Fly Agaric was taken traditionally in 2 ways one was to drink the urine of someone who had eaten it, this way most toxins (poisonous ones) are removed in the digestive process. Secondly the red peel is removed from the mushroom, white spots removed, placed in boiliong water and when the water has cooled place your feet in the water. I have done the second method only!!! Osmotic uptake of the physchoactive ingredient is a way of avoiding poisons as the body wont accept them through the pores as readily. One hell of an experience, not something I recommend to the weak of heart or mind. Smoking does not work, people that say it does havent tried it, or if they have maybe received a placebo effect.