Microdosing

Interested in microdosing psychedelic mushrooms or truffles? Wrapping your head around how to microdose safely can be tricky. At Zamnesia, however, you'll find all the info and gear you need to buy and prepare your very own microdoses at home.

What is microdosing?

Microdosing is the practice of taking extremely light doses of a medication or drug. It is commonly used to reap the potential benefits of psychedelics such as magic mushrooms/truffles and LSD while minimising the more intense, potentially undesirable effects of these substances.

The exact amount of a drug that constitutes a microdose varies depending on your weight and the specific substance you're taking. However, a general rule of thumb for microdosing is to take a dose that is 1/10 to 1/20 the strength of a recreational dose.

Reasons to microdose magic mushrooms and truffles

People microdose psychedelics for all kinds of reasons. Some of the most common include:

• To boost energy and enhance mood
• To enhance creativity
• To enhance concentration and focus
• To address psychological symptoms
• Out of curiosity

The most popular substances used for microdosing

Many substances can be microdosed. The most common are:

• LSD: Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who first synthesised LSD in the late 1930s and 1940s suggested that taking 10–20 micrograms of LSD could benefit mental health.

• Psilocybin mushrooms or truffles: Reports of the potential benefits of microdosing magic mushrooms and truffles date back to the 1960s and 1970s.

• Cannabis: As cannabis legislation around the world is changing and the market for legal cannabis products continues to grow, companies and individuals are touting the benefits of taking microdoses of cannabinoids.

At Zamnesia, we stock a wide variety of substances you can microdose, including magic truffles, magic mushroom grow kits, mescaline cacti, and Banisteriopsis caapi. You will also find we stock the tools designed to help you safely and effectively microdose, including super accurate digital scales, microdosing kits, vegetable and gelatine capsules (to make your own microdose caps at home), tweezers, scalpels, grinders, and much more.

Enhancing formulas with microdose stacking

Stacking microdoses, as the name suggests, involves combining several microdoses of different substances to promote an elevated experience. While there are countless ways to combine microdose stacks, one of the most common is the Paul Stamets Stack. Paul Stamets is one of the most renowned mycologists in the world, and he promotes combining psilocybin, lion's mane, and niacin (or nicotinic acid) to promote neurogenesis, boost creativity, and recover vision/hearing.

How to microdose magic truffles and mushrooms (from beginner to pro)

Below we'll outline some different ways to microdose mushrooms and truffles at home. If you're new to microdosing, you may prefer to use a microdosing pack (option one), as it is by far the easiest approach. If you want to get more precise and technical, however, look into options two and three.

💊 Option 1: Using a psychedelic microdosing pack

Zamnesia's Psychedelic Microdosing Pack makes microdosing super simple. Each pack contains six separate and sealed 1-gram doses of psychedelic truffles. Taking a dose is as simple as removing it from the pack and ingesting it. If you're new to the world of psychedelics and microdosing, this pack is perfect.

💊 Option 2: Taking magic truffle capsules

At the Zamnesia Shroomshop, we pride ourselves on stocking a wide variety of magic truffles. Each pack contains 15g of fresh truffles, which can be dried and further processed into microdoses. Use the Zamnesia Capsule Machine and our gelatine or vegetarian capsules to create your very own magic truffle microdose capsules at home.

💊 Option 3: Growing, drying, and encapsulating your own magic mushrooms

Last but not least, the most hands-on and difficult (but also most rewarding) way to microdose at home is to grow, dry, and encapsulate your very own magic mushrooms.

We stock everything you need to cultivate magic mushrooms at home, either using a Magic Mushroom Grow Kit (complete with a cultivation box, medium, and mycelia) or spore syringes and prints (which contain fresh, sterile psilocybin mushroom spores). After growing your mushrooms, simply dry them, grind them up and prepare your own microdoses using our Capsule Machine and gelatine/vegetarian capsules.

Useful tools for microdosing magic mushrooms and truffles

Regardless of why you're interested in experimenting with microdosing, make sure to prepare yourself with the following gear/utensils:

• Mushroom/truffle grinder to help you finely grind your dry shrooms/truffles
• Digital scale to accurately measure each dose
• Capsules and a capsule machine
• Airtight storage containers and silica gel packs