You’ll likely be asked to fast for at least ten to twelve hours before the ceremony, with no recreational drugs and alcohol for at least 24 hours before hand. Our experts continually monitor the health and wellness space, and we update our articles when new information becomes available.

Now you can find people offering Kambo cleanses at natural healing centers in the United States. Proponents claim it triggers an immune response that can heal a wide range of conditions, from addiction to infertility to cancer. There isn’t a lot of science on the hazards (and even the benefits for that matter).

Kambo contraindications

Here are three things we learned about biohacking with Kambo, aka frog medicine. There are reports of people falling seriously ill after participating in cleanses. That being said, scientists and researchers have studied kambo as a substance for many years.

The Biohacking Benefits of Shamanic Frog Poison Kambo Ceremonies

The first observations of Kambo use were made by a French priest, Father Constantin Tastevin in 1925 whilst he was staying with the Kaxinawá tribe in the upper Juruá River in Brazil. In the 1980’s an American Anthropologist, Katherine Milton described Kambo use among the Mayoruna tribe in Brazil and in the 1980s Peter Gorman wrote about his experiences taking Kambo with the Matses tribe in Peru. Peptides are natural occurring biological molecules that contain two or more amino acids. Kambo is not a hallucinogenic experience, it is a deeply detoxifying physical experience.

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Some practitioners say if you need to “bottom purge” to crawl to the bathroom because you could feel weak and lightheaded. Research has shown that substance is loaded with all kinds of powerful biopeptides. Read more about Kambo healing here. One of the peptides interacts with the body’s own opiate receptors, so it can help pain. With her shamanic facilitation, I felt safe & supported to go to the depths both physically AND emotionally.