A Czech documentary shows what hallucination with the poison of the bufo toad is like: colored lights and geometric figures are seen. Beyond this, a scientific group is investigating the substance, as the Investigation Team collected in a 2020 program that laSexta rebroadcast this Friday.
José Ángel Morales, a doctor in neurobiology from the Complutense University of Madrid, explains that they are investigating with the substance of the bufo toad because “could be involved in stimulating the formation of new neurons“.
In this way, according to the scientist, “could treat neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s in which the neurons are dying”.
For analysis, experts use a very small amount of poison, however, in rituals consumption could be multiplied by up to 100.
The risks of taking the venom of the bufo toad, in the words of Dr. Morales, can even lead to the death of the person: “By increasing heart power, it will cause tachycardia, cardiorespiratory arrest, you can go into a coma and even die“.
*The content to which the information refers is part of a 2020 Investigation Team program that laSexta rebroadcast this Friday.