Growing numbers of tourists are travelling to the Peruvian Amazon to drink ayahuasca, a traditional plant medicine said to bring about a higher state of consciousness. Foreigners come looking for ...

When we talk about the ayahuasca plant, we are talking about two different plants that are combined to create the brown tea ingested during the ceremony. The leaves of Psychotria viridis contain ...

The hallucinations induced by the plant are said to be so life-altering ... that not all of these retreats put high-quality ayahuasca in their tea or use experienced shamans.

Other plant extracts can also be added to the tea. Ayahuasca was discovered in the 900 BC. The Amazonian tribes used Ayahuasca for their religious and spiritual demonstrations, conducted by shamans.

Ayahuasca (ai-uh-wa-skuh), also known as yage, is a hallucinogenic plant-based brew used as medicine in regions ... So convinced is she by the powers of the tea, that she signs up for a second round ...