Magic mushrooms and learning: a personal experience with Lion’s mane
Magic mushrooms and learning: a personal experience with Lion’s mane
Taking mushrooms is called “shrooming”. This is the second article I am writing on Lion’s mane as a smart drug.
I used this mushroom to try to increase cognative function after a brain lesion. The results were an improvement but I am not sure if it was as a result of shrooming, that is taking these magic mushrooms.
In vitro this mushroom does appear to help stimulate NGF, per a few studies. But do these mushrooms really work. However, what I might do is try this again with ceteris paribus, that is no other smart drugs or supplements and measure it objectively, with a battery of cognitive tests. I am just one person and this will be my personal experience but I am curious if other people have tried this? Right now all the studies I have seen are more hype than science but based on my initial experience I would try this again. There is no question mushrooms do have chemicals that can affect brain chemistry. The question is can Lion’s name effect NGF or just ‘jazz up’ your thinking temporarily.
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June 29, 2008at 1:49 pm
Lion’s mane ? Translate into Polish, please, What’s this?
June 30, 2008at 4:14 am
@ A “Lion’s Mane” is called “małpia głowa”. In English we use Lion’s mane because the mushroom looks like the beard of a lion. In Polish you use “monkey’s head”.
June 30, 2008at 5:09 am
Thanks, I found, in Polish : soplówka jeżowata=małpia głowa.
July 3, 2008at 7:22 am
Hello Mark,
I have found better healing with Peyote (legal in Arizona) I am travelling to Krakow on Sunday and was wondering if you could help me with a train ticket to Kiev?
July 4, 2008at 11:07 am
@Mike, When are you leaving for Kiev? If you want the cheapest way, take a train to the boarder, then a minibus to Lviv (Lvov) and from Lviv to Kiev. Ukrainian trains are about 80% cheaper. However, I would recommend if you have the cash to keep it simple and buy a train ticket from Krakow to Kiev direct, its a sleeper train and can be bought at Orbis in the main market square or at the train station. At Orbis in the center I think they speak English and its the same price. “do Kijowa” Or “do keyovera” is how it sounds in Polish.
July 6, 2008at 3:33 am
@ Mike at you recommendation for healing mushrooms, I think Lion’s mane would work much better than what you mentioned as I think that is for alternative experiences not healing.
November 14, 2008at 11:22 am
I also have some issues (not to different from yours) and as such got interested and have been growing professionaly for about 20 years now. I use P.Cubensis mushrooms. However I have found that a super small dose (.3grams or less) has healing properties and provides very noticable and lasting effects. It is hard to describe but the body and mind feel smooth and silky, mental function is increased as well as sight sound and smell without the “trip” associated with larger doses of 1.5 to 4.5 grams.
No side effects except for one….your body will have no idea it is tired so sleep is not an option for about 5 hours.