Learn about ayahuasca, a plant-based psychedelic used for spiritual and healing purposes. Discover its effects, traditional uses, and the potential risks involved.

Chris Kilham with leaf cuttings from the Chacruna plant, also known as Psychotria viridis. It is one of the ingredients traditionally used to brew ayahuasca.

Ancient hallucinogens found in 1,000-year-old shamanic pouch. The ritual container, made of three fox snouts, contains the earliest known evidence of ayahuasca preparation.

Ayahuasca is classified as a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin, LSD, peyote, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine ("Ecstasy") and cannabis (marijuana), which is illegal to produce, distribute or possess.

Ayahuasca brew is made from boiling the vines of the Ayahuasca plant with the leaves of the chacruna plant. It can be brewed in anything from a cauldron to a slow cooker, although the ingredients ...

Ayahuasca is a muddy-brown herbal tea created by combining Banisteriopsis caapi vine bark and chacruna leaves imported from the Amazon basin. If ingested separately, they have no psychoactive ...

Ayahuasca is brewed as a tea that typically combines two tropical plants, the ayahuasca vine and the chacruna shrub, also known as Psychotria viridis.

The ayahuasca brew is made from boiling the Amazonian vine Banisteriopsis caapi, which contains the DMT, and the chacruna bush. The brew is typically administered by a shaman, who acts as a guide ...

Ayahuasca is a psychedelic made by boiling the caapi vine and the leaves of the chacruna shrub, both found in South America. The active chemical is DMT, or dimethyltryptamine.

“Ayahuasca has been shown in studies to reduce anxiety, depression, ... The Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines, an organization that researches psychedelics, ...