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Ms. Que Banh#Feverfew is a longtime #herbal plant that's been used in ancient traditional #Chinese #medicines for generations. Ancient European cultures used it as medicine too. Feverfew is also used to make fragrances. I grow a lot of them.
Read more about feverfew:
https://chineseteas101.com/feverfew-tea-benefits-side-effects
https://botanicalinstitute.org/feverfew/
#Bloomscrolling #florespondence #floral #herb #medicinal #Summer #Wsanec #flowers #botanical #perennials #nature #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Zone8 #plants #photography #PlantMedicines #GrowMedicine #GrowHerbs #HerbGarden #gardening #PollinatorGarden
Psychedelic Institute Project“The mushroom was more alive and vibrant”: Patient reports of synthetic versus organic forms of psilocybin (Kryskow, et al, 2024) #psychedelic #plantmedicines #psilocybin #mushrooms #ketamine #mdma #lsd #ayahausca #lsd #dmt https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2054/8/3/article-p303.xml
“The mushroom was more alive and vibrant”: Patient reports of synthetic versus organic forms of psilocybin
Abstract Interest in psychedelic research in the West is surging, however, clinical trials have almost exclusively studied synthetic compounds such as MDMA, ketamine, DMT, LSD, ibogaine, and psilocybin. To date, few clinical trials have utilized whole mushroom/plant material like Psilocybe mushrooms, Iboga, or Ayahuasca. Individuals participating in the Roots To Thrive Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy for End of Life Distress program were administered synthetic psilocybin, whole Psilocybe cubensis, and mycological extract on separate occasions and post-treatment interview transcripts were qualitatively analyzed to discern themes and patterns. There was broad consensus that all three forms were helpful and similar, all generating visual and perceptual distortions, emotional and cognitive insight, and mystical experiences. However, synthetic psilocybin was said to feel less natural compared to organic forms, and the overall quality of experience of synthetic psilocybin was inferior to the organic forms. Research should be conducted with whole psychedelic mushrooms and extract in addition to synthetic psilocybin given this preliminary data, especially when considering that medicine keepers around the world have utilized whole mushrooms and plant material for millennia.
Instituto Psicodélico#psychedelics #consciousness #psicodelicos #ketamine #dmt #plantmedicines #psilocybin # https://www.vaildaily.com/news/vail-health-foundation-vail-symposium-event-asks-about-consciousness-from-transformative-experiences/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/hallucinogenic
Vail Health Foundation, Vail Symposium event asks about consciousness from transformative experiences
Christoph Koch, PhD, is a physicist who has made a career out of empirically studying consciousness. When Koch began to study consciousness 35 years ago, people thought it couldn't be done by scientists, that it was a field for philosophers and mystics. "I thought this was silly. Consciousness is at the center of my universe,…
PlanetMedicineshttps://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1397064/full A novel method for quantitative analysis of subjective experience reports: application to psychedelic visual experiences (Noah, et al, 2034) where #ketamine is shown to be as likely to have visual descriptors as other #psychedelic #plantmedicines #psychedelics
Frontiers | A novel method for quantitative analysis of subjective experience reports: application to psychedelic visual experiences
IntroductionPsychedelic compounds such as LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, and DMT can dramatically alter visual perception. However, the extent to which visual e...
Freely available guns kill more people than #ketamine #mdma and #psychedelics -- Guns were used in the conquest / oppression of indigenous people who practice with #plantmedicines to induce #psychedelicexperience #guns #greed #fascism not congruent with #psychedelicmentalhealth practice. Violent aggression facilitated through gun misuse is anti-social. How about legal access to psychedelic medicines and support, and have true gun hobbyists pay for licensing and insuring the tools of their sport
https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0000438 Adverse effects of ayahuasca: Results from the Global #ayahuasca Survey (Bouso, et al, 2022) #psychedelic #psychedelics #plantmedicines #psychedelicresearch
Adverse effects of ayahuasca: Results from the Global Ayahuasca Survey
Introduction Ayahuasca is a plant-based decoction native to Amazonia, where it has a long history of use in traditional medicine. Contemporary ritual use of ayahuasca has been expanding throughout the world for mental health purposes, and for spiritual and personal growth. Although researchers have been conducting clinical trials and observational studies reporting medical and psychological benefits, most of these do not report ayahuasca’s immediate or medium-term adverse effects, so these are underrepresented in the literature. With the expansion of ayahuasca ceremonies from their traditional contexts to countries around the world, there is an important public health question regarding the risk/benefit balance of its use. Methods We used data from an online Global Ayahuasca Survey (n = 10,836) collected between 2017 and 2019 involving participants from more than 50 countries. Principal component analysis was performed to assess group effects. Logistic regression analysis was performed to test for adverse effects associated with history of ayahuasca use, clinical, context of use and spiritual effect variables. Results Acute physical health adverse effects (primarily vomiting) were reported by 69.9% of the sample, with 2.3% reporting the need for subsequent medical attention. Adverse mental health effects in the weeks or months following consumption were reported by 55.9% of the sample, however, around 88% considered such mental health effects as part of a positive process of growth or integration. Around 12% sought professional support for these effects. Physical adverse effects were related to older age at initial use of ayahuasca, having a physical health condition, higher lifetime and last year ayahuasca use, having a previous substance use disorder diagnosis, and taking ayahuasca in a non-supervised context. Mental health adverse effects were positively associated with anxiety disorders; physical health conditions; and the strength of the acute spiritual experience; and negatively associated with consumption in religious settings. Conclusions While there is a high rate of adverse physical effects and challenging psychological effects from using ayahuasca, they are not generally severe, and most ayahuasca ceremony attendees continue to attend ceremonies, suggesting they perceive the benefits as outweighing any adverse effects. Knowing what variables might predict eventual adverse effects may serve in screening of, or providing additional support for, vulnerable subjects. Improved understanding of the ayahuasca risk/benefit balance can also assist policy makers in decisions regarding potential regulation and public health responses.
PhoenixSerenity#StJohnsWort - I grow them in a separate contained area. I grow false St John's Wort in a different contained area.
The true St John's Wort is a longtime #medicinal #plant. As with all #PlantMedicines, that originate from the wilds, please learn more about each plant & how to properly use it, first. If harvesting in the wild - be responsible with picking.
#Gardening #HolisticMedicine #Zone8 #Saanich #YYJ #VictoriaBC #botanical #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #WhatsInMyGarden
