EXPERIENCIAS DE DIETA TERAPÉUTICA A BASE DE PLANTAS MEDICINALES AMAZÓNICAS EN EL CENTRO TAKIWASI EN PERÚ
Mendelova univerzita v Brně eBooks January 1, 2021 Tereza Rumlerová, Olivia Marcus, Jesús M. González Mariscal et al. 2 citations
The diet is a traditional Amazonian practice involving strict rules of isolation, diet, and sexual abstinence, during which 'master plants' or 'doctor plants' are taken for healing and learning. Two types exist: therapeutic/medicinal diets for physical, energetic, and emotional problems, and shamanic diets as part of long-term training to become a healer. The research was conducted at Takiwasi Center in Tarapoto, Peru, a nonprofit treating substance use disorders by combining traditional Amazonian medicine with psychotherapy. Since 1996, over 1,900 people from various countries have participated in eight-day retreats that begin with a purgative plant and an ayahuasca ceremony, which induces both vomiting and an expanded state of consciousness.