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Ayahuasca Shamans and the Healing Plants of the Amazon jungle of Peru – Part 2

A note about aguardiente, often used for the preparation of plants.

Good aguardiente is clear and pure. Adulterated, is cloudy and not good for medicine, upset stomach because water and chemical alcohol – sold in the pharmacy for cleaning wounds and is not drinking – are mixed in developing economies.

You should buy straight from the still, the container where it is kept in the distillery. It is good to drink a little glass thing for the first time in the morning in good breath and dental hygiene.

Chullachaquicaspi

The name refers to the Amazonian folktale about a gnome who lives in the jungle. Your friend is in sight for a moment and reappears but, unknown to you, he is in fact the mischievous Chullachaqui. He takes you deep into the jungle until they are lost and there you stay! He can be recognized however by the fact that one foot is larger than the other or one foot is twisted on itself.
He is the guardian of the Chullachaquicaspi tree, which can be used directly on the wound to heal deep cuts and haemorrhages – and domestically – because it contains a resin. Cura strains from heavy lifting can damage the nerves. Good for the joints.

It is also a powerful teacher plant which helps you get closer to the spirit of the jungle and guides you if 'diet' with him. Owns you and protects you, the same time. The tree has large roots because it grows in sandy soils where roots can not grow deep. There are white and red varieties – both grow in damp areas at low altitude. You can teach learners to recognize what plants can heal, and can cleanse the mind of psychosis. Chulla in Quechua, means twisted foot and is Chaqui plant. It is best prepared in water alcohol.

For bad skin, the bark is grated and boiled with water and the body is given a steam bath while covered with a blanket. It is important to remove the bark without killing the tree that can have serious consequences mystic. It is a ground floor that puts you in contact with the vibration inaudible from the ground.

The resin can be extracted from the tree trunk, like the rubber tree and reduced and used in emplasts for painful wounds. The oil can also be extracted by boiling all day, this can be done in capsules.

Rosa Sisa

It is a kind of wonder, and are mostly used in bathrooms for children with "bad air." This disease occurs when a family member dies and leaves the child unhappy and sleepless. The spirit of the dead grandfather – or whoever it was lingers – and makes the child sick. The spirit is sad to go and stay at home after the person is buried and it is and people cherish the comfort of the family. This makes them ill.
Rosa Sisa also controls vomiting in general, besides be used in floral baths for good luck.

Typically a jealous neighbor grabs a handful of soil from the cemetery and throw it into your house to spread the boredom and strong feelings.
Once again, when something is wrong in the house – people are bored or agitated – you get a bucket of water and add the crushed flowers Rosa Sisa and Camalonga and wash the floors of the house with a brush for cleaning.

Alternatively, they could have the flowers in a vase at home with the same purpose. Many people to grow on both sides of the door of his home to absorb the negativity of people looking in envy to see what possessions they have. The flowers are black, but later recovers.
Marigolds can also be used for making wishes, blowing with desire in mind – as we do with a dandelion – because it is colored yellow, the color of the sun.

Manchare or susto (fear) are diseases frequently suffered by children, and treated with Camalonga – a tree that grows wild in the forest, but many people grow in pots of flowers in the city. It smells like onion and garlic and can be soaked in rubbing alcohol on the person. In cases requiring recovery the soul a prayer or chant will be used at the same time.

Normally, a child Manchare when playing in the trees and jump to the ground and receive a much bigger blow than he expects. In this case the Rosa Sisa is tied to a group with a white ribbon and brushed all over the body from the head down. This is because the spirit returns through the crown of the head. A little prayer is said to invoke the spirit back, using the name of the child.
It can be used in emplasts for fever as well.

Ushcaquiro

The plant is little known and used. Like Chuchahuasi is good after the operations, mothers caring for their babies, vaginal discharge, cancer, cold. It is prepared in water or alcohol. Painkiller. Ushcaquiro, Huairacaspi Chiricsanango and together they make a good treatment for arthritis.

Basil

This is good to have around the house, it works better than a spray of fresh air because the flowers bloom with perfume. It is also good for floral baths to make you smell good so you attract many friends. Also if you have a dispute with a friend, will return to you. In cases of gastritis, appendix or temporary bladder problems can be taken as tea.
Even when dry is still smells.

Shimi Pampano

Is it like a potato root and a component of Pusanga. It occurs in men (white) and female (red) forms and tastes like yucca. It's great for people with excess anger. You rack for juice, and put it in the soup, coffee or whatever and sometimes secretly put into the drink of a person to calm them, especially when there are a lot of discussion in the family. You can bathe in it too. The dry powder obtained from drying the root, is good for sunburn, common in summer when the river is low and people going to the beach to swim. It draws impurities from the skin without drying.

The Ayahuasca Shamans

Aro Cardenas Artidoro

We have worked with the teacher in our previous Artidoro Amazon Retreat, and again impressed us with his knowledge of medicinal plants and power, