Sometimes called "the vine of the dead," this thick-rooted plant grows long leaves and small flowers. The ayahuasca receives its psychoactive properties from the chemical harmaline, a compound ...

Growing numbers of tourists are travelling to the Peruvian Amazon to drink ayahuasca, a traditional plant medicine said to bring about a higher state of consciousness. Foreigners come looking for ...

Ayahuasca is usually made from the combination of two or more plants that have historically ... the ayahuasca vine (Banisteriopsis caapi), and the chacruna leaf (Psychotria viridis), which ...

Ayahuasca is made from the leaves of the Psychotria viridis shrub as well as the Banisteriopsis caapi vine stalks. Other plant extracts can also be added to the tea. Ayahuasca was discovered in ...

With growing mainstream interest in plant medicine—including recent coverage from Oprah, major news networks, and top podcasts—a bold new play brings the conversation to the stage. Ayahuasca ...

Ayahuasca is usually made from the combination of two or more plants that have historically ... the ayahuasca vine (Banisteriopsis caapi), and the chacruna leaf (Psychotria viridis), which ...