Our articles about Curanderismo, also called Medicina del Campo, a diverse folk healing and belief system of Latin America.
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 on. Mind that mushrooms that contain Psilocybin (more than 140 [ Read more … ]
The San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi), also called Huachuma or Wachuma, is a native cactus species from the South American Andes Mountains used in traditional medicine and spiritual practices. It’s considered a so-called Master Teacher [ Read more … ]
Traditional Rapé snuff is a preparation made from either the leaves of the common tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum) or from Mapacho tobacco (Nicotiana rustica), the latter creating a more powerful application. The word Rapé comes [ Read more … ]
Cacao plant medicine and Cacao ceremonies have emerged from the traditional use of Cacao, which is derived from the Cocoa bean seeds from the Theobroma cacao plant. During millennia, the Cacao tree had been domesticated [ Read more … ]
Bufo alvarius (aka Incilius alvarius, Colorado River toad, or Sapo Grande) is a Bufo toad species from Northern America that produces Bufotoxin, which is secreted by its glands for its protection. This secretion — also [ Read more … ]
Kambo, also known as Frog vaccine or Vacina do sapo (the Brazilian Portuguese name), consists of the poisonous secretions of the skin of the Kambo, the latter being a species of frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor). Apart [ Read more … ]
Mapacho is the South American name for the tobacco plant Nicotiana rustica, which is typically found in rainforests. It’s sometimes also called jungle tobacco. In any case, Mapacho is a very strong type of tobacco [ Read more … ]
Shamanism involves either a religious or secular practice in which a traditional folk healer or folk practitioner — typically called a Shaman — interacts or mediates between the spirit world, Nature, and the Universe on [ Read more … ]
The Closing of the Bones ceremony, also called the Bone Closing Ceremony, or simply Closing the Bones, is a multi-faceted traditional postpartum practice applied in North, Central, and South America, notably in Latin American countries. [ Read more … ]
The idea of the “Evil Eye,” which is the translation of the Spanish Mal de Ojo or Mal Ojo, is a belief (or superstition, if you like) that a curse, negative influence, illness, injury, bad [ Read more … ]