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.

The tea is created by combining the leaves of the chacruna shrub - which contains the hallucinogenic compound DMT - and the ayahuasca vine - which contains MAO inhibitors.

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However, Ayahuasca is a psychoactive substance containing dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a strong hallucinogen that is illegal in the United States and many other countries,' the US embassy website says.

As I learned with ayahuasca, the greatest healing often comes from the most challenging experiences.