• Shows how Amanita microdoses offered help and healing for a broad range of conditions, including hormonal dysfunction, allergies, gingivitis, heartburn, eczema, psoriasis, depression, epilepsy, hypertension, insomnia, and migraine • Reveals how Amanita microdoses are effective for pain relief and for interrupting addictions to alcohol, opiates, nicotine, caffeine, and other narcotics • Details how to safely identify, prepare, and preserve Amanita muscaria , including recipes for tincture, tea, oil, and ointment as well as proper microdose amounts Exploring the results of the first international study on the medicinal effects of microdosing with Amanita muscaria , the psychoactive fly agaric mushroom, Baba Masha, M.D., documents how more than 3,000 volunteers experienced positive outcomes for a broad range of health conditions as well as enhanced creativity and sports performance. Masha discovered that Amanita microdoses offered help and healing for hormonal dysfunction, low libido, allergies, asthma, swelling, gingivitis, nail fungus, digestive issues, and skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis as well as recovery from stroke and cardiac arrest. She found beneficial effects on depression, epilepsy, hypertension, insomnia, and low appetite and shows how Amanita microdoses are quite effective for pain relief, including in cases of rheumatoid arthritis, menstrual pain, and migraine. The author also reveals how Amanita microdoses can interrupt addictions to alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, opiates, and other narcotics. The author details how to safely identify, harvest, prepare, and preserve Amanita muscaria, and she includes recipes for tincture, tea, oil, and ointment as well as proper microdose amounts. She shares more than 780 personal Amanita microdose reports from study participants, detailing the positive, negative, and neutral effects they experienced, and she also shares some Amanita large-dose trip reports, cautioning against this practice because of the mushroom’s strong dissociative properties, including amnesia. Revealing the vast healing potential of this ancient mushroom ally, Masha’s study shows not only how Amanita can help with many health conditions but also how it activates the ability to feel the value and the significance of your own life experience. “Part chemistry primer, part cookbook, part testimonial, with a hefty spoonful of love for both Amanita muscaria and humankind. Baba Masha has gifted us with a highly readable and informative account of the mushroom’s healing benefits--the misinformation ends where this book begins! It is time for this glorious mushroom, and those who have been working with Her in secret, to come out of the closet and reclaim one of humanity’s oldest and most versatile medicines.” ― Thomas Hatsis, author of The Witches’ Ointment and Microdosing Magic Baba Masha, M.D., is a pediatrician and OB/GYN with a doctorate in medicine and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. She has hosted the Radio Psychedelix podcast, in Russian, since 2013. She lives in northern California. From Chapter 2: Project Amanita muscaria Microdoses Development Psychedelic plants crossed my path at a later point in my life. My early adulthood was dedicated to the professional study of classical piano, chemical engineering, and medicine. My prefatory opinions and beliefs on psychedelics were based on erroneous observations made by my mentors and professors. During my fifth year of medical school, my professor, while suturing a patient’s stoma, very casually said to “never try LSD since the option after the reception will be unambiguous. . . . You will grind iron rods of a cage for the rest of your life.” Of course, I believed the professor. Why wouldn’t I? After all, he was my teacher who could skillfully penetrate a patient’s stomach and save his life. I did not seek further clarification. Life in Soviet Russia did not provide a rich palette for openly questioning authority or rank. One day I decided to quit my warm, cozy position at the Science Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology and follow my childhood dream to go around the world, which had already been blighted significantly due to my stealthy rebellious run-ins with the Soviet authoritarian system. Fate was on my side. The Soviet Union collapsed, and the wind of change brought me to the United States. Significant life experiences followed. I discovered new culture, new thinking, new artists, and other personalities that were prohibited in Soviet Russia. By immersing myself in a new environment, I encountered culture shock, but I also had the chance to learn new skills and learn more about myself. My own culture has shaped my views, whether I realized it or not, and learning new points of view substantially enriched and refreshed my mind. In three years, I achieved my American dream--a house, two cars in the garage, chicken in the pot, and a corporate nest egg that generously paid for m