Ecuador

Ayahuasca, a sacred medicine from the Amazon forest

Th Ayahuasca is considered a medicinal and sacred drink with unique therapeutic properties and effects by many populations of the Amazon forest. The infusion is hallucinogenic and is used from centuries in many therapies and ceremonies officiated by shamans, great experts of medicinal plants. A reportage from Ecuador and the use of Ayahuasca by the native population of the Amazon forest.

Some photos have been published by Specchio, the weekly of La Stampa.