Ayahuasca is a psychedelic brew made from plants and has been used for centuries in traditional shamanic rituals by indigenous people in the Amazon. The drug has recently caught the focus of the ...

It’s those very rituals surrounding the use of ayahuasca that might explain health benefits observed in religious groups who imbibe, such as the potential to treat psychiatric disorders, like ...

Glimpse into the daily life of a female shaman who hosts ayahuasca ceremonies for tourists in the Peruvian Amazon ...

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From Amazonian Ayahuasca rituals to ancient use of psilocybin 'magic mushrooms', these substances have played significant roles in various cultures.

It contained “la medicina,” a syrupy brown decoction of chacruna leaves and ayahuasca vines boiled down for two days and then decanted into old water bottles. At the start of the ceremony ...

Growing numbers of tourists are travelling to the Peruvian Amazon to drink ayahuasca, a traditional plant medicine said to bring about a higher state of consciousness. Foreigners come looking for ...

Ayahuasca (ai-uh-wa-skuh), also known as yage ... Traditional ceremonies take place at night, with the effects lasting some hours. The ritual begins after a shaman prepares and blesses the brew. They ...