ICEERS
International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research & Service
Ayahuasca is an Amazonian brew of two or more botanical species; one of these plants is always the liana vine called ayahuasca (Banisteriopsis caapi or other species). The other plant or plants combined with ayahuasca contain dimethyltryptamine (DMT).
Ayahuasca has played a major role in indigenous societies all over the Amazonian territory of South America and found its use as a sacrament in syncretic religions of which Santo Daime, União do Vegetal (UDV), and Barquinia, are the most important.
Today it is more and more recognized for powerful psychosocial effects, including enhancement of understanding of self, relationships, role in society and place in world and cosmos. Ayahuasca is also used as a tool for the treatment of addiction, although it doesn’t have the physiological effects on withdrawal and sustained craving reduction, found in Iboga.
Basic information about the history, modern use, safety and legality of Ayahuasca, aimed for the general public.
Abstracts, downloadable pdf's and links to scientific sources referenced in the science section of Ayahuasca.
Scientific information about evidence of efficacy, mechanisms of action, psychology and safety of Ayahuasca.
Information about the tradition of Ayahuasca; origin, traditional use, music, ecology & human rights and safety.
ICEERS is producing a documentary on Ayahuasca's therapeutic potential, legal situation & protection of indigenous cultures.
