We all know that honey comes with numerous health benefits. However, when we are talking the ‘mad honey’, everything goes overboard. With this variant of honey, consuming even a teeny-weeny amount can get you seriously stoned.
Imagine the psychedelic mushrooms and then try to imagine something ten times potent than those and you’ve got the mad honey on your hand. So, you can see it’s not for nothing that this particular species of nectar has earned the moniker that it has.
This mad or the magic honey, as it is also called, is actually a type of neurotoxin and even a small amount of it can have incredibly potent effect on our nervous system. The honey is chiefly found in certain parts of Modern Turkey bordering the Black Sea, in the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal as well as in certain other parts of the world including New Zealand, Australia, Japan and a few Pacific states of USA.
Recent studies inform us that the ancient world actually knew about this nectar and its incredible potency. According to a legend, Mithridates, the king of Pontus, an ancient empire located in the Black Sea region, once saved his empire by destroying a large convoy of Roman army that was encroaching on his empire and this he had achieved with the help of the magic honey alone!
Also, the locals of the Nepal mountain regions where the honey is found have known about it for a long time. It is a custom among many of them to boil a very small amount of the honey in milk and drink it before breakfast as a sort of medicine. And they have got it right, too, since medical researches into the substance tells us that consuming the honey in proper amount helps develop our immune system and keeps conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and arthritis in bay. Reportedly, it also helps boost one’s sexual performance.
However, one should always keep it in mind that this nectar is actually a poison and an overdose can be fatal. The reason we mention this is that modern researches have also pointed out the psychedelic effects of the nectar. A mad honey enthusiast, for example, not long ago had visited the part of Nepal where this honey is found and upon consuming the substance in a small dosage, had experienced acute psychedelic sensations.
By his own account, the effect was almost identical to what you feel when you eat about two or two and a half grams of so-called psychedelic mushrooms. In other words, extreme of hallucinations! Therefore miraculous as this honey is, you must always be on your guard if you ever get a chance to taste this miracle honey.
