Magic mushrooms also reduce headaches by half, research says

 Connecticut: American medical experts have discovered that a single dose of psilocybin, a special compound found in magical mushrooms, halves migraines for the next 15 days.

It should be noted that the scientific name of 'magic mushroom' is 'psilocybin mushroom' which has been given to it due to the presence of the same drug compound.

Although 'magic mushroom' is considered a drug and its use is illegal in most countries, research in recent years has shown that psilocybin is useful in the treatment of various mental, psychiatric and neurological disorders. Have been found to include conditions such as anxiety and depression.

According to unconfirmed reports over the decades, many migraine sufferers have reported a significant reduction in headache after taking psilocybin, but there is still a need for formal scientific research.

The study, led by Emmanuel Schindler, an assistant professor of neurology and psychology at the Yale School of Medicine, looked at 10 volunteers who had migraines.

Half of these volunteers were fed only one dose of the original psilocybin in very small doses (0.143 mg per kg body weight), while the other half were given another harmless compound called psilocybin. (This type of medical research is called a "double-blind, placebo-controlled study.")

Volunteers who took the original psilocybin dose had a 50% reduction in migraine headaches for the next two weeks, while there was a marked reduction in migraine attacks.

Despite these promising results, Dr. Schindler warns that the study is preliminary in nature, so psilocybin should not be used to treat migraines unless there is a detailed and conclusive study.

Details of the study are published online in the latest issue of the research journal Neurotherapeutics.