Was a good maitake season this year and I ate this one for weeks. Super dense and meaty
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Sassafras?
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Sassafras out the ass here, yep. I kept smelling the leaves which led me to ID the plant and now Iām down a rabbit hole.
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The root bark tea is a pretty color. Itās bitter but smells wonderful. Iām going to reduce this down and mix it with honey to make a syrup. I think it will keep for a few weeks at least refrigerated like that.
I read heat destroys the oil. If that is the case, then this plant is Very interesting because a small glass last night had noticeable and pleasant effects.
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Sally will definitely make you feel delightful. Iād love to make my own root beer
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The phenylpropenes in the root bark are carcinogenic.
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Iāve read into it and need to more but I found that was based off a study done with rats that is now considered questionable and yet I donāt think the research has been revisited in 60 years.
If you have info from modern studies Iād definitely like to learn more.
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Also I read the roots will leech toxins from the soil so you have to be mindful of that.
Iām treading lightly as so far I have found a lot of contradictory information.
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Sassafras is a hallucinogen thatās also known as methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA).
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Contains a precursor for mda, which is itself the precursor for mdma if Iām not mistaken.
However the initial precursor must have some activity as well if that is correct.
Edit: looks like it can be a precursor for either, and I was wrong about mda being a precursor itself (I think lol)
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I believe it does, have you ever heard of āoilahauscaā?
Certain combinations of essential oils act to inhibit specific enzymes to allow for phenylproenes like safrole, myristicin, elemecin, etc. to get you high by converting to another chemical inside the body.
I think Iāve read that they donāt turn into an amphetamine derivative but something else that I canāt remember.
You can get really high off of cinnamon oil, nutmeg oil, and another component that Iām forgetting. Think maybe peppermint.
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Itās awesome. We would go pick them in central Florida in high school.
From a couple years back. Gotta love those midwest yellows! Foraging has definitely become one of my favorite hobbies over the last few years.
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There is a route from mda to mdma . Yes safeole is the main natural precursor.
With a little reading one could see that a butane sassafrasās extraction would yield sass oil, and then possibly crystallize out the safrole by leaving soil vent in it and cold crashing, theoretically
The first butane extraction I did was with fennel seeds, and showed the oil to a chemist at a natural soap company, and he was amazed(2010)
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Shulgin calls these essential amphetamines as each of the 10 essential oils aminates to certain amphetamines or phenethylamines.
And took 4 tbsp of ground nutmeg the first time, like a heavy edible dose but cannabis like that lasts all day. But itās nasty
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I think what youāre referring to are compounds like TMA-2, if Iām remembering correctly the compounds that are produced in vivo from oilahausca are different than the corresponding amphetamines that shulgin synthesizes from these naturally occurring allylbenzenes.
In vivo, chemicals like safrole or myristicin follow a different pathway and arrive at a completely different class of compounds.
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What is that and whatās it used for?
Itās a bush that has medicinal leaves and berries. Itās a hormone regulator for estrogen. Helps ladies with many bodily processes, and the name comes from medieval times when they would give it to dudes to reduce libido.
It is also used with horses for calming down geldings and improving the health of pregnant and senior mares.
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