Traditional Use of Banisteriopsis caapi Alone and Its Application in a Context of Drug Addiction Therapy.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 2021 Matteo Politi, Fabio Friso, Gary Saucedo et al. 18 citations
Takiwasi is a therapeutic community for the treatment of Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) that combines traditional Amazonian medicine (TAM) with modern psychotherapy. One of the plant medicines from TAM used in this protocol is purgahuasca. It is a decoction of the vine Banisteriopsis caapi alone, whose use is traditional among the Awajún and other ethnic groups in Peru. The research began with...