Why do you think Acorus would help? It's interesting because I do find that brewing real Red Korean Ginseng root helps me with energy. I don't get the same effect from the capsules or any commercially prepared elixirs, only from my home made strong brew made from premium grade root.
I'm sort of familiar with TCM, and there's a ancient Chinese formula called Kai Xin San (according to my Chinese friend it literally means "happy pill"). According to studies, it outperforms any Western antidepressant. It's a combination of Red Ginsgeng (5HT2A agonist), Polygala (NMDA antagonist), Poria and Acorus. The first two ingredients is like micro-micro-dosing shrooms with ketamine, but I don't know what Acorus contributes to this.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to find this formula in the US but I can try to make my own concoction, although I probably will not get the exact proportions right. And to be frank, despite your reassurance, I'm still kind of freaked out about the toxicity...
I'm quite optimistic it would help because many report acorus calamus having psychedelic esque effects at high doses, tho getting to those levels often entails a good amount of nausea from the asarone. Calamus has been thought to contain something like TMA-2, a psychedelic similar to mescaline that should be very enjoyable and smooth.
The best thing to do would be to extract the active psychedelic/stimulating compounds as shown here: https://www.tapatalk...e-t3614679.html, that way you can avoid the nausea. That whole nature's herb forum and the big posters on there are huge resources by the way, very useful stuff tho I never got the essential oil stuff to work for me really. If you follow that guide, which seems difficult but really shouldn't be, you should get rid of the asarone meaning no nausea or toxicity so then you def have nothing to worry about!
NMDA antagonists don't help my anhedonia and lack of drive so I wouldn't recommend polygala, it always made me feel a bit dissociated. That's just me tho, some report great results.
I think the best suggestion I can give you OP is to buy some psychedelic research chemicals like 4-aco-dmt, ald-52, escaline, things like that. They have all the great effects and safety (yes, despite the fact that they're not as well known they are extremely safe) of traditional psychedelics but you almost certainly will not get a felony or anything like that for ordering them because they're technically legal and very few ever get in trouble for ordering a small amount of them. I've used a number of those kind of psychedelics and love them.