I want to see someone correct that commentor by telling them frankincense was the name of the doctor not the monster.
Antidepressant of the masses
Submitted 1 month ago by qaz@lemmy.world to science_memes@mander.xyz
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jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Frankincense was actually the name of the wise man.
_AutumnMoon_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Knowledge is knowing Frankincense is the doctor. Wisdom is knowing Frankincense is the monster
defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
The monster’s name was Adam Frankincense.
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I got some frankincense and lit it, now my apartment smells like smoke
defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Just as John Frankincense intended.
yuri@pawb.social 1 month ago
incensole acetate has ~1/10th the anti-anxiety potency of valium, which is pretty darn high if you think about it!
myrrh is also psychoactive, but it’s a straight up opoid agonist. it was commonly used as a pain reliever before the widespread use of opium poppies. in high-ish concentrations folks report general euphorua, dream-like states, and even vivid/lucid dreams! i can personally attest to the first two hahah
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Next you’re gonna tell me gold is psychoactive!
grissino@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Having lots of it would indeed make me happier :p
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Now someone is going to make a Frankincense vapes
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
nomy@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Is that bottle actually labeled “Poy-sian” like poison?
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Uh yeah, how is that new? That was always the point of using the stuff.
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I figured it was traditionally used because it’s what was given to baby JC by the three wise men, so it’s considered holy in a sense
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s a drug and has always been used as such. Why do you think that stuff was so valuable?
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Religion itself is said to be natural antidepressant. I do wonder if exposure by our ancestors to psychoactive substances is tied to the development of religion.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Hell just the chords they play on the organ. You could probably write a song about licking envelopes in the style of a church hymn and get people to worship the Postmaster General.
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I mean, I have been looking for a cult to join, if you were looking to start one.
SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Here and I thought the smoke was meant to keep mosquitos away
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Maybe it doesn’t actually keep them away but just gets them too high to be interested in biting.
SkyHeart@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I actually got my hands on Frankincense drops and started to eat them like crazy, when I decided to try one of them. It tasted like actual raw glass like rocks although I liked eating them and didn’t knew why until now. Although they have almost zero to non taste, eating them was quite addictive
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 month ago
That’s what they used to call “Church Air”
Damage@feddit.it 1 month ago
So the Church has wine and antidepressants in its rituals…
Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Somewhere, Dr. Ammon Hillman has read this and is grinning maniacally.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I’ll stick with my family trait that means when we fight we get happy brain juice, I just wish boxing or MMA could trigger it but it doesn’t. If the fight can’t theoretically end with me getting gutted with a rusty knife I want nothing to do with it, I want to Cain someone’s Able.
qaz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Okay? Stay safe, I guess
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Does it elicit a psychoactive reaction or does it affect TRPV3 in vitro?
be honest David Beckham meme
protist@mander.xyz 1 month ago
In vivo in mice
fullsquare@awful.systems 1 month ago
is TRPV3 even involved in any way because last time i’ve checked some of best evidence points in direction of TrkB