Anyone have any experience with this combo? I've searched around a bit and haven't found anything. SWIM has so far been able to stay off cigarettes (hand-rolled) for a few days by chewing calamus root every time he gets the urge to smoke, and was wondering how it mixes with mushrooms. SWIM understands that calamus is a great potentiator, and was wondering if anyone's tried mixing the two.
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Calamus and Mushrooms
- Thread starter Jammr
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Right, so I took my normal dose of cubes while hiking this afternoon and munched on a spoonfull of calamus root every hour or so, swallowing the juice but discarding the pulp. There was definite potentiation, had real nice visuals, more than I usually get from the same amount of cubes. There was a touch of nausea though, due to the really bitter taste of the root. Might be too much to handle for most people, I'm pretty much immune to nausea unless I do something really really stupid. So, I'd have to say it wasn't really worth it, could have taken half a gram more cubes for the same effect and no bitterness to deal with. On its own, chewing calamus root has a nice amphetamine-type effect on me, but it's way too bitter to be enjoyable.
BananaForeskin
I Eat Plant Magic
Thanks for the report, Jammr. These are the weird combinations which interest me endlessly, and make a good contribution to the Nexus.
Ok, so I think I know what happened with the nausea yesterday -- pretty sure I took too much calamus. I laid off it all day today, but after a rather heavy meal, wine, and a 2-hour drive, I got back home feeling a little tired with a minor headache. I just chewed on a really small square of root and in 5 minutes the headache's gone and I feel like I just had a shot of coffee. Definitely an interesting herb.
