Herbal Medicine and Applications | Page 5

Peyote Cactus | Mescaline as Entheogenic Medicine
Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) is a small, spineless and particularly slow growing cactus that contains psychoactive compounds, notably Mescaline. The [ ... ]

What Is Vinho da Jurema? | Yurema
Vinho da Jurema (Yurema), which contains Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), is a psychoactive drink known from Northern Brazil and commonly made from the root [ ... ]

Sanango Plant Medicine | Shamanic and Curanderismo Healing Practices
Sanango Plant Medicine (or Sananga) usually refers to two completely distinct types of traditional medicine used in Shamanic and Curanderismo healing [ ... ]

Mambe Coca Leaves | Traditional Medicine
Mambe (or Ypadu) is a fine powder ground from toasted coca leaves (from the Erythroxylum coca plant family) that is mixed with the ashes of several ot [ ... ]

Preparation of the Ayahuasca Brew | Boiling the Tea
The Ayahuasca tea (or Ayahuasca brew) is commonly made from the Banisteriopsis caapi vine and the leaves of the Psychotria viridis shrub, but many dif [ ... ]

Psilocybin, Fungi, and Magic Mushrooms
Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychedelic compound that can be found in a large range of fungi species, such as yeasts, molds, mushrooms, and so [ ... ]

San Pedro Cactus | Huachuma Traditional Medicine
The San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi), also called Huachuma or Wachuma, is a native cactus species from the South American Andes Mountains used i [ ... ]

Rapé Snuff | Ritually Blowing or Inhaling Tobacco through the Nose
Traditional Rapé snuff is a preparation made from either the leaves of the common tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum) or from Mapacho tobacco (Nicotian [ ... ]

Ayahuasca and the Benefits of Purging | La Purga
Purging is an important part of Ayahuasca ceremonies, which — at the moment it happens — is experienced as an unpleasant phenomenon, but a [ ... ]

Bufo Alvarius Toad Medicine | Aims of Use and Benefits
Bufo alvarius (aka Incilius alvarius, Colorado River toad, or Sapo Grande) is a Bufo toad species from Northern America that produces Bufotoxin, which [ ... ]