on ▁has ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁hall uc in ogen ic ▁se eds ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁Az te cs ▁under ▁the ▁N ahu at l ▁name ▁t lit l ilt zin , ▁were ▁the ▁se eds ▁of ▁I . ▁tr icol or . ▁Wass on ▁also ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁modern - day ▁Z ap ot ec s ▁of ▁O ax aca ▁know ▁the ▁se eds ▁as ▁b ado h ▁negro . ▁ ▁Richard ▁Sch ult es ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁described ▁Mexican ▁Native ▁American ▁use ▁in ▁a ▁short ▁report ▁document ing ▁the ▁use ▁d ating ▁back ▁to ▁Az te c ▁times ▁c ited ▁in ▁Ti H K AL ▁by ▁Alexander ▁Sh ul gin . ▁Further ▁research ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁when ▁Don ▁Thom es ▁Mac D oug all ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁se eds ▁of ▁I pom oe a ▁tr icol or ▁were ▁used ▁as ▁sacr aments ▁by ▁certain ▁Z ap ot ec s , ▁sometimes ▁in ▁conj unction ▁with ▁the ▁se eds ▁of ▁R ive a ▁c ory mb osa , ▁another ▁species ▁which ▁has ▁a ▁similar ▁chemical ▁composition , ▁with ▁ly ser g ol ▁instead ▁of ▁erg omet r ine . ▁ ▁This ▁more ▁w ides p read ▁knowledge ▁has ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁rise ▁in ▁ent he ogen ic ▁use ▁by ▁people ▁other ▁than ▁Native ▁Americans . ▁ ▁The ▁hall uc in ogen ic ▁properties ▁of ▁the ▁se eds ▁are ▁usually ▁attributed ▁to ▁erg ine ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁d - ly ser g ic ▁acid