For many who have heard of this practice, you know that it is spiritual as well as medicinal. Kambo treatment purges the mind and body of its toxins and toxic energy. The after effect for many is always one that is calmer, uplifting, and even clearer. Many have admitted to having a certain clarity of mind and calmness in their bodies after going through the kambo ritual.

Kambo is known as the “vaccine of the forest” in Portuguese, a name due to its use as a treatment for a spectrum of diseases including migraines, depression, blood circulation, organ diseases, fertility problems, and cancer. Most notably, though, it is used to treat pain. Research conducted since 1979 has shown that kambo’s powerful peptide content makes it a natural and holistic painkiller. Of the nine peptides in kambo, some of the most notable include phyllomedusin, which contributes to deep purging and detoxification

However, for the benefit of those who do not yet know what it is, here is a breakdown.

What Is Kambo?

Kambo is actually a traditional ritual which is native to the South American region. It involves the use of the venom, which is secreted by the Amazon giant monkey frog to cleanse and purify the mind and body. This ritual is only carried out and should only be carried out by a licensed practitioner, a shaman, or a healer. The ritual itself involves actually burning a small 1/8 inch dot on parts of a person’s body. It could be the back, shoulder, or leg.

How Kambo Ceremony Works

 Before the ceremony the client needs to drink about 1.5 litres of water this is encouraged to drink water this is encouraged to flush out toxins and keep the body hydrated during the 15-20 minute process.

Before performing this ritual, the kambo secretion would first be collected from the giant monkey frog without harming the frog, and then the secretion would have to be dried. When dried, it would have to be mixed with either water or saliva to create a paste. This paste would then be separated into tiny droplets.

To perform the actual ritual, the healer would have to burn tiny holes on the person’s skin with the use of a pointed incense stick or dried vine. After this, the already formed kambo droplets would then be applied to each burn wound, usually 3 to 5 points or gates.

This ritual is usually effective within 2 minutes of application. The effects usually are profuse sweating, vomiting, nausea, with a hot sensation all over the body.   These effects are usually very intense but are only for a short amount of time, often between 10-15 minutes.

Kambo and Addiction?

Before we dive into the benefits of kambo for addiction, let us first look at what addiction is.

Addiction is an inability to quit the consumption of a drug, an activity, a chemical, or even any substance really even if, the effects of these substances are harmful. This inability and the effects are usually both physical and psychological. Addiction is often referred to as a chronic disease that often results from the use of medication; mainly pain medication. 

Irrespective of the fact that an addiction can be towards any substance or even certain habits like gambling or even eating; addiction is usually caused by the need to relieve a deeper level of some form of pain.

Many of the primary symptoms of addiction include:

• An uncontrollable urge to consume certain drugs, substances or carry out certain actions
• An uncontrollable urge to find these drugs or substances
• A sense of recklessness and taking high risks just to gain access to these substances
• The inability to stop oneself from consuming these substances
• The act of hiding these substances and drugs for fear of being found out
• A sense of neglect and abandonment of every other thing except supporting this habit

When trying to treat addiction, the addict would have to be separated from the substance of addiction. This usually leads to withdrawal. Symptoms of withdrawal include:

• Irritability
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Fatigue
• Anxiety
• Loss of appetite
• Shaking and tremors

Kambo for Addiction

According to Amazonian practitioners of kambo, it is believed to drive out panema, which is negative energy from the body. However, scientists believe that this might be as a result of the effect of the peptide chemicals which are found in the kambo secretion such as:

Phyllocaerulein is a hypotensive neuropeptids in Kambo that stimulates the adrenal cortex and pituitary gland. Present in kambo at around 32 micrograms per milligram, it has a role in the medicine’s analgesic and satiety effects.

Phyllomedusin interacts with tachykinin receptors—shown to regulate the functions of L-Dopa, serotonin, and other neurotransmitters—while phyllokinin targets the bradykinin receptors. Phyllomedusin contracts smooth muscles while phyllokinin relaxes them. Both are potent vasodilators, increasing the permeability of the blood-brain barrier.They are present in kambo at around 22 and 18 micrograms per milligram, respectively.

Sauvagine, present at 3 micrograms per milligram, functions like a hormone. It interacts with the pituitary-adrenal axis and corti–cotropin-releasing receptors—involved in stress, anxiety, depression, and addictive behavior.

Adenoregulin stimulates the binding of agonists to A1 adenosine receptors and is shown to cause behavioral depression in mice.

Deltorphins and dermorphin are both powerful opioid receptor agonists. Deltorphins in particular have among the highest binding affinity and selectivity to delta opioid receptors of any natural compoun Dermorphin is highly selective for mu opioid receptors. Present at 5.2 and 0.25-0.33 micrograms per milligram, respectively, these peptides are many times more potent than endogenous beta-endorphin.” https://thethirdwave.co/psychedelics/kambo/

In the state of calmness that the kambo ceremony brings about, many people are now able to explore their deep and hidden feelings, emotions, and thoughts. When this happens, many people find that they are actually able to work through their innermost feelings and thoughts without any blockages. These blockages are usually in the form of negative energy or emotions, and these are what kambo purges out of the body. With this new found sense of clarity, a person is now able to become more conscious, happy, and grounded.

Due to all of its clarifying effects, and the effect that kambo treatment is known to have on pain, it is also known to have a tremendous effect in helping to treat addiction. This is because addiction usually rises as a result of trying to dull out some form of emotional persistent pain. When this pain that leads to the addiction is alleviated, there is usually little or no need to seek out these addictive substances anymore.

Research has also shown that this is effective not only as a preventive measure for addiction but also as a form of treatment for addicts. This is because the practice of kambo helps to provide one with an alternative to managing their pain even while they purge the addiction out of their bodies. In practicing this, people have found that many become less reliant on pain medication to help manage their pain and this, in turn, helps to wean them off the addictive substance and even helps them to work through the withdrawal process at a faster rate.

When it comes to dealing with addiction, kambo has actually been referred to as a practice that interrupts the addiction itself. This deduction is largely dependent on the spiritual and physical properties of kambo. These spiritual properties refer to the ability of self-reflect on a much deeper level than ordinarily would be possible. During this act of intense self-reflection, a person is said to be able to look inwards and unearth their deeply hidden negative characters and habits. This revelation then helps them to deal with these habits and characters and even goes as far as helping to identify opportunities for personal healing, development, and growth. This spiritual property is said to actually be able to tackle the deep fundamental cause of pain in a person’s mind, and this is what makes it valid for the treatment of addiction as well.

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