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 ...

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 ...

Ayahuasca's origins date back to the aboriginal cultures of the Amazon Basin. The Word is derived from the Quechua language and translated into English as “Vine of the Dead” or “Vine of the ...