Consuming magic mushrooms has gained tremendous popularity for spiritual, recreational, and medical purposes. While these psilocybin-containing mushrooms were used in rituals and spiritual experiences for ages, scientists began to investigate their potential power very recently. According to the reports of shroom users, tiny doses of psilocybin help them stay productive, energetic, creative, and focused. But the properties of magic mushrooms go far away from these effects. In this article, we’ll discuss the most promising benefits of psilocybin.
What are magic mushrooms?
Mushrooms that contain the hallucinogenic chemical psilocybin are well-known as magic. These mushrooms commonly grow in Mexico, Europe, South, Central America, and the United States. Psilocybin is currently a Schedule I substance controlled by the Drug Enforcement Administration that believes this substance has a high risk for abuse and no approved medical use. Psilocybin is illegal in most states over the world; however, such countries, like Bahamas, Brazil, Jamaica, Netherlands, Samoa, Nepal, and some others have already decriminalized the compound psilocybin.
There are around 180 species of magic mushrooms that grow in the wild all around the globe. The most potent Psilocybe mushroom is the Flying Saucer mushroom or Psilocybe Azurescens that grow in some USA and Germany states. At the same time, the most popular species of magic mushrooms remains Psilocybe cubensis or golden caps – it is found in Central America, Cuba, Mexico, Thailand, and other regions. Other common types of magic mushrooms include liberty caps, wavy caps, blue ringers, etc.
Psychedelic mushrooms benefits
There is no evidence that one dose of psilocybin can cause significant health improvements. Microdosing of shrooms should be regular enough to keep the sound health effects efficient. Here are the benefits of magic mushrooms worth your attention.
1. Increase openness
Some people might close down due to negative experiences or bad events in their lives and be unopened and passive for new activities. Psilocybin tends to improve distorted openness in people. According to the 2011 study, a high-dose psilocybin session has significantly increased self-openness in participants.
2. Treat addiction
Bad habits are considered to be very common among your people nowadays. Psilocybin was also found helpful to cure drug, nicotine, and alcohol addiction. A 2008 pilot study at Johns Hopkins University has discovered the potential of psilocybin to get rid of nicotine addiction.
3. Treat depression
A few recent studies have shown that the active ingredient psilocybin interacts with serotonin receptors in the human brain, causing changes in people’s consciousness. This, as a result, can be effective in fighting depression states in multiple people. There is evidence that magic mushrooms can also cure treatment-resistant depression.
4. Increase the creativity and open ego
Magic mushrooms tend to change the world perception associated with our internal ego. According to the 2017 study, it can be advantageous for people to lose their ego for a while. Psilocybin can also boost creativity.