Changa
(Xanga, Enhanced Leaf)
TrippyWiki score: 9.1/10
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What is Changa?
Changa is a smokable blend of DMT and MAOI-containing herbs, such as Caapi or Syrian Rue. The herbs contain harmala alkaloids (harmine, harmaline, and tetrahydroharmine) act synergistically with DMT, leading to a gentler, longer, and often a more pleasant experience. Changa is also easier to dose and smoke properly than regular DMT.
Why choose changa over other psychedelics?
Changa…
Long-term benefits & side effects
Many of the benefits will only occur if you follow the tips below.
Most (if not all) of the side effects are preventable and they will not happen if you follow the Safety checklist.
Changa…
How to take changa
If you didn’t extract the DMT in changa yourself, always test it with a Marquis Reagent Testing Kit before you smoke changa.
Administration
The one and only way of taking changa is smoking it.
You could also drink or eat the blend but the experience would be different and much longer. It would feel almost identical to drinking ayahuasca.
Smoking changa is a lot easier than smoking DMT. You do not have to vaporize the drug and use a perfect technique of inhalation.
The process is similar to smoking marijuana or tobacco.
Using a bong is recommended as it delivers the smoke much faster than other methods.
If you plan to smoke through a bong, you don’t even have to create changa. You can simply sandwich DMT between two layers of a herbal mix.
You could also take the MAOI-containing herbs orally and then smoke DMT, the effects should be similar.
Dosage
The chart above relates to regular, freebase DMT. Changa blends contain anywhere from 20-70% DMT. In general, 30-50% is used.
On average, a change bland contains approximately 40% of DMT.
Since changa contains MAOIs that are psychoactive by themselves, you will need a slightly lower dose of DMT to reach the desired outcome.
Many psychonauts recommend starting with a moderate dose but this isn’t necessarily the best way to go.
If you start with a dose that is not low or high enough, your ego will try to hold on and it will have a hard time surrendering to the experience. This is one of the main causes of bad trips.
So either start really small or try to reach the breakthrough dose where it’ll be easy to lose sense of your body and the physical reality.
Do not, however, start with a high dose if you don’t have a trip sitter nearby.
Your weight also influences the dose you should take to some extent. If you weigh a lot, you might need to take more DMT than other people.
Safety checklist
Maximize the benefits
Keep in mind that integration is even more important than the trip itself. Taking psychedelics would be useless if you didn’t retain any lessons in your day-to-day life.
What will help you the most is contemplating about the experience – be it by journaling, thinking about the trip, or sharing your memories with a trusted friend.
Distracting thoughts can get in the way, which is why you want to spend the day after your trip without TV, social media, and other distractions.
If you can, spend time in silence and solitude. Meditate, go for a walk, contemplate the experience.
Duration
Onset = 1-2 minutes
Come up = 2-4 minutes
Peak = 2-3 minutes
Come down = 4-8 minutes
What changa feels like
Changa vs. DMT
Even though the main ingredient of changa is regular DMT, the changa trip tends to have a different vibe.
Compared to freebase DMT, changa is a lot gentler and less confusing.
It has a slower come-up and lasts longer. The experience tends to be less intense and so are the visuals.
Users report that when they smoke changa, they are more connected to this physical reality than when they smoke regular DMT but this depends on the dose.
While DMT can easily take you to a different universe with aliens and machine elves, smoking changa is usually more about increasing your awareness of this reality that we are in right now.
Psychonauts describe the changa visuals as more natural and less intense than on DMT.
Some say that it is harder to reach a breakthrough dose where you’d lose sense of your body on changa but this is because they are smoking lower doses of DMT. If you smoke enough changa, you will almost definitely reach a breakthrough.
At sub-breakthrough doses, the experience is easier to remember and integrate than that of DMT.
If you never tried regular DMT, salvia, or 5-MeO DMT before, changa can give you the most intense experience of your life.
Unfortunately, it is impossible to accurately describe the experience through human language.
