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re: https://www.instagram.com/p/DAlXkkjp1o9/comments/ Thanks for your interest. I usually make informative replies like that and they don't receive much attention. Isn't it funny that 30 years ago it was expected that gently moving your mouse over a link and clicking it would open the page rep'd by the link, whereas today, the link just doesn't work. https://www.bluelight.org/community/posts/16353727 Also, here are workarounds: Switch to desktop mode in your browser and paste the URL of this post into the browser. Then, you can copy and paste the link. I don't even browse IG using the IG app; I use Yandex browser, which allows the use of browser extensions, and I use an extension that linkifies http text. I also have the benefits of having a history of my browsing as well as the ability to use the browser's bookmarks, which allows me to add keywords to bookmarks. Keywords make it easy to revisit interesting content. Yandex browser makes adding keywords...

Pulverized diamonds and other rare minerals have been ingested in parts of China and Tibet for many centuries, primarily in alchemical, medical, and ritual contexts rather than as everyday remedies.[ 1 ][ 2 ] China: minerals and rare stones Chinese medical and alchemical literature records extensive ingestion of mineral drugs, especially metals (mercury, lead, arsenic) and stones (jade, mica, gypsum, etc.) from at least the Han period onward.[ 1 ][ 3 ] A recent historical survey of Traditional Chinese “Mineral Medicine” notes that classics like the Divine Farmer’s Classic of Materia Medica and later works gradually systematized mineral ingestion, including cinnabar, realgar, ochre, calamine, and others, for longevity, sedation, antiparasitic use, and “nourishing essence”.[ 1 ][ 4 ] By the Ming–Qing period, the Compendium of Materia Medica explicitly includes diamond ( jingangshi , “vajra stone”) among mineral entries, treating it as a high-grade, hard “gem” drug, though its cli...

Actually, "dronabinol" can be produced in two different ways, and both confirm Shulgin's conclusion that the final product is identical to what the plant creates. 1. Where does it come from? The source depends on the specific manufacturer and the era. There are two main "recipes" used to make medical-grade dronabinol: Conversion from CBD: In many modern processes, manufacturers start with Cannabidiol (CBD) extracted from hemp.[ 1 ] CBD and THC are "isomers" of each other—they have the exact same atoms, just "folded" differently.[ 1 ] By using a chemical catalyst, chemists can "unfold" the CBD and "re-fold" it into THC. Total Synthesis: Other manufacturers build the molecule from scratch using simpler chemicals like olivetol and p-menthadienol .[ 2 ] This is a purely "test-tube" process that doesn't involve any part of a cannabis or hemp plant. 2. How are they sure it's identical? Thi...

In a 1979 talk at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Orthomolecular Medical Society, Pauling criticized the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) standards set by government bodies. He stated: "The RDAs are enough to keep people barely alive in ordinary poor health." Bare Minimum vs. Optimum: Pauling argued that the RDA only answers the question of how much a person needs to avoid dying from a deficiency disease. He believed scientists should instead be asking what intake level puts people in the "best of health". The "Thousandfold" Range: He noted that while small amounts of vitamins are enough to keep people alive, there is a range of "a thousandfold or ten-thousandfold" in intakes that can be taken safely without killing a person. He spent decades trying to find the specific "optimum" point within that range. Criticism of the Food and Nutrition Board: Pauling testified before a Senate subcommittee in ...

Source: Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution. Robert E. Svoboda. 1988. Minerals and Metals Minerals have been probably been used in Ayurveda since its beginning, but their prominence expanded dramatically when Tantra began its researches into alchemy. Every mineral, like every herb, has its own Taste-personality. Gold, for example, is Sweet, silver is Sour, copper Pungent, and iron Astringent. Gold is an ideal medicine for Vata because it is Hot as well as Sweet. Silver is a good remedy for Pitta because like amalaki it is Cold as well as Sour; while its Sourness increases the digestive fire, its Cold prevents Pitta from increas ing. Copper controls Kapha, being both Hot and Pungent, and scrapes ama and Kapha from the body. Iron, which nourishes Blood, prevents Blood from becoming too Hot or too fluid with its Astringency. Gold is spoken of alchemically as solidified sunrays, for its effects on living organisms are like those of the sun. Wearing gold purifies all energy entering the b...

There are actually a bunch of natural MAOIs, but most of them are probably useless because of "their rapid metabolism, poor BBB penetration, and relatively low natural abundance": https://www.bluelight.org/community/posts/16114386 … But scientists have experimented with making powerful synthetic derivatives of some of them! Are you familiar with Shulgin's work? ⇩ https://www.bluelight.org/community/posts/16350681 I tried the ℞ MAOI, Parnate, for a few months recently. –Never noticed a mood boost. "It is noteworthy, contrary to popular current belief, that patients themselves frequently rate MAOIs as being more effective than “newer” drugs and as having fewer side effects.¹⁵ ⁻ ¹⁷" (doi: 10.1017/S1092852916000651) "I think that is more of one doctor's opinion than patients'. Meta-analyses don't show MAOIs to be any more effective than other drugs and usually come with a warning that the studies are small and low quality." https:...

No. I don't know much about the subject, I'm just open to it, unlike a lot of people. I think the most technical work about it is Mu Shik Jhon's The Water Puzzle and the Hexagonal Key.* An dark web dealer stated that he dissolved his LSD in water and put it through a structuring process. On that note, purity related comments from two LSD chemists: https://www.bluelight.org/community/posts/16178774 LSD is structurally similar to DMT and mescaline, by the way: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/28958136/ This is a post I threw together amidst an argument about the possible relation that structured water has to LSD's effect, i.e., how the quality of the water it was/is in can effect its effect—maybe even solvents. At the very least, the post has good info on the structured water topic: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/28731916#28731916 This is all the info I have that relates to tryptamine-harmane: https://x.com/moving01234...