Ayahuasca is the name of a sacred drink from the amazon. It has been used for healing, divination and other shamanic purposes by the indigenous people of the amazone for thousands of years.

The drink itself consists of several different ingredients, Banisteriopsis caapi, a jungle Liana also known as ayahuasca, is one of the main ingredients.
The word ayahuasca comes from the Quechua language and is constructed by two words: Aya and Huasca. Aya means energy, ancestor and spirit. Huasca means: liana, cord, vine. Ayahuasca is the liana that contains the energy of the ancestral spirit. By drinking ayahuasca one connects to the ancestral spirit.

The sacred and medicinal use of Ayahuasca is thousands of years old. There are lots of testimonies of treatments of various types of cancer, AIDS, digestive hepatitis and gastritis. It purifies the blood, the vital organs and increases the vital energy. It cures mental and spiritual disorders. It is an excellent medicine to cure alcoholism, addiction to tobacco and to drugs. Whereas it produces a direct confrontation with inadequate ways of life, it is a very good medicine to be used in healing therapies related to individual, cultural, social and family life.

Ayahuasca causes states of superb mental, spiritual and physical concentration and relaxation, which result in a harmonization of our physical, mental and spiritual life.

Ayahuasca is usually taken in a ritualistic setting, with a group leader or shaman administring the brew and leading the group energy with songs and music. They ayahuasca songs, also known as icaro's, are an important tool in directing the energy, producing the visions and healing.