Natives who practice Kambo are Panoan-speaking indigenous groups in the southeast Amazon rainforest, such as the Mayoruna, Matses, Amahuaca, Kashinawa, Katukina, Yawanawá, and the Kaxinawá.[5][6][7] Traditional practitioners claim that it aids fertility, cleanses the body and soul, increases strength, and brings good luck to hunts.[8][9] The secretions are also commonly used in people who suffer from tikish or laziness: a condition perceived as unfavorable by the Noke Kuin as the person stops participating socially.[10] It’s used by natives to expel “panema” (bad spirit) and to induce abortions.[7]
Since the mid-20th-century, Kambo has also been practiced in urban regions of Brazil.[8][6] In 2004, Brazil banned the sale and marketing of Kambo.[11] Import is illegal in Chile.[12] Outside of South America, it first became famous as an alternative therapy in the late 2010s.[13]
Feliz Jueves Amiga.