A study found the first archeological evidence that the Incas used ayahuasca. A new analysis found traces of the drug in the hair and toes of mummified children sacrificed in rituals. It may have been ...

LEVERETT, Mass., Dec. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A sustainability assessment of ayahuasca vine (Banisteriopsis caapi) conducted in the Peruvian Amazon conducted by Medicine Hunter in 2018 has been ...

“Leon” is a young Brazilian man who has long struggled with depression. He keeps an anonymous blog, in Portuguese, where he describes the challenge of living with a mental illness that affects some ...

Maybe you’ve heard of ayahuasca, a mind-altering brew that many travel to South America to sample. Over the last few years public interest in this beverage—whose active ingredients are a combination ...

This article was originally published on The Bluntness, and appears here with permission. Just a few years ago, ayahuasca was an unknown entheogenic tea shrouded in mystery. “The Medicine” originated ...

The rainforests of the Amazon contain dozens of useful plants that are used in everything from medicine to food, and industrial products like rubber. Some of these plants are listed below. The Amazon ...