Ayahuasca (pronounced eye-ah-wah-ska) is a plant-based psychedelic drug. It’s usually brewed into a tea or a concentrated liquid to drink. It can also be smoked. Other names include huasca ...

Finally, at 55, in a thatched hut in Costa Rica, under the influence of a mind-bending drink, I let it all go. ... Ayahuasca is a powerful drug, and can be emotionally and physically overwhelming.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers revealed he consumed ayahuasca in Peru. The plant-based psychedelic drug is a drink that contains the chemical dimethyltryptamine, or DMT. Nicknames ...

Ayahuasca: Psychoactive Drink Can Ease Mental Health Issues But There Are Side Effects. Written by Jamie Reno on November 16, 2022 — Fact checked by Dana K. Cassell.

There’s a lot more gray hair than I expected. After sharing our intentions, we each go up for a little cup, then drink together. It's disgusting. Ayahuasca tastes like motor oil and dirt, with a harsh ...

Shortly before he drank ayahuasca for the first time, David Sauvage heard the shaman ask who in the room had done this before.It was early 2015, at a rented hillside house in Topanga Canyon ...

The psychedelic drink ayahuasca might be good for founders seeking understanding and growth. That's the assessment from one venture capitalist, who recently tried ayahuasca for the first time.

Those who drink ayahuasca report seeing shapes and colors and going on dream-like journeys that can last several hours. Some say they can encounter dead relatives as well as friends and an ...

Aaron Castranova, 41, from Alabama, died on June 1 after allegedly ingesting an ayahuasca brew at the La Casa de Guillermo ICONA hostel in Loreto, located in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest, according ...

What it’s like to drink ayahuasca. If the Church of Gaia wins approval, their plan would be for up to 10 members at a time to participate in the ceremonies.

(The Conversation) — Ayahuasca, a sacred drink made from the stem and leaves of a tree vine, has many names: psychedelic brew, hallucinogenic tea, mood medicine and more.

This plant-based ingredient is commonly used in ayahuasca, a spiritual drink long used by Indigenous groups in South America. Stewart’s lab first showed harmine’s effects on beta cells in 2015.