Magic Mushroom and Pain Management: The Definitive Guide to Use Psilocybin to Manage Pains
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
- 9798676186135
- Pages
- 46
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-08-17
- Author
- Lisa H Gregory Ph D
Description
Mushrooms are adored around the world as food sources. Many species are used to give an earthy flavor and meaty texture to everything from pizza to risotto. But if you consume a certain type of mushrooms, that pizza will make your dining experience rather, well, magical. Known as magic mushrooms, shrooms, mushies, psychedelic mushrooms, psychotropic mushrooms or psilocybin, these mushrooms cause differences in mood, perception and behavior that are commonly known as "tripping." These types of mushrooms belong to the genus Psilocybe. Mushrooms of other genera can also cause hallucinations, but many purists insist that Psilocybe mushrooms are the "true" magic mushrooms. Psilocybe mushrooms cause hallucinations because they contain the psychotropic tryptamines psilocybin and psilocin (some species also contain other, weaker psychotropic compounds like baeocystin or norbaeocystin). A single mushroom contains anywhere from 0.1 to 1.3 percent psilocybin.Magic mushrooms are one of the most widely used recreational psychotropic drugs because they can be found in the wild or grown fairly easily and inexpensively. According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, about 1.3 percent of adults over the age of 26 in the United States had used hallucinogens in the past year (a category that includes LSD, mushrooms and MDMA, among other substances) [source: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration]. Unlike manufactured psychotropic drugs such as LSD, magic mushrooms have a long history dating back thousands of years as part of religious or spiritual ceremonies. However, magic mushrooms also have a lot in common with LSD. Let's start with looking at how eating them can affect people. Mushrooms have a lot in common with LSD in terms of how they affect the body. Both are psychotropic drugs and act on the central nervous system to produce their effects. Many people have described a mushroom trip as a milder, shorter version of an LSD trip. Like LSD, magic mushrooms don't technically cause hallucinations, or visions of things that aren't actually there. Instead, they distort the perception of actual objects.
