Ayahuasca is a beverage used in Amazonian traditional medicine and it has been part of the human experience for millennia as well as other different psychoactive plants. Although Ayahuasca has been proposed as potentially therapeutic as an anxiolytic and antidepressant, whilst no studies have been carried out so far investigating their direct effect on brain emotional processing. This study...
January 30, 2024Patrícia Hermínio Cunha Feitosa, Melquisedeque da Rocha Viana, José Figueredo‐Silva et al.
Ayahuasca (Santo Daime or Daime tea) is the Quechua name for a tea obtained from the Banisteriopsis caapi vine ( B. caapi ) with the leaves of the Psychotria viridis ( P.viridis ) shrub. For generations, this beverage has been used in spiritual rituals by indigenous communities in the Amazon. Its promising neuropharmacological properties and its use as an alternative therapy in medical...
El presente estudio analiza la relación entre el turismo místico y la práctica de ayahuasca en el corredor turístico de la Región Madre de Dios durante el periodo 2021-2022. La investigación se realizó con el objetivo de identificar la correlación entre estas dos variables, tomando en cuenta la experiencia de los turistas que participaron en actividades chamánicas y espirituales en la región....
Este livro-reportagem traz histórias e relatos de pesquisas com ayahuasca, principalmente trabalhos que tentam ou tentaram explorar e/ou confirmar as possibilidades de uso do chá em tratamentos de depressão clínica e dependência química. O texto mescla relatos de trabalhos de pesquisadores de diferentes áreas, como a biomédica e a antropológica, para dar uma espécie de resumo jornalístico do...
En este artículo se comparan, desde una perspectiva histórica, dos formas de medicina tradicional amazónica: por una parte, el culto del yajé y, por otra, el uso del ayahuasca en el seno del vegetalismo, y del chamanismo indígena regional que le rodea. Se usan para ello, las ideas de Peter Gow respecto del ayahuasca, en cuanto forma histórica, social y cultural. Se adopta un enfoque comparativo...
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RESUMEN El síndrome serotoninérgico es un conjunto de signos y síntomas generados por hiperactividad serotoninérgica, caracterizado principalmente por alteración del sistema nervioso central. La medicina tradicional, históricamente utiliza herbales con fines curativos y religiosos que podrían tener efectos sobre el sistema serotoninérgico, receptores de dopamina, glutamato y noradrenalina, en...
Acta Amazonica2024Salvana Priscylla Manso Costa, Keith Cardoso Carvalho, Isabella Nunes Gomes et al.4 citations
ABSTRACT Ayahuasca is a psychoactive decoction originally used in indigenous Amazonian culture. It consists of a dense brown liquid that most frequently results from the decoction of two plants native to the Amazon rainforest, Psychotria viridis (Rubiaceae) and Banisteriopsis caapi (Malpighiaceae). The composition of the decoction is variable, as several plant species can be used in its...
Indigenous Amazonian shamanic ayahuasca practice is embedded in a nature-based context and is employed as an ecological mediating agent and in collective environmental decision-making processes by some of the groups that use it. Phenomenologically, the ayahuasca experience is often rich in nature-based themes and content, and its usage has been associated with eliciting shifts in perspectives...
Challenging experiences in ayahuasca use, childhood trauma, and posttraumatic growth have not been investigated systematically. This study aimed to explore whether a self-reported history of childhood trauma was associated with challenging experiences during acute ayahuasca effects and whether such challenging experiences were associated with beneficial long-term outcomes measured by...