The psychedelic also affects each individual differently and no two changa blends are the same. Therefore, there is virtually no way to know what your trip will feel like.
However, some common short-term effects include:
The brightest and the most intense visuals
Euphoria
Mindfulness, being extremely present
Higher capability for love and compassion
Pain relief
Feeling one with all that is
Completely disconnecting from this reality
Traveling through different dimensions
Seeing and talking to aliens
Feeling your emotions more intensely
Time distortion
Confusion
Increased body temperature
Increased heart rate
Anxiety, paranoia
Vulnerability
Of course, the higher dose you take, the more intense these effects will be.
With that said, the only way to truly know what DMT feels like is to take it.
The experience isn’t always positive. In fact, around 50% of trips people have on DMT are very challenging. You can, however, minimize the chance of a bad trip.
Bad trips
Bad trips mostly happen because people smoke DMT irresponsibly. If you take this psychedelic the right way, there is a low chance you’ll get a bad trip.
In case you still do, that’s good! A “bad” trip isn’t bad, it can actually be the most healing and insightful moment of your life!
During a “bad” trip, negative emotions are coming up from your subconscious mind. They have always been there whether you are aware of it or not. They have been damaging your life and a difficult trip is an opportunity to process these traumas and unpleasant feelings and let go of them.
The more painful the experience, the more you can heal.
So instead of calling bad trips bad, call them challenging.
If you understand that bad trips are awesome in the long-run, not only will you feel more comfortable diving into these challenging states, it will actually excite you!
Why they happen
The most common reasons for getting a bad trip are:
How to cope with a bad trip
How to end a bad trip
In case you are not ready to face your inner demons yet, there are a few ways to end a bad trip.
One possible way is to put on music that is familiar to you. Another way is to switch up your location and move from one place to another. This can completely change your train of thought.
In case the trip becomes extremely challenging and there is no one around you to keep you safe, consider ending your trip with a trip killer.
Using a trip killer usually is not the best idea because the bad emotions will stay unresolved and you will get little to no benefits from the experience. With that said, using a trip killer is smarter than harming yourself.
The 2 best options that you have for ending a bad trip are Phenibut and benzodiazepines.
Phenibut is generally safer. The downside is that it can take hours to kick in.
To end a trip, use benzodiazepines but only do this if you completely have to.
Interactions
Legality
As of 2021, DMT is not legal to buy in any country so the same can be said about changa.
However, there are countries where DMT has been decriminalized. Therefore, smoking changa or owning a small amount of it will not get you in trouble.
In many countries (such as Peru, Costa Rica, Italy, Brazil, and Romania), you can legally buy and drink Ayahuasca or at least attend Ayahuasca ceremonies there.
How to make changa
Ingredients you will need:
- 250mg of mullein leaf (highly absorbent). If using other leaf, you’ll need more.
- 500mg DMT
- 500mg-700mg of Harmala alkaloid freebase
- 20ml of the highest purity ethanol available (preferably 80%+ grain alcohols, like Everclear). Make sure it is not denatured alcohol used in chemical applications as these contain toxic alcohols or extremely bitter compounds.
- 2 small jars or shot glasses
The process:
1) Pour out 20ml of alcohol and place it in the shot glass or jar
2) Measure out 500mg of DMT and place it in ethanol.
3) If it doesn’t immediately dissolve, then carefully warm the liquid by placing it in a jar and submerging it in warm/hot liquid.
4) Measure out 500-700mg of Harmala alkaloids and dissolve in the same way.
5) Measure out 250mg of mullein (it is highly absorbent).
6) Pack the leaf into the bottom of the shot glass or small jar.
7) Pour DMT/Harmala-infused alcohol into the packed shot glass or jar until completely soaked. Then place this on a plate or tray and spread evenly.
8) Let the leaf completely dry and collect. This is the final product.
Where to get DMT
These are the ways you can get your hands on the psychedelic, ranked from the safest to the least safe:
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