The Magic of Psilocybin

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

For the month of January, we explored medicinal mushrooms on Nature’s Mysteries Medicine Show. In this blog, we’re exploring mushrooms that contain psilocybin, a psychedelic compound that can alter your perception of reality.

Researchers are confirming its potential in the use for a myriad of mental health issues that folks suffer from specifically veterans.

Previous studies also indicated its ability to reduce depression and anxiety in groups of cancer patients.

Sometimes, altering our perception of reality is exactly what’s needed to overcome a traumatizing experience so that we can look at it with fresh eyes, almost removed and able to view the situation as an observer instead of one so closely tied to the outcome.

It also decreases brain activity meaning once it reaches the brain, thoughts associated with obsessive thinking cease, quieting the mind allowing one to access the parts of the mind that usually remain stifled.

Affects the neurotransmitter, serotonin which is linked to moods, depression and states of anxiety.

Actually in the 1950s and ’60s, psychedelics like psilocybin were studied for their potential in the psychiatry and oncology fields.

However, the Controlled Substances Act was signed into law in 1970, categorizing hallucinogens like psilocybin mushrooms as a Schedule 1 drug, meaning it had a high potential for abuse and had no accepted medical use in treatment.

Because of this, Federal funds for research dried up.

This is similar to what happened to Cannabis, and is sending very mixed messages to the public about using a Schedule 1 drug with Cannabis becoming legal in so many states.

And now psilocybin gaining recognition right behind it for its medicinal benefits.

Slowly people are waking from their slumber, as the recent findings about psilocybin suggest a lot of therapeutic potential to be explored.

It also shows promise in help curbing the reliance on pharmaceutical drugs in specific instances.

According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a single dose of a synthetic version of psilocybin helped alleviate depression in people with a treatment-resistant version of depression.

Although, I would never recommend a synthetic version, I would always go directly to the source, the Earth with its full spectrum medicine including all of the components it was made with, not an isolated compound as synthetic molecules are.

It was also found that psilocybin reduces anxiety and depression among cancer patients and survivors in just one session according to two studies published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.

These one-off experiences also had lasting effects.

One dose of psilocybin one time, decreased anxiety and depression in most participants and occurred right in the session, and lasted between four to six hours…as opposed to therapy and antidepressants that can take weeks or months to work if at all.

Subjects also reported finding themselves with a new meaning of life, increased quality of life, and newfound optimism.

The results were long-lasting, too. 80 percent of the group continued showing clinically significant decreases in depressed mood and anxiety, six months after the last treatment.

Eighty-three percent reported an increase in their well-being, and 67 percent rated the experience as one of the top five meaningful experiences in their lives!

There are people training right now so that when the day comes that this medicine is legal for us to access, they will be all trained and ready to facilitate this healing experience for you!

The effects of psilocybin usually take around 30 minutes to start and can last up to six hours. If you have never experienced the effects of psychedelics before, we strongly suggest doing it with a buddy so that you have someone to watch over you and help if need be.

So what did you think? Have you ever tried magic mushrooms?

Will you when they become legal?

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