It was about a decade ago, in the jungle city of Iquitos, Peru, that Caitlin Thompson first heard about Kambo, a traditional medicine used by some indigenous groups in the Amazon. Kambo is the ...

An Austrailan wellness guru, who ran a Kambo frog poison session which led to a man’s death, has argued he has been “unfairly barred” from running similar retreats by the health watchdog following the ...

phyllomedusa bicolor What is kambo? Kambo , also called sapo or 'frog poison', is a natural non-psychedelic medicine made from the secretions of the giant monkey tree frog ( phyllomedusa bicolor ) and ...

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As psychedelic treatments grow increasingly trendy, The Sabina Project wants to remind you where it all began. Historical accounts indicate that in 1957, Sabina was deceived by R. Gordon Wasson, an ex ...

*Refinery29 does not condone or encourage the use of non-evidence-based medicines like kambo in any way. I turned up to the ceremony, two litres of water tucked under each arm. I knocked on the door ...

Venom from an Amazonian tree frog can cause diarrhea and heart palpitations -- but fans claim that it can cure everything from anxiety to migraines. Getty Images/iStockphoto Silicon Valley executives ...