It absolutely is toxic. The groups that are experimenting with it are taking very small doses. It basically contains a neurotoxin that’ll drop you into a coma fairly quick if you aren’t careful.
The Amanita genus contains some of the worlds most deadly mushrooms, like Amanita phalloides: The Death Cap mushroom.
I don’t want to discount medical uses for Amanita muscaria, in the slightest. People in Siberia have been using it for decades after all. There are even plenty of edibles you can get that contain it. However, the dosage needs to be heavily controlled.
Not to mention the feeling of flight/weightlessness as a symptom of its effects — and the tradition of drying it on the boughs/sprays of pine trees it grows under being the source of the lighted Xmas tree tradition. 🤘🏽
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It absolutely is toxic. The groups that are experimenting with it are taking very small doses. It basically contains a neurotoxin that’ll drop you into a coma fairly quick if you aren’t careful.
The Amanita genus contains some of the worlds most deadly mushrooms, like Amanita phalloides: The Death Cap mushroom.
I don’t want to discount medical uses for Amanita muscaria, in the slightest. People in Siberia have been using it for decades after all. There are even plenty of edibles you can get that contain it. However, the dosage needs to be heavily controlled.
For these products, its not the dosage as much as the bonus chemicals used in the mix.
Bonus points for mentioning Siberians using it! Thats one of the most likely origins for the north pole, red/white coloring for xmas myths
Not to mention the feeling of flight/weightlessness as a symptom of its effects — and the tradition of drying it on the boughs/sprays of pine trees it grows under being the source of the lighted Xmas tree tradition. 🤘🏽