‘Hallucinogenic’ MUSHROOMS may be to blame for US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, 76, who repeatedly bows to China’s Vice Premier after ordering four servings at dinner (but the chef insists they weren’t psychedelic)

Hallucinogenic mushrooms may be to blame for U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s chilling bows to China’s Vice Premier after she ordered four servings for dinner three nights before their meeting, sources say.

Jian shou qing mushrooms, which have psychedelic properties if not thoroughly cooked, were part of a traditional dish Yellen polished up at Beijing restaurant Yi Zuo Yi Wang on July 6.

The usually statuesque politician, 76, came under fire from Republican opponents three days later, on July 9, for bowing to her Chinese counterpart, He Lifeng.

It has now been suggested that her behavior may have been a result of the mushrooms Yellen seemed to like so much – though the restaurant claims the mushrooms were properly prepared.

“Our staff said she loved mushrooms very much. She ordered four servings of jian shou qing. It was an extraordinarily magical day,” said the restaurant posted on Weiboa popular Chinese social media site.

Yellen’s meal quickly gained popularity on the site and sparked debate about the mushroom’s purported properties.

“I have a friend who accidentally ate them and hallucinated for three days,” Peter Mortimer, a professor at the Kunming Institute of Botany in Yunnan, told CNN.

Mortimer explained that the mushroom was considered poisonous because it could be hallucinogenic.

Scientists have not yet identified the compounds responsible for causing the hallucinations. It remains a bit of a mystery and most of the evidence is anecdotal,” he added.

However, it is common knowledge that the mushroom loses any psychedelic effect if cooked properly.

Jian shou qing – which are very similar to porcini mushrooms – literally translates as ‘see hand blue’ – named after the way the mushroom’s inner surface turns blue when you apply pressure to it.

During the two-day trip, Yellen met with senior Chinese officials, including Premier Li Qiang, deputy finance minister Liao Min, and Pan Gongsheng, the new chief of the Communist Party’s central bank of China.

After her repeated and effusive bows to He Lifeng, Yellen was criticized for showing weakness on behalf of America and a “lack of effective influence.”

“An American official does not bow. It looks like she’s been summoned to the director’s office, which is exactly the look the Chinese love,” Bradley Blakeman, a senior White House staffer under George W Bush, told the New York Post at the time. .

Author Max Murray said, “She didn’t realize that bowing like a US official was a breach of protocol.

‘They don’t answer. He even backs away to give her more room to kowtow.’

Tensions between Washington and Beijing have escalated in recent months.

A Chinese spy balloon that crossed the US mainland before being shot down in January brought tensions to the fore.

Ongoing hostilities also simmer over the war in Ukraine and increasing Chinese intelligence operations in Cuba.