Source: Atlas Obscura
Many South Americans cultivate chiric sanango ornamentally, but this pretty little shrub does more than add floral flair to the front yard.
In Ecuador, Shuar shamans mix the hallucinogenic plant’s root into batches of ayahuasca tea for added psychedelic potency during special initiations.
Throughout the Amazon, healers rely on the root for its diuretic and analgesic properties, using it to treat everything from yellow fever to syphilis…The post Chiric Sanango appeared first on FeedBox.