It contained “la medicina,” a syrupy brown decoction of chacruna leaves and ayahuasca vines boiled down for two days and then decanted into old water bottles. At the start of the ceremony ...

Pronounced as "EYE-a-wasca," the ayahuasca vine is a tropical climbing vine best known for its psychoactive properties and use in Peruvian shamanic rituals. Sometimes called "the vine of the dead ...

The word ayahuasca comes from the Quechua of Peru and translates to “vine of the soul” or “vine of the spirits.” The experience: Most ceremonies take place in a maloca, a wooden structure ...

Ayahuasca is a psychoactive liquid prepared from two Amazonian plants: the Banisteriopsis Cappi vine and the leaf of Psychotria Viridis. The preparation of the vine itself is a meticulous process.