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Hay Bath | Heubad Health Benefits
A Hay Bath, also known as Heubad, Alpine Bath, or Alpine Hay Bath, is the practice of “bathing in hay,” which involves immersing oneself for a cer [ ... ]

Ayahuasca and Cultural Appropriation of Indigenous Medicine
The word appropriation has several meanings, but the meaning we talk about in this post is that of to “take something for one’s own use, typically [ ... ]

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 [ ... ]