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Kambo Therapy - Nature’s Vaccine - The Warrior’s Initiation
Kambo” is an indigenous Amazonian medicine with magical roots, and ancient origins. The medicine has been humanely harvested by shamans and indigenous peoples for centuries, from the venomous secretion of the Amazonian Giant Monkey Frog, the Phillomedusa bicolor. What makes this frog’s poison such a potent medicine, is it’s unique arrangement and concentration of bio-active and neuro-peptides, which when administered topically to a patients skin, have the power to activate truly radical physical, emotional, mental, and some say even spiritual cleansing processes. This is the vaccine of the forest, the vaccine of the Amazonian shaman, and one of the most unique medicines that Pachamama has so graciously provided to us for cleansing and healing our bodies, activating our will, and opening our hearts to our higher calling.
Kambo: An Origin Story
While there are many indigenous groups throughout the Amazon rainforest from Brazil to Peru and beyond, with their own origin stories of how this medicine came to be known, here is a story passed down through the ages by the Kaxinawa tribe of Brazil.
It is told that the tribe had fallen very ill. The medicine man, after unsuccessfully trying all the medicinal plants to help his people, he entered the forest under the influence of a sacred visionary plant medicine known as Ayahuasca. In his visions, the medicine man was visited by a female spirit bearing a frog in her hands. She showed him how to carefully remove the white substance from its back and taught him how to apply it. When he returned to his people, he did just as she had instructed him, and before long, his tribe regained their health. From that time forward he was known as Pajé Kampu or Kampum. Upon his death his spirit was believed to live on in the frog, to maintain the health of those that protected the forest. This is how the secretion became known as Kambo, although other tribes refer to it as Sapo, Dow-Kiet, Kampu, or Vacina da Floresta(vaccine of the forest).
“Before undergoing a series of 3 kambo sessions with Brown, I felt both heaviness & stagnancy, which were dampening my motivation & general energy levels.
During the sessions, a lot of shame, old fears, & the feeling of overwhelming constriction came within me. I experienced in a deep way, the sense of hopelessness & constriction that I had been carrying within my body & mind. So much revealed itself within me to be purged.
By the third session, I was able to release much of that stagnant energy, & afterwards, I realized the connection between the feeling of the energies and their corresponding thoughts, which needed to be surrendered.
I now feel more confident in my ability to act, more balanced & focused focused., & I feel strengthened in acceptance, & a vital vibrancy which I have longed for. Through the excellent work that Maestro Brown & Kambo have consistently delivered, I was able to deepen my relationship with the need for fluid expression & courageous vulnerability. For this I am truly grateful.” - Andrew L.
Kambo Is a Master healer
Kambo has the ability, unlike many other natural and pharmaceutical substances, to cross the blood-brain barrier, enabling it to reach deep into the body and bring support to otherwise difficult to treat areas. Human cells open up to the beneficial properties of Kambo unlike many substances that are filtered and eliminated by the body’s highly intelligent defense system. Thus far, researchers have discovered nine peptides, some of which are bio-active – meaning that they perform specific functions in the body. These peptides perform hormone-like tasks while others provide support to vital cellular processes. Some of these peptides have a potent effect on the gastrointestinal muscles, gastric and pancreatic secretions, blood circulation, and on the stimulation of the adrenal cortex and pituitary gland.
In summary, Kambo is one of the strongest, anti-inflammatory, antibiotic, antimicrobial and anesthetic substances on the planet. It is being studied for its effects on various types of cancer and for use in anti-biotic resistant strains of bacteria. There is anecdotal evidence and regular use amongst the tribal women to assist overcoming infertility.
Some of the Conditions Effectively Treated with Kambo Medicine
Malaria
Dengue Fever
Venomous Snake Bites
Depression
Bacterial & Viral Infections
Fever
Pain
Drug Addiction
Immune System Deficiencies
Liver Toxicity
Arthritis
Infertility
Parkinson´s disease, Alzheimer’s
Cancer, Leukemia, Diabetes, Lupus
HIV and AIDS
Heart attacks
Anemia, Thyroid issues
Vision and even Hearing Problems
Chronic Fatigue
Digestive Disorders
Kambo - A Scientific Look
Kambo is the secretion of the Phyllomedusa Bicolor, or more commonly known as the Giant Green Monkey Tree Frog, found in many regions throughout the Upper Amazonian rainforests. Given that this frog has no natural predators and is a prolific breeder with a single spawn of one female averaging 1,000 eggs, they are found in abundance, and the ICUN database lists them in the 'Least Concern’ category. The potential destruction of their habitat and spawn predation are the only known threats.
The secretion of Kambo is a highly unique and complex treasure trove of peptides, neuropeptides and bioactive peptides, which are all chains of amino acids, often referred to as the building blocks of all human life. In the 1986 Vittorio Erspamer, an Italian scientist of the University of Rome, was the first to analyze Kambo in a lab setting. He concluded that Kambo contains a 'fantastic chemical cocktail with potential medical applications unequaled by any other amphibian.' Espamer's sixty year career included two Nobel prize nominations and innumerable important contributions, including the isolation and discovery of numerous different compounds, many of them from animals, with the majority from amphibians. His lab work focused on peptides specific to the Phyllomedusa Bicolor brought some understanding to the positive impact Kambo has on the human body. He highlighted its ability, unlike most other natural substances and pharmaceuticals, to pass through the blood brain barrier, as well as its capacity to also act like a key to unlock individual cell receptor sites that allow the entry of this 'fantastic chemical cocktail,' enabling its healthful properties to deeply cleanse and detox the human body.
To date researchers have identified nine families of peptides in Kambo. These nine families of peptides include bioactive peptides, neuropeptides, heptapeptides and polypeptides. Each of these have different effects in the human body, some of which include: potent analgesic properties, long lasting reduction in blood pressure, high potency against the yeast Candid Albicans, potent antimicrobial activity against drug-resistant strains of bacteria, yeast, fungi, parasites and enveloped viruses as well as various filamentous fungi that are responsible for severe opportunistic infections accompanying AIDS. Additionally, there are effective components for killing certain types of cancer cells, anti-inflammatory properties, and potent vessel dilation making the blood brain barrier more permeable. This in no way is an exhaustive list, rather a general idea of the amazing potential that exists in Kambo.
Kambo - An ancient remedy with tremendous future Potential
Many researchers believe that the different components found in Kambo may open doors for the treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, chronic pain, cancer, HIV, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's, depression, vascular problems, hepatitis, diabetes, rheumatism, addictions, high blood pressure, fertility issues, PTSD, anxiety and much more. This ongoing research is also providing opportunities for the development of new and more efficient Nano technological based therapies for treating infectious diseases.
How Is The Medicine Harvested?
The frogs can be found in the trees near the rainforest waterways and inland lakes called cochas, where they gather to sing and announce the rain. The natives go out at dawn and sing and imitate the frogs' song to locate them in the trees. The frogs are very docile and nonreactive when they are picked up, possibly because they have no predators. The frogs are then gently tied by each leg with Grass strips, similar to straw, into an X shape; some of the secretion is carefully scraped off and put on small pieces of bamboo, or a piece of hardwood to dry. After its release, the frog returns to its habitat unharmed. The grass strips leave white rings around the frog’s legs that takes about 3 months to fade, which lets the Indians know not to harvest from any frog that still has the white ring on its legs. The Indians believe that harming the frog will anger the animal spirits bringing negative consequences, and so they use the utmost care and respect when handling the frogs. Kambo collected in this way is considered 100% ethically harvested. We use only the freshest Kambo from the Peruvian Amazon that is harvested in this manner, by our dear friends and trusted allies.
How Is The Medicine Applied?
Small shallow burns are made into the skin, often on one of the arms, using a freshly burnt vine cutting called a tamshi. The goal is only to burn the top layer of skin, so it only takes a second to administer, and this creates an entry point for the medicine to enter the bloodstream. A small amount ball of the dried kambo secretion, which gets scraped from a thin piece of wood, becomes reconstituted into a gooey substance when combined with just a drop of water or saliva. Saliva is said by the indigenous peoples to be an activator of the medicine. Once the dried frog secretion has been reconstituted, a tiny ball of the substance is applied topically to the point of the burn. On someone’s first time with this medicine, typically only 1-3 points will be applied, so that the person’s reaction to the medicine can be closely monitored to observe tolerance levels, reactivity and to assure optimum safety. The first session is often used as a diagnostic tool for the shaman, as certain blockages will undoubtedly be revealed, as well as help to attune a person to the vibration of the medicine, which helps to reduce fear and resistance for future treatments. Most important for a first session is to build trust…trust in one’s own body, trust in the practitioner and trust in the medicine.
What Is A Kambo Treatment Like?
During kambo treatment, a practitioner burns a series of spots on the skin with a piece of charred vine. Next, dried kambo is applied to the open wounds. Within mere minutes, the peptides in the kambo trigger an intense immune response, similar to allergic anaphylaxis. Here are some of the main symptoms of a kambo experience:
Increased body heat
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Abdominal Contractions
Increased heart rate
Urination
Overwhelming emotion
How is my Body likely to React to the medicine?
Once applied, it will take a matter of seconds to minutes to begin feeling the effect of the medicine as it enters the bloodstream. Typically the first thing a person feels is heat coming into the body, and a warm surging of energy, which centers itself in areas of the body in need of the most healing first. Next a person will typically become very aware of their breathing. Focusing on the breath is a very important part of the experience, as it helps one to stay centered and focused in the body. Next, a person will typically begin to feel a sense of nausea and mild contractions in the stomach and intestinal walls. Soon after, the purge will come by either going to the toilet or by vomiting, but both are typical of this medicine, and a necessary part of the cleansing process with kambo. Both before and during the session, each person will be asked to drink an ample amount of water, 1.5-2 liters before the start of the session and approximately 1 liter more during the session once the purging commences. This helps to keep the energy flowing, and assures that each person can get an ample amount of cleansing done in each session. Typically each treatment, from application to end takes 1 hour. From arrival to departure, it is ideal to allow oneself approximately 2 hours.
Kambo Medicine: A Shamanic Perspective
Many people have come to us over the years, in search of natural treatments for the things which ail them. It is often however that many who come to us don’t even realize that their conditions can be cured. This is primarily due to the influence of modern medicine’s sick care approach, which profits more on people’s ignorance and illness than on their awareness and wellness, and which so often disregards the impact of emotions and environment on a persons health. Therefore the bulk of our modern medical system, being financially influenced by Big Pharma and other Privatized Health Institutions, who have yet something to sell, has put so many people in the desperate category of incurable, & has taught countless individuals to accept that they are destined to live in pain, and that their only option is to take pills to temporarily relieve that pain, or pay tens of thousands of dollars for often toxic medical treatments, or surgically procedures which have the ability to alter the bodies function for life. A shaman doesn’t disregard the places where modern medicine’s emergency procedures can shine, or become incredibly valuable and lifesaving, but we however recognize that most often if addressed as a first option in right timing, that natural nature-based treatments and lifestyle shifts can transform a persons life, and lead a person to not need such medical treatment. In shamanism, we understand that everything is connected, and that every physical ailment has it’s energetic, emotional, psychological, social and spiritual dysfunction and counterpart, which reveals itself far before any physical ailments set in. If we do not view each person in their entirety as a holistic being, and this includes taking note of the lifestyle and culture which surrounds a person, then we are doing humanity an incredible dis-service, and by doing humanity a dis-service, we would also be doing our entire planet a dis-service. When a person truly embodies wellness, then it undoubtedly will leave a positive mark on all of their relations, and we are always in relationship to everything, no matter how isolated one may feel from time to time. Even if a person becomes sick, and even gravely sick, a shaman sees such sickness as a teacher and as an opportunity for initiation. In initiations, there are atypically notable psychological confrontations with one’s own mortality, as we all have so many ideas about what we can and can’t do patterned in our conditioning. Initiations aid us in challenging those ideas, and assist us in the discovery of our true power, and most often we discover in these such times of initiation, that our conditioned beliefs which often run a person subconscious are not the ones making us stronger, but rather are the ones sapping our power, as they hold within them such illusions of limitation and control. Through the shamanic lens, which is cultivated through a deep and enduring spiritual connection with the elements and the natural world, all illness stems from a deep sense of disconnection from the source of life. When a person loses “conscious contac” with their source, their life force energy can become depleted. When a person lives in a city, and spends their days disconnected from direct and conscious contact with the earth, then illness may ensue. If a person spends their days indoors, away from natural sunlight light, drinking water from plastic bottles, and eating packaged foods grown with pesticides, and forgets the power of their mind to transform all toxins, then illness may ensue. In a sense, humanity has forgotten our most valuable wisdom. To reclaim our wisdom, because even though often unconscious, we have chosen our forgetting, we must pursue initiations as a path to reclaim our health, our freedom, our power and our future as creators. Initiations force us to take responsibility for all the ways we have turned on ourselves, our loved ones and the earth, so we may turn that incredible grief into empowerment by saying, “no more.” Kambo helps us do just that, and undoubtedly is a powerful medicine for the times.
