In this video I detail the process for preparing Amanita Muscaria mushrooms into a 2.7 pH tea, which maximizes the potential for safe usage of the medicinal compounds. The goal of this video is to educate the viewers about safe usage of this mushroom.

Materials used-
Amanita Muscaria mushroom (Czech specimen, sourced from Eternity in a Box Botanicals)
Food grade citric acid
Clean Water
1/2 teaspoon measuring spoon 
Cooking pot with lid
Spoon for stirring
Small cup for taking samples
Ice cubes and/or freezer for cooling samples
Device for reading pH level (I use a BlueLab pH pen)
Colander & Cheesecloth for straining
Mason jar for storage

May God bless you in body, soul & spirit, and may he always help guide you in using medicinal plants/fungi safely and in mindful moderation! 
Be well :-)

Before we get started, I wanted to say this video is for educational purposes only and is intending to minimize harm and create a healthy mindset with which to approach plant and fungus medicines.

The goal is always to utilize these medicines responsibly and to really take care of our bodies and minds and to honor the human experience in all ways.

So with that in mind, what we're going to talk about today is the Amanita muscaria 2.7 conversion technique.

The whole idea behind this process is to take the Amanita muscaria mushroom and process it in a manner that is going to make it most medicinally efficacious.

Create the most value out of that plant specimen or this fungal specimen.

So a lot of herbal medicines will contain things that are good like medicinal compounds and then also contain things that are not as medicinal or even toxic, semi-toxic, etc.

So it's a common practice in herbalism to extract and to process things in a way that is going to cause the conversions to happen to make the end medicinal product more valuable and usable than the whole plant product.

Okay, so Amanita muscaria is processed with this same idea in mind.

It contains a compound called ibotenic acid which when you dry, the fresh mushroom has the ibotenic acid in it.

And when you dry the mushroom, it starts to convert into a compound known as muscamel.

And muscamel has more of the antidepressant, anti-anxiety and sort of medicinal qualities that people are starting to really explore, the amanita for that property, right?

So the idea is, is ibotenic is semi-toxic and then muscamel is significantly more medicinally efficacious, right?

So when you dry the mushroom you get a conversion.

If you heat the mushroom you get even more conversion of the ibotenic over to muscimol.

But if you heat the mushroom with the pH at a precise number, which is 2.7, you can maximize the total conversion and get near 100% conversion is my understanding.

All right, let's go over the supplies that we're going to need.

These specimens are from the Czech Republic sourced through Eternity in a Box Botanicals.

This is what's going to adjust the pH of our tea.

You'll also need some type of device to read your pH.

Depending on what water you use, you're gonna start off with a different pH and also what kind of material you are using to boil the water is going to affect it.

So we're doing our first pH reading after I've already added the water into the pot so that it can react and adjust the pH if it's going to.

And then after just stirring this 1 in there and doing another read, the pH is already significantly lower.

Yeah, so very close to where we want to be,

Once we add these mushrooms the pH is going to change dramatically.

You're gonna want to make sure they are all submerged in the citric acid water.

So I'm pressing them down under the water heater.

And then I'm going to take my cute little cap and set it right on top because it's just kind of fun and cool looking.

So all of them are boiling now so the reaction can start to take place because like I said the amanita is really gonna change the pH of this water.

This next part is what makes this a very time-consuming process because as we take these samples we need to cool them off before we stick our pH probe in there.

You can see it's just a bunch of ice cubes and I'm setting a small little sample in there.

to the freezer for a couple of minutes and just till it was cool enough for my finger to go in it without being burned.

We're gonna have to do some work to get that a lot lower.

Alright, so we added citric acid, stirred, took a sample, cooled the sample in the ice bath and here we are getting another pH read.

This is the process that we're gonna repeat a bunch of times until we get the pH just perfect.

So we were at 3.5 and we added 0.75 teaspoons.

At this point I'm really hoping I'm there, but I am still not there.

All right, we're at 2.8 this time and I know we're right on the edge of 2.7.

So we're adding a lid to the pot and I'm adding 1 more little sprinkle here for good measure, another sprinkle of the citric acid.

At this point, you want to take a read on the time because you want 3 hours total to elapse while it's at this pH level in order for the full conversion.

This is me taking a final pH read at the very end of the 3 hours.

The only thing left to do now is to strain out the mushroom material because all the active medicines have been pulled out from the caps.

I squeezed them with the wooden spoon to get any medicine out of it and then now I'm squeezing it with a nut milk bag which is essentially a cheese cloth just to get any remaining liquid medicine out of the mushroom specimen.

Alright guys that's it that's the technique.

The only other thing I want to really emphasize is the dosage and the ratio and everything.

Doesn't really matter how much water you start off with and it doesn't matter how much water you end up with in the jar at the end.

You just need to know how much mushroom you put in it starting out and then how much that translates to your end liquid fluid ounces.

Okay, so in this video I did 33.3 grams of mushrooms and I started it off in 3 cups of water but by the end of it boiling off and everything I was left with 8 fluid ounces.

And when I did the math, I forget what it came out to, but I just figure out what's in each 1 fluid ounce, right?

And then I figure out what is in each tablespoon.

So, start slow, start low, be careful, be mindful, be respectful, and be grateful for the body and the soul and the spirit that God's given you.

And really, please use all these plants mindfully.

This is an extremely powerful plant that I think has a whole lot of value and a whole lot of potential benefit to offer people.

So I'm excited to share this with you all, but I really do encourage responsibility and safe practices at all times.


Speaker 0: Hey everybody, thanks for joining. Before we get started, I wanted to say this video is for educational purposes only and is intending to minimize harm and create a healthy mindset with which to approach plant and fungus medicines. The goal is always to utilize these medicines responsibly and to really take care of our bodies and minds and to honor the human experience in all ways. So with that in mind, what we're going to talk about today is the Amanita muscaria 2.7 conversion technique. The whole idea behind this process is to take the Amanita muscaria mushroom and process it in a manner that is going to make it most medicinally efficacious.

Create the most value out of that plant specimen or this fungal specimen. So a lot of herbal medicines will contain things that are good like medicinal compounds and then also contain things that are not as medicinal or even toxic, semi-toxic, etc. Right? So it's a common practice in herbalism to extract and to process things in a way that is going to cause the conversions to happen to make the end medicinal product more valuable and usable than the whole plant product. Okay, so Amanita muscaria is processed with this same idea in mind.

It contains a compound called ibotenic acid which when you dry, the fresh mushroom has the ibotenic acid in it. And when you dry the mushroom, it starts to convert into a compound known as muscamel. And muscamel has more of the antidepressant, anti-anxiety and sort of medicinal qualities that people are starting to really explore, the amanita for that property, right? So the idea is, is ibotenic is semi-toxic and then muscamel is significantly more medicinally efficacious, right? So when you dry the mushroom you get a conversion.

If you heat the mushroom you get even more conversion of the ibotenic over to muscimol. But if you heat the mushroom with the pH at a precise number, which is 2.7, you can maximize the total conversion and get near 100% conversion is my understanding.

Speaker 1: All right, let's go over the supplies that we're going to need. First up is Amanita muscaria mushrooms. These specimens are from the Czech Republic sourced through Eternity in a Box Botanicals. These are the A- Czech specimen. Next up we have food grade citric acid.

This is what's going to adjust the pH of our tea. You'll also need some type of device to read your pH. I'm using a Bluelab pH pen. Depending on what water you use, you're gonna start off with a different pH and also what kind of material you are using to boil the water is going to affect it. So we're doing our first pH reading after I've already added the water into the pot so that it can react and adjust the pH if it's going to.

All right so pH read was 7.1. We're going to get some citric acid out. We're using a half teaspoon. And then after just stirring this 1 in there and doing another read, the pH is already significantly lower. I think we're at, what is it,

Speaker 0: 2.8? 2.9?

Speaker 1: Yeah, so very close to where we want to be,

Speaker 0: 2.8. 2.8.

Speaker 1: Once we add these mushrooms the pH is going to change dramatically. You're gonna want to make sure they are all submerged in the citric acid water. So I'm pressing them down under the water heater. And then I'm going to take my cute little cap and set it right on top because it's just kind of fun and cool looking. So all of them are boiling now so the reaction can start to take place because like I said the amanita is really gonna change the pH of this water.

This next part is what makes this a very time-consuming process because as we take these samples we need to cool them off before we stick our pH probe in there. So I've made a little ice bath here. You can see it's just a bunch of ice cubes and I'm setting a small little sample in there.

Speaker 0: So we just moved all of this

Speaker 1: to the freezer for a couple of minutes and just till it was cool enough for my finger to go in it without being burned. And we're doing another pH read. So we've landed at 4.1 pH. We're gonna have to do some work to get that a lot lower. Let's add the sample back into the pot.

Alright, so we added citric acid, stirred, took a sample, cooled the sample in the ice bath and here we are getting another pH read. This is the process that we're gonna repeat a bunch of times until we get the pH just perfect. So we were at 3.5 and we added 0.75 teaspoons. Let's check the pH again. Only

Speaker 0: 3.1.

Speaker 1: At this point I'm really hoping I'm there, but I am still not there. All right, we're at 2.8 this time and I know we're right on the edge of 2.7. So we're adding a lid to the pot and I'm adding 1 more little sprinkle here for good measure, another sprinkle of the citric acid. At this point, you want to take a read on the time because you want 3 hours total to elapse while it's at this pH level in order for the full conversion. This is me taking a final pH read at the very end of the 3 hours.

The only thing left to do now is to strain out the mushroom material because all the active medicines have been pulled out from the caps. I squeezed them with the wooden spoon to get any medicine out of it and then now I'm squeezing it with a nut milk bag which is essentially a cheese cloth just to get any remaining liquid medicine out of the mushroom specimen.

Speaker 0: Alright guys that's it that's the technique. The only other thing I want to really emphasize is the dosage and the ratio and everything. Doesn't really matter how much water you start off with and it doesn't matter how much water you end up with in the jar at the end. You just need to know how much mushroom you put in it starting out and then how much that translates to your end liquid fluid ounces. Okay, so in this video I did 33.3 grams of mushrooms and I started it off in 3 cups of water but by the end of it boiling off and everything I was left with 8 fluid ounces.

And when I did the math, I forget what it came out to, but I just figure out what's in each 1 fluid ounce, right? And then I figure out what is in each tablespoon. So, start slow, start low, be careful, be mindful, be respectful, and be grateful for the body and the soul and the spirit that God's given you. And really, please use all these plants mindfully. This is an extremely powerful plant that I think has a whole lot of value and a whole lot of potential benefit to offer people.

So I'm excited to share this with you all, but I really do encourage responsibility and safe practices at all times.

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