True healing puts into order the body, mind and spirit with the past, present and future. What kind of agent or method or formula or treatment can help to effect such sweeping, integrated healing? I ...

Ayahuasca is a brew made from ingredients with hallucinogenic properties. Though some claim it benefits brain health and well-being, there are potential risks, like paranoia and cardiac issues.

You may have heard about an Amazonian brew called ayahuasca, a psychedelic traditional plant medicine that has been imbued with spiritual and psychological healing properties. Although ayahuasca is ...

British student Henry Miller, 19, died in Colombia after apparently consuming the traditional hallucinogenic drink ayahuasca, or yage. Emma Thelwell, who took the drug herself, explains why it has ...

Harmala alkaloids present in the Banisteriopsis caapi vine act as monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), which prevent the breakdown of Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) found in the Psychotria Viridis leaf.

Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

Ayahuasca, a psychedelic brew made from the Banisteriopsis caapi vine that grows in the Amazon, has long been used by local shamans for its supposed powers of spiritual awakening and healing. Now, a ...

An analysis of mummified heads and cadavers discovered on the Southern coast of Peru has pushed back the earliest known date of psychedelic cactus use and other psychoactive plants. Toxicology reports ...

You may have heard about an Amazonian brew called ayahuasca, a psychedelic traditional plant medicine that has been imbued with spiritual and psychological healing properties. Although ayahuasca is ...