Substances like LSD, mescaline, and DMT all block the release of serotonin, which regulates mood and impulsivity.
LSD、美斯卡林和 DMT 等物质都会阻止血清素的释放,血清素调节情绪和冲动。
Sway
I look at three plant medicines in this book -- opium, caffeine, and a psychedelic, mescaline.
我在这本书中研究了三种植物药物——鸦片、咖啡因和一种致幻剂麦斯卡林。
Sway
And on mescaline, you feel like it's all flooding in.
在麦斯卡林上,你会觉得一切都在涌入。
Sway
So mescaline is a chemical produced by a couple kinds of cactus, most famously, peyote.
所以麦斯卡林是一种由几种仙人掌产生的化学物质,最著名的是仙人掌。
Sway
And that was the Native American use of mescaline.
这就是美洲原住民对麦斯卡林的使用。
Sway
There's evidence of mescaline use,or peyote use, going back 6,000 years in Texas and in Mexico.
在得克萨斯州和墨西哥,有 6000 年前使用麦斯卡林或仙人掌的证据。
Sway
All right, so the last one you write about is mescaline, which I found to be the most important section.
好吧, 你写的最后一个是麦斯卡林,我发现这是最重要的部分。
The school of life
Nature is especially good at prompting transcendental moments as are nights, solitude, the sounds of flutes, sitars and harps, airplanes, fevers, William Blake, Rumi, mountains and psilocybin and mescaline.