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Lots of spices have sub-threshold psychoactive effects that are not apparent from the amounts used in food.

For instance I've found that making a strong tea from rosemary brings a calm, meditative, and sometimes quite giggly mood.

Thyme contains large doses of myrcene, which has some gabaergic(iirc) effects.



Nutmeg is psychoactive as well. I accidentally found this out using too much in masala chai when I had a very fresh source of nutmeg.


Yes. I didn't want to mention nutmeg because I really, really would not recommend anyone try it. It's dangerous and it's a bad high, I've tried. My dosage was subhallucinogenic but felt like being stoned, except I also had intense muscle cramps that made the whole thing a terrible time.

And as a hallucinogen it's a deliriant which means you could literally run into traffic thinking you're taking a stroll through a beautiful forest(this is an actual deliriant trip report that exists btw, though the drug was datura).


Thanks for the further context. I have heard about its bad effects as well, but amazingly (or maybe rather unfortunately?) I never experienced such negative side effects. I guess it sounds like I was more in the subhallucinogenic dosage like yours, where I felt stoned, but did not have any cramps. Mostly just felt dehydrated later.




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