Category Archives: Mental Health

Used in indigenous communities for over centuries, mushroom extracts are finding their way into modern treatments. Psilocybin can be found in over 100+ mushrooms and it has shown promise in the treatment of psychological treatment of depression. It has shown to be effective even in treatment-resistant depressive ailments, with decreased symptoms recorded in the majority […]

Mental health diseases, including depressed moods, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, alcohol, and tobacco consumption have been treated by hallucinogens such as psilocybin. Psilocybin is a naturally occurring hallucinogen that is naturally produced by 100+ mushrooms worldwide [1]. It was first extracted by Albert Hofmann in 1957, and the first medical product was created a year later. […]

Psychedelic compounds have been in use over the centuries by various indigenous people. One of the first psychedelic, mescaline, was isolated in 1897 by Arthur Heffter. However, it was the identification and synthesis of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in 1943 [1] that psychedelics came into prominence. Over 1000 clinical papers have been published on psychedelics, […]