Comment · Wed, May 25, 2016 · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot
Reishi cramps/diarrhea, any Reishi gurus here?
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charrednoot · 4 points
About 2-3 weeks into taking Reishi, I started getting a sharp pain somewhere in my stomach area followed by diarrhea lasting throughout the day. I've only done Reishi for that long of a period once (that one time), after which I stopped.
Now I've heard that some adverse, "detoxification" effects could be common a few days in, but... not 3 weeks into it? That being said, I only took 1 capsule a day (as opposed to a suggested serving of 2-4 daily).
I'm fairly certain it was the Reishi because when I stopped taking it and resumed a few days later, the diarrhea stopped and then returned, and I had eaten no other suspect foods that could have triggered it to return.
Do you think this is part of the detoxification process, or is this more likely an individual case of me reacting adversely to it? I enjoy the effects. I get a high on the first or second day (extremely noticeable), otherwise I notice a mild calming/anxiolytic effect and noticeably decreased physiological responses to anxiety. If I just need to fight through some sort of detoxification stage, I'd like to continue using it.
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Debonaire_Death · 1 points
I'm only just starting to zero in on some of the active ingredients in these herbs and mushrooms. It's definitely a heftier order than studying synthetic drugs--the mechanisms are so much more complicated when they're developed by nature! Funny how a lot of people see herbal treatments as much simpler than pharmaceutical treatments. I guess, in a way, the complication is compensated for in the MOA, huh? A Law of Conservation of Complexity, you could call it.
That's not the first time I've thought of the idea. Complexity and entropy are tightly connected concepts in science.
Really, though, I see why we shied away from so many herbs for so many decades. Science can barely handle tracking these effects now, let alone then.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot
Yeah, natural extracts are much more complex, because you are dealing with a lot more variables. You have to account for the myriad of active ingredients, interactions, competitive/complementary absorption, species, growth conditions, extraction techniques, etc. Frankly I am very excited to get deeper into natural extracts, as there is just so much potential there, and so many undiscovered things about even common natural extracts.