A psychedelic journey can be taxing. The digestion, ascent, experience, and reintegrating into everyday life is a lot to take on. That is why it’s ideal to pack your mental baggage before taking a trip. Even with bags packed, some people need help; that’s where Allies Botanical comes in. The brand offers a Journey Set of four herbal tinctures that are designed to support psychonauts as they expand their comfort zones.
CEO Mathew Gerson, founder of Foria, is behind Allies Botanical. Foria is a cannabis brand that honed in on a different human experience: sexuality. Now, Gerson and the Allies team hope to help in a new way with four formulations tuned to a psychedelic frequency. He is doing so with the help of Ben Zappin LAc, an herbalist trained in Western traditions and Chinese Medicine.
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Centering, Grounding, Integrating, and Sustaining are the goals in the four Allies formulations. They are made with natural ingredients, no synthetics, and are manufactured in a certified and standardized Northern California facility. The brand touts sustainability as a core principle, from packaging to sourcing ingredients. The base is a mixture of alcohol and glycerin. The sugary sweet glycerin cut into the flavor a bit, but the tinctures are still biting.
Allies tinctures are built for a personal journey, whether you eat psychedelics or not.
Centering
For daytrippers, Centering is meant to bring personal power home to the heart space before a big journey. The brand promises that its mixture of dandelion, burdock, holy basil, mugwort, and other herbs leaves people with clear minds and good digestion–because an upset tummy is often part of the come-up with many psychedelics.
This formulation is not only for prepping before takeoff, it is also recommended for starting the morning on solid footing, dropping into a creative flow state, or relaxing into the evening after a heady day.
Grounding
At times, life can feel overwhelming–whether you ate LSD or not. Allies Botanicals Grounding tincture is built to stabilize and calm when it is time to reenter the “real” world. California poppy, kava, wood betony, and rose are a few of the botanicals used to calm stress and overwhelm.
In current American life, few people are strangers to feelings of stress or overwhelm–and the brand hopes that Grounding can help. They recommend it for post-trip care or to help squash residual disorientation or out-of-body experiences when needed. This formulation hopes to assist many, whether recovering from an intense experience or returning to humanity after a day of staring at screens.
Integrating
Psychedelic integration is a vital part of journeying. The process helps psychonauts make sense of an experience, assimilating lessons into waking life. Some may seek a clinical setting for this work, while others may feel most comfortable breaking it down at a friend’s kitchen table.
Integrating is designed to supplement this work. The included reishi, passionflower, and skullcap might calm the nervous system, while cacao helps journeyers focus on the larger picture. Allies recommend this tincture for daily focus and emotional balance in daily life.
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Sustaining
After integrating lessons, the real work begins: sustaining a new outlook. Holding on to a meaningful psychedelic experience can have a positive ripple through someone’s life. Integrating helps create an environment for post-trip growth, but sustaining it is key.
This tincture contains herbs like rose, cacao, damiana, and hawthorn leaf to support balanced energy and an open heart. It is designed to be a daily supplement that clears a person’s mind, making way for their natural vitality.
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These thoughtfully formulated tinctures speak to those desiring help in their wellness journeys. Each product has a purpose, but when thoughtfully taken together, their true goal shines. The tinctures are $28 individually, while the Journey Collection contains all four for $98.
Those who want help transitioning into a clear headspace with an open heart will likely appreciate these thoughtful herbal tinctures. Maybe the world would look different today if Millenials who macro-dosed through their twenties with no aftercare in their twenties had such a thoughtful tool.
