Now speaking of poisoning.... I do recommend to everyone, but especially those who are ingesting any toxins, including and especially alcohol, that they take milk thistle or the active ingredient in milk thistle called silymarin, to protect the liver. In the case of people who accidentally ingest the death cap or Amanita Phalloides, if they have been taking milk thistle and/or if they can get silymarin soon enough, and are properly hydrated, there are people surviving death cap poisoning. silymarin protects and rebuilds the liver very quickly and the deadly amatoxin attacks and destroys the liver. so as I said, anyone ingesting any toxins, I would say even fluoride, would be well to Cozy up to some milk thistle. That being said, psychoactive Amanita is no more toxic than alcohol, to put it Ambiguously, since alcohol is technically one of the worst toxins. also for those who do end up in the emergency room usually due to taking Amanita in public, where things can happen to make a concerned citizen call an ambulance for you and get you an involuntary ride to said emergency room, the only thing that happens is they give you electrolytes let you sit in a dark room for a while and send you home. Being legal, no charges are necessary unless you're in Louisiana. Oddly, they may be illegal in Holland. Muscimol is scheduled in Australia but the mushrooms themselves may be legal and then it is also dependant on if it is intended for human consumption. They are listed on a therapeutic substances list. So no wonder they would seek to keep it from the people. Other than that, Bulgaria, widely known for growing hemp and nightshade for atropine production also may be one of the few places where amanita Muscaria and pantherina may be illegal. Although they were legal not long ago. Also the UK and Israel are questionable, but as I say all too frequently,
"We do not recognize their authority concerning sacred things like seeds, the earth we can grow them from, plants or plant substances, nor our sacred consciousness."
This includes their destructive new money-grubbing grip on cannabis that is destroying the atmosphere of healing as well as the honesty and quality of the plant materials purchased at now, ever rising prices for every dropping quality and dishonest reporting of potency. The government has no place sticking their noses or greedy hands into what is widely and since ancient times considered as sacred. On that topic, enough said.
Amanita Muscaria and Pantherina contain Ibotenic Acid in the fresh mushrooms. Ibotenic Acid is a GABA Precursor and Neuroprotectant. Upon drying, heating and consumption it is decarboxylated and transmutes into Muscimol, which is stronger and more psycho/spiritualy active and gentler on the body and system. Muscimol is also a GABA A agonist, that helps in the alleviation of a number of aliments including anxiety, depression, fear, pain, PTSD, migraines, epilepsy, Lyme's disease or pain from, insomnia, radiation burns (topically in a tincture) and possibly Mercury poisoning as I may have recently discovered accidentally.
I had a florescent light tube explode all over above a bunch of things in a storage unit and when I removed things from it I would get particles from it imbedded in my skin, which would then get seriously infected in only a few hours, with much pain and they would not go away. Then I learned that amanita tincture healed radiation burns and applied some tincture of Muscaria that one if you wonderful people gifted to me a while back, and after over a month of pain at the slightest touch to those spots on my arms, they healed and we're completely gone in only a day or two of applying amanita tincture. I had heard that those tubes were radioactive inside, which is why I decided to try the amanita tincture. Recently one of you informed me, gratitude Kenneth Logsdon, that it may be more accurately Mercury, not radiation poisoning, or Mad Hatter syndrome, to which I said maybe I should add that to my credentials. Anyway, jokes aside, more research is needed. And any insight on that topic is appreciated.
The recommended dosage of Amanita pantherina is from 1 to 4 grams for a psychoactive experiential dose. But although I have taken much more than that at once, prior to my own knowledge based on my own experiences in a vacuum of information concerning these mushrooms or their use, I personally would not recommend taking more than 2 grams at once of very dry mushrooms. and when I say 2 grams I am not necessarily saying to go ahead and take two grams for your first experience. although that may be just what you need. but for me as well as many others that I have introduced to Panthers 2 grams is a very experiential if not overly psycho-spiritual event. That being said, everyone including myself have been very grateful for that 2 gram or more experience. My first experience with pantherina was when I ingested 11 virgin buttons, albeit small and a year old, probably a good thing too, over a number of a few hours, one every half an hour or hour apart from the last. And although they were very gentle and wonderful for me, they gave me lessons in the full range of possible effects of a high dose pantherina experience.
This first experience is where I based much of my explanations about the possible effects, along with subsequent personal experiences and the reports from many friends and other people who have taken pantherina and reported to me their experiences.
Concerning the consumption of Amanita... Amanita take from 60 to 90 minutes to take effect upon ingestion. During the 60 to 90 minutes is when most often any nausea, that may be felt in some people but not everyone, occurs. So I recommend to everyone to keep on hand some crystallized ginger and some fresh mint. The combination of Ginger and mint together is the strongest stomach issue cure that I know of. Stronger even than Dramamine or motion sickness medicine which incidentally is made from the datura or henbane plants, and the scopolamine derived from them. Both are solanaceae plants having to do with flying ointment , which is a whole other topic, but is an ally of the Amanita. From personal experience I can tell you that the moment you bite into a chunk of crystallized ginger wrapped in a couple of fresh mint leaves your stomach instantly backs off even from the worst pain.
The next part involves the sleepiness that occurs in the first 60 to 90 minutes after ingestion of Amanita. Because the nausea, if any, and sleepiness occurs during this first 60 to 90 minutes. As you wait for the effect of the mushrooms to take hold, I recommend to everyone to take the mushrooms and then take a nap for 60 to 90 minutes, not forgetting to set an alarm or get somebody to wake you up after this period of time has passed. from my experience this is a wonderful way to do it because you wake up with your entire body vibrating and feeling very good indeed. with any pain you may have been experiencing prior to ingestion a thing of the past. and you may feel pretty high or drunk as some people describe it although drunk is not the right word for it if you ask me. Neither is delirium. As for my own experience I see and think clearer with the mushrooms than prior to, especially involving the natural Realm and workings of nature.