & Emotion
Dissolves barriers to connection.
Grandfather medicine.
Used for deep emotional healing and recalibration.
“A 'Grandfather' spirit—gentle, firm, masculine, and encompassing.”
Powerful entheogen. Set and setting are critical.
Microdose capsule.
Ingredients
Gentle Caps = 500mg Dried San Pedro Powder
Moderate Caps = 50mg Stronger Extract San Pedro
Suggested use
Gentle: Take one capsule, 4-5 days a week, then have a 2-3 day break before starting again. Recommended to take for 2 months, after which stopping to re-evaluate and see your progress.
Moderate: 1-3 capsules is a light 'journey' dosage, whilst 5 or more capsules is a stronger journey dose.
The product, in detail
Microdosing
A cactus, dried and weighed
San Pedro — Trichocereus pachanoi, the columnar cactus of the Andes — milled to a powder and filled into capsules at 500mg, taken 4 or 5 days a week rather than once.
The cactus
A ribbed column from the Andes
San Pedro is a columnar cactus — Trichocereus pachanoi, catalogued in more recent botany as Echinopsis pachanoi — native to the Andes of Peru and Ecuador. It grows as a thick vertical stem in six or seven broad rounded ribs, matt blue-green, with only stubby spines along the rib crests or none at all.
Indigenous communities of the region have used it for thousands of years, and that is the plainest true thing about it: this is one of the older plants in the shop, not a recent formulation.
What ends up in the capsule is that stem, dried and milled — dried San Pedro powder, and that is the whole of it.
2 capsules
500mg, and 50mg
There are two capsules here and they are not one capsule at two sizes. The gentle holds 500mg of dried San Pedro powder. The moderate holds 50mg of a stronger extract — concentrated, so the smaller number is the larger dose.
There is no published ratio between the two, so there is no way to say what weight of dried cactus 50mg of extract stands for.
They are taken differently too. The gentle capsule has a weekly rhythm. The moderate one is counted instead — 1 to 3 capsules is a light dose, five or more a stronger one. That is above the threshold where the plant is felt, and it is not the same practice as the schedule.
The week
On a rhythm, then off it
1 capsule, 4 or 5 days a week, then 2 or 3 days without. That is a range rather than one fixed week — 4 days on and 3 off, or 5 on and 2 off.
We recommend running it for about 2 months and then stopping — stopping, not tapering — to re-evaluate before starting again.
The capsules come in a paper tube of twenty, or in refill pouches of twenty and of five. The dried powder is also sold loose by the gram, for anyone who would rather weigh their own.
Starter pouch
5 gentle capsules
About a week of the rhythm. Enough to find out whether you want the tube.
Tube of twenty
20 gentle capsules, in a paper tube
4 to 5 weeks at 4 or 5 capsules a week.
Refill pouch
20 gentle capsules, in a pouch
The same 20 capsules, for someone who already has the tube.
Moderate strength
10 capsules of the stronger extract
The other preparation, counted rather than scheduled. Not a microdose.
What's inside
By weight, per capsule
- Dried San Pedro powder · Trichocereus pachanoi, milled
- 500mg
- per capsule
- 500mg
Gentle capsule
per capsule- Dried San Pedro powder · Trichocereus pachanoi, milled500mg
Dried San Pedro powder, and nothing else in the capsule. 20 of them is 4 to 5 weeks at 4 or 5 capsules a week.
Moderate capsule
per capsule- San Pedro extract · the stronger extract50mg
50mg of extract is not a tenth of 500mg of powder. It is a concentrate.
Dosing
Finding a rhythm you can keep
This is the gentle capsule's schedule, and only the gentle capsule's. 1 capsule on a dose day, 4 or 5 days a week, then 2 or 3 days without — four on and three off, or five on and two off. We recommend about 2 months of it before stopping to re-evaluate.
The lighter end of that range: 4 dose days, then 3 days without.
16 dose days in four weeks on the Four a week schedule — four on, three off, repeating. Most people run a schedule for about six weeks before taking a longer break.
Before you start
A note on informed use
Plant medicine deserves preparation. For most people this is gentle and uneventful, but some situations call for a conversation first.
Talk to someone first if:
- You take prescription medication of any kind
- You or your family have a history of psychosis, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
- You have a heart condition or blood pressure that isn't well controlled
- You are pregnant or breastfeeding
- You simply aren't sure whether this is for you
SSRIs and other antidepressants
They compete for the same serotonin receptors, and can dull the effect substantially. People who feel nothing at all are often taking one without having made the connection. It doesn't rule anything out; it does mean the timing is worth discussing with your doctor first.
Unsure where you sit? Email support@cosmicbazaar.com before you order — we would rather answer questions than take a sale someone regrets.
Our guarantee
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Replace it, refund it, or talk it through — whichever leaves you better off. Reach us at support@cosmicbazaar.com and a person answers.
About the brand
Cosmic Bazaar
Cosmic Bazaar is our own house apothecary, a curated shelf of adaptogenic herbs, tonic powders, capsules, and ceremonial botanicals. From shilajit and ashwagandha to sacred lotus, these are the plant allies we reach for most.
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