According to current research, Ayahuasca may protect brain cells and stimulate neural cell growth. It may also boost mood, improve mindfulness, and treat depression and addiction disorders, though more research is needed to confirm these effects.A single ayahuasca...
Brandon Weiss, Joshua D. Miller, Keith Campbell. The revival of interest in psychedelic medicines has two primary strands. First, laboratory-based clinical research focusing on therapeutic applications of serotonergic psychedelic compounds (i.e., 5-HT2A receptor...
By Andy Coghlan From shamanistic ritual to medical treatment? It tastes foul and makes people vomit. But ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic concoction that has been drunk in South America for centuries in religious rituals, may help people with depression that is resistant...
The awakening offered by ayahuasca, an alternative medicine practiced by the native tribes of the Amazon rainforest, requires deep reflection, and carries the risk of misinterpretation. By Jonathon Miller Weisberger Ayahuasca: A Medicine Capable of Inspecting the...
For a long time, scientists believed that no new neurons are born in the brains of adults, meaning that when our existing brain cells become damaged or die, they are not replaced. However, it was later discovered that neurogenesis – meaning the creation of new neurons...
