yage

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Yage is a traditional Amazonian psychoactive brew, also known as ayahuasca, used by Indigenous peoples for spiritual, healing, and shamanic rituals.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf entheogen
hallucinogen
psychoactive brew
traditional medicine
administrationRoute oral
alsoKnownAs Ayahuasca
linked to: ayahuasca

Caapi
Daime
Hoasca
linked to: ayahuasca

Yajé
associatedWith curanderos
shamans
vegetalistas
containsActiveCompound DMT
N,N-Dimethyltryptamine
harmaline
harmine
tetrahydroharmine
countryTradition Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
culturalSignificance sacred medicine
duration about 4 to 8 hours
effect altered states of consciousness
intensified emotions
purging
visions
hasPrimaryIngredient Banisteriopsis caapi
hasSecondaryIngredient Diplopterys cabrerana
Psychotria viridis
legalStatus varies by country
onset about 30 to 60 minutes after ingestion
preparationMethod decoction of plants
region Amazon rainforest
risk dangerous interactions with certain medications
psychological distress
traditionalPurpose communication with spirits
diagnosis of illness
divination
spiritual healing
usedBy Asháninka people
linked to: Asháninka

Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Kofan people
linked to: Kofán people

Shipibo-Conibo people
Tukano peoples
usedIn healing rituals
shamanic rituals
spiritual rituals

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Ayahuasca hasAlternativeName yage
subject linked to: ayahuasca