Psilocybin refers to the psilocybin in mushrooms. It can stimulate the central nervous system to produce hallucinations and re-establish brain connections. It can be compared from MRI magnetic resonance imaging. Before and after using psilocybin, the brain The neural network has more connections.

Luo Ke, a psychological counseling expert at King's College London, said, "(psilocybin) will cause different perceptions of the body, unfamiliar experiences, emotions, and past body perceptions or memories that you may not remember at all. These memories will "The idea of ​​psilocybin therapy is to explore this part of the equation, to open up to these memories, to explore the dark places within you, to regain the perspective that is so precious to you, and to regain the ability to feel."

After the 21st century, more and more research has been conducted on the medical uses of mushrooms. Scientists have discovered that psilocybin can reduce depression symptoms in cancer patients because it can restart the brain and have therapeutic effects on patients with refractory depression.

Goodwin, professor of psychiatry at the University of Oxford, pointed out, "The challenge of treating refractory depression is great. This is a boundary that current therapies cannot break. It is also the plight of those who coexist with depression. This condition is usually chronic and patients Many needs cannot be met.”