On Air With Ella

Dr. Maya Shetreat is a neurologist, an herbalist, and avid researcher of plant medicine and psychedelics. She is answering our questions about everything from ayuascha to magic mushrooms and other master plants for trauma, chronic pain, perimenopause and other mental and physical conditions, as well as for generating personal breakthroughs.  We talk about macrodosing, microdosing and even quantam dosing.  Get the show notes here. TIMESTAMPS: Stigmatization around psychedelics  (00:02:32) Differentiating plant medicine and "doing drugs" (00:08:54) Master Plants, psychedelics, and the distinction between different types of plant medicines (00:05:09) How psychedelics work in the body and brain (00:13:46) Types of dosing (00:19:37) The potential benefits of mushrooms for addiction, traumatic brain injury, PTSD (00:20:50) Risks of unsupervised use (00:21:25)  Legalization and decriminalization (00:22:59) Microdosing and perimenopause (00:24:49) Treating depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and autoimmune disorders