Kambo Improves Lives - Plain & Simple
“After a series of 3 consecutive kambo treatments, I feel renewed and pain free, like my true self has re-awoken from a painful slumber to what feels like a new and much lighter more liberated form. Before the sessions, I was feeling depressed, and my sense of will compromised, but now I feel strong and re-focused on what is most important.” -Will
“I cannot imagine my life without having had this experience! Over just 3 days, my experience with Kambo was powerfully life changing. It is the closest thing to illumination that I have experienced. This medicine reliably took me where I needed to go, and allowed me to see what it was that I needed to bring into my life. All of the release that followed the launching into this experience was a function of that, of that illuminating awareness that allowed so naturally the release of what no longer served me. I was grateful for Brown’s extensive experience, and he exhibited very gifted skills and a profound connection to this medicine. He comes with sincere intention, a beauty of soul, impeccable safety protocol and trustworthiness, all of which can be felt. I cannot express enough gratitude for finding my way to this medicine man and his medicine. ~ Caroline Eve
“3 Sessions of Kambo in a row with Pamela and Brown was a fantastic experience. The medicine isn’t pleasant while purging, but in the after effects, I now feel thoroughly refreshed, enduringly emotionally light, open, and far more present and focused. It’s a profound, amazing shift in my well-being from the 3 kambo sessions that I would recommend to everyone. Pamela and Brown are such marvelous, loving, experienced facilitators of the medicine. It’s always an honor to work with both of them as they each carry their own unique and powerful gifts, to support their clients in such a meaningful and balanced way.” - Carolyn Elliot
“Kambo is a medicine for our times, when courage, focus, vitality, and strength of vision are invaluable resources to have at our fingertips. Kambo can bring peace and strength to our hearts, it can heal our inner children and remind us of our strength, and can light a fire under us to take massive rightful action on the things most important to our path. Kambo is an initiator and firmly encourages us to stop being a bystander and take initiative in our own lives and communities.” - Maestro Brown
How Do I Prepare Myself For A Kambo Session?
Fasting for 12-24+ hrs before your scheduled session, drinking only water and tea during that time is essential.
What Do I Need To Know For After The Session?
Approximately an hour after the session has concluded, it is important to re-hydrate with coconut water if you have access to it, which is a good source of electrolytes.
How Much Does A Kambo Therapy Session Cost?
We offer both single session prices and package deals. All of our Kambo therapy sessions are facilitated by highly trained and experienced shamanic medicine practitioners, and each therapy session is like an intimate ceremony in itself, with sacred songs sung, valuable wisdom shared, and a sacred prayerful space held just for you. The bulk of the session will last approximately 60 minutes, yet you will be offered some flexibility in time, before having to get up and go, depending on how you are feeling. We highly recommend booking a 3 session package for optimum benefit, and booking those 3 sessions all within 1 moon cycle.
1 Individual Session $200
1 Individual Kambo Session + Past Life Channelling($350 value): Just $499 ($51 Discount)
for more info on past life channelings: https://avatarcentre.com/online-channelinghealing-sessions
3 Session Package: $535 ($65 discount) This is Our Top Selling Package.
6 Session Package: $790 ($410 discount) Best suited for those with chronic inflammation
Are you excited about the potential of this medicine & want to organize an in-home Kambo Therapy Session with 5-10 of your close friends and family? Contact us at avatarapothecary@gmail.com for group rates.
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