Ayahuasca, a traditional Amazonian brew known for its psychedelic effects, appears to enhance certain aspects of memory, ...

Ayahuasca dosage, mental state, and setting play a crucial role in its effects. Users frequently report hyper-visuality, symbolic imagery, and visits from spiritual beings during the experience.

Research on the effects of the ayahuasca brew, which is made from mashing or boiling the pulp of the Banisteriopsis caapi vine, has trickled outside scientific circles in recent years. It caught ...

Cacao ceremonies are being performed at yoga studios, meditation centers and sound baths. Here's the story behind this ...

“It wasn’t actually necessary for me anymore.” Scientific interests in the effects of ayahuasca is growing and research suggests it could be effective in helping to alleviate ...

“The first thing biomedical researchers started to do was try to purify it and transform ayahuasca into a molecule of DMT and give it to people to try to minimize the side effects, like nausea,” ...

Here, we explore the benefits and side-effects of ayahuasca, as well as what really happens at these retreats. Psychotria viridis, one of the two main ingredients of ayahuasca, contains the ...

Consider it ayahuasca lite. “It’s not like any drug ... but you have more control over your experience.” The physical effects of cacao have not been studied as much as coffee, but research ...