using lemons instead of lemon oil

[bob]

Hi everyone,

I've read an article about freezing lemons and then grate them into everything you'd like to eat or drink.
The peel itself, which contains the best nutrients, is usualy not used, but when freezing, the entire lemon can be consumed...after grating.
Its a nice and simple way to integrate lemons in our daily lives. 
Such a wonderful and powerful fruit:
Would daily (lemon+peel) intake have some effect on our mood? They say it can act as a clean antidepressant. I rarely feel depressed, but I always can use a nice mood lifter.

 

[sativa]

Hi,

Yes lemon essential oil whicb is extracted from the rind (lemon skin) is highly psychoactive and nutritious.

I use the oil in my cooking along with other oils such as lime, lemongrass and rosemary. One drop is usually enough.

Here is info on dosage and effects:

"So far I've done 3 high dose experiments with lemon essential oil, and I've experienced psychedelic effects all 3 times.

1st experiment (30 drops lemon oil, orally):
Tried 30 drops in 1 liter of water.  About an hour later I started feeling some stimulation.  Within 3 hours, I was highly stimulated and euphoric.  I had a very loving, warm, gregarious feeling about me.  I was very social.  Mild visuals

2nd experiment (60 drops lemon oil total, orally):
T0:00 - 20 drops lemon oil taken orally in 1 liter of water
T0:30 - 20 additional drops taken orally in 1 liter of water
T1:30 - stimulation suddenly comes on and is heavy.  Similar to description from 1st experiment.
T2:00 - 20 additional drops taken orally in 1 liter of water.  Obviously, I start having to urinate often.
T2:30 - felt like a low dose of acid.  Holy crap, I'm feeling it.  Very stimulated, feel very outgoing and loving towards the world.  Visuals are intense.  At a concert and people on stage and in crowd look like they are glowing.  The walls are breathing.  I have a beer at the concert and don't feel the effects at all; I decide not to consume any more alcohol for fear of getting myself into trouble.
T6:00 - start coming down, but it isn't unpleasant.  Stimulation wears off as I head home from the concert.  I fall asleep and have a restful sleep.
Next morning - a bit tired but fine.  No soreness.

3rd experiment (40 drops lemon oil, topically):
I mixed 20 drops and 1/4 tsp of olive oil directly on my right leg and rub it in well.  I do the same dosing to my left leg, resulting in a total topical dose of 40 drops lemon essential oil.  There is some excess oil that I rubbed into my arms and torso.
T0:00 - Right after rubbing in, feel a mild heart rate increase.
T0:10 - Start feeling mentally and emotionally stimulated.
T0:30 - Wow, this is getting intense.  Feels basically like the 60 drops from above, but cleaner.  A lot of visuals again, not as much of the walls breathing, but still shapes and colors are distorted, and I notice lights and auras that are probably not there.
T1:00 (Present) - Very peaceful, loving feeling, psychostimulation, and all around pleasant psychedelic experience.

I have thus far experienced no cramps or soreness from this preparation.  I feel awesome.  I'm still coming up.  This should be a good ride."
herbs.mxf.yuku.com/topic/4473287/Lemon-Oil-is-Definitely-Psychedelic

Here is a quote from the mxf.forum on lemon oil, by toastus:

"This is based on my memory bank of receptor effects, what I feel and what receptors I can repeatedly associate those feelings with. More than placebo, actual effects, many in the Type 1 visual effects range [the psychic effects].

Most prominent is 5-HT1A agonism. This is very strong. At high doses in me it becomes too strong, causing too much GABA and blocking its own euphoria. Then it quickly wears off [because lipophilic substances wear off very quickly in me] and causes downregulation [horrible mood, pain hypersensitivity] which sucks.

At some point limonene metabolizes into a new molecule, from a 5-HT1A agonist to a 5-HT4 antagonist. I know 5-HT4 very well from my experiments with lysine. 5-HT4 antagonism upregulates 5-HT1A [pink], D2 [sky blue], D3 [purple], and GABA-B [clear-ish]. The new molecule, whatever it is, does not agonize 5-HT1A but antagonizes 5-HT4. When that wears off 5-HT4 upregulates, causing nasty serotonergic anxiety [but this is not very strong, I'm only describing minor effects here].

There is definite psychedelic activity, but I'm not sure if there is any at the 5-HT2A receptor. It could be, but if there is it is weak.

There is strong D1 agonism from y-terpinene. This manifests as gold visuals, euphoria [because 5-HT3 is blocked by beta-pinene, allowing D1 to cause euphoria], and a doll-like visual effect on the world. Mayan themed visuals are also apparent.

There is also a silver effect from some unknown receptor. Silvery-white fields of energy are seen. It feels "pure, sparkly, glittery." This effect is also caused by PEA or its metabolite, and some psychedelics.

There is nausea prevention and vast mental expansion from beta-pinene, but the mental expansion takes at least an hour to begin in me. Not long after this the rest of the oil's effects disappear while the mental expansion continues for several hours ."

herbs.mxf.yuku.com/topic/11290576/Toastys-Observations-of-Lemon-Oil

Namaste