It contained “la medicina,” a syrupy brown decoction of chacruna leaves and ayahuasca vines boiled down for two days and then decanted into old water bottles. At the start of the ceremony ...

According to WebMD, ayahuasca is a tea created using the stems of the ayahuasca vine and leaves from the chacruna shrub -- which contain "chemicals that can affect your senses." Among the brew's ...