Giving those kids a calming B. caapi drink as well as coca leaves to chew doesn’t surprise archaeologist Lidio Valdez of the University of Calgary, who did not participate in the new study.

Ayahuasca is a psychoactive brew that people make using the leaves of the Psychotria viridis plant and the stalks of the Banisteriopsis caapi vine. It may also contain other ingredients.

In 1953, renowned author and notorious drug experimentalist William S. Burroughs made a trip to the Amazon rainforest on a quest for yagé, a name for the plant Banisteriopsis caapi, also known as ...

It is thought the children were killed more than 500 years ago. A stock photo shows an ayahuasca brew with some Banisteriopsis caapi wood pieces.

Ayahuasca is a brew with powerful hallucinogenic properties claimed to open your mind and heal past trauma. This article reviews Ayahuasca, including its negative and positive effects on health.

Banisteriopsis caapi contains potent MAOIs called beta-carbolines, which also have psychoactive effects of their own. MAOIs not only inhibit the degradation of neurotransmitters such as serotonin ...

When B. caapi is combined with another DMT-containing plant like Psychotria viridis, the two work together to create a fierce, other-worldly experience.

The Sharanahua and Culina, small Indian tribes located in the southwestern Amazon basin, use a hallucinogenic drink for medicinal and social purposes. This decoction, called "Ayahuasca" in Peru, is ...

A cultivated Banisteriopsis caapi vine twining around a tree in Rio Branco, Acre state. If left to regrow, the vine can be harvested again in about five years, making its sustainable use more ...

The Banisteriopsis caapi, a vine found in the jungles of South America that is used to brew the psychedelic drink ayahuasca. Paul Hessell, Flickr, CC BY 2.0 ...