Tag: kambo medicine
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my experience with Kambo medicine
I sat with Kambo medicine four times. Each time was a different experience. I want to write you what benefits it gave me and how I experienced these ceremonies. During my first session – not much happened, I felt a bit warm but not too intense and I had some stomach issues the next two…
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what happens during a Kambo ceremony?
Kambo is intense but fast. The unpleasant effects are strong and immediate, lasting for around 10/15 minutes. The entire ceremony usually last 2/3 hours. Dried Kambo is mixed with a small amount of water and divided into small dots. Then these little dots – called gates – are placed on the skin. With an incense,…
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what is Kambo?
Kambo is a secretion from a green tree frog, Phyllomedusa bicolor, which lives in the upper reaches of the Amazon rain forest. The story goes that the Indians of the Kaxinawá tribe were very sick. The Paje (tribe doctor) had already done his best to cure them using medicinal herbs and plants, but none helped.…