Dreams, visions... and diarrhea Ayahuasca is traditionally used in spiritual healing rituals. You take the drug as a small cup of "very thick, burnt grapefruit, tobacco-infused" concoction, Gorman ...

Ayahuasca visions are products of the imagination, Shanon suggests, rather than glimpses of a supernatural realm existing in parallel to our own.

Explore the cultural roots and scientific research behind Ayahuasca’s potential to treat substance use disorders. Dr. Conor ...

When ingested orally in a ceremonial setting, the effects of ayahuasca typically begin within 30-60 minutes and can last between 4-6 hours. When taken, people tend to experience vivid visions ...

They describe the brew as a 'teacher', and the visions it evokes are powerfully surreal. Westerners are now jumping on the Ayahuasca bandwagon too.

An ayahuasca trip lasts around five hours, per Araujo, the first 30 minutes marked by a feeling of calm or sleepiness before the psychedelic effects kick in. The most prominent effect is visions.

Ayahuasca's main component, DMT (dimethyltryptamine), acts primarily through 5-HT2A receptors to influence emotional processing The brew's β-carboline compounds may work through different ...