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 ...

When we talk about the ayahuasca plant, we are talking about two different ... are the common effects of an ayahuasca trip, while the vines of Banisteriopsis caapi, which contain MAOIs, work ...

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.

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 ...