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The anise is a perennial medicinal plant that grows up to 50 cm in height. This medicinal plant has small white flowers around 3 mm in diameter with five petals, joined in flower clusters having stalked flowers arranged singly along an elongated unbranched axis. The fruits of Anise are between 3-5 mm in length with [...]

The brew made from this jungle liana has been used for centuries and perhaps millenia by the shamans of the Amazon Rainforest. The mashed vine is usually cooked together with the leaves of the Chacruna plant (psychotria viridis) or other plants similar in chemical composition. The brew is drunk in healing ceremonies lead by ‘curanderos’, [...]

The flowers, leaves, bark and fruit flesh are used medicinally. Ayahuma possesses antibiotic, antifungal, antiseptic and analgesic qualities. The bark is used to cure colds and stomach aches. It is common for curanderos to diet with this powerful tree in order to strengthen their spirits and protect them from dark or negative entities.

Bobinsana is a shrubby tree that grows from 4 to 6 meters high. It is most commonly found alongside rivers and streams in the Amazon Basin. Bobinsana produces beautiful pink to reddish powderpuff-like flowers typical of the Mimosa family to which it belongs. Bobinsana is considered by many to be a stimulant. Its roots are [...]

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Capirona is a canopy tree in the Amazon that grows tall and straight up to a height of about 30 meters. For this reason, it has been used as a source of good, high density lumber. It produces an abundance of small, white, aromatic flowers which are followed by elongated seed pods with 3-5 seeds [...]

Catahua is a tropical tree that reach a height of 90 to 130 feet, with a spiny trunk and spreading branches. The grey bark is covered with conical spines. The long-stemmed, leaves are papery thin, heart-shaped and up to 2 feet long. It has red flowers. The plant secretes a yellowish milky juice used to [...]

The leaves of this jungle bush have been used for ages in the brew ‘ayahuasca,’ prepared by the shamans of the Amazon Rainforest to diagnose and heal countless afflictions. The leaves of the Chacruna plant are usually cooked together with mascerated segments of the ayahuasca vine. Because of its chemical composition, the mixture of plants [...]

Chanca piedra is a small herb that grows to 30 or 40 cm in height. The plant’s name means “stone breaker” in spanish. It was named for its effectiveness in eliminating gallstones and kidney stones. In addition to kidney stones, the plant is to treat colic, diabetes, malaria, dysentery, fever, flu, tumors, jaundice, vaginitis, gonorrhea, [...]

Chiric Sanango, or manacá, has a long history of indigenous use in the Rainforest as both a medicinal plant and a magical plant. It is a sacred and spiritual plant used by Curanderos in ayahuasca, in special initiation ceremonies and for bad luck. In the Amazon, the root is infused with aguardiente (rum) for rheumatism [...]