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Saar M. 
“Ethnomyocological data from Siberia and North-East Asia on the effect of Amanita muscaria”. 
J Ethnopharmacol. 1991 Feb 04;31(2):157-73.
Abstract
The paper includes literary data on the use of Amanita muscaria in Siberia and North-East Asia as well as information collected from ethnographers investigating these areas during the past decades. A survey is given on the cases and rules of Amanita muscaria consumption and the ways of its administration. The peoples having the tradition of Amanita muscaria consumption were aware of its different psychotrophic qualities and were able to use for several purposes. The fungus has been used by them as a psychostimulant having a simultaneous effect on several psychic functions.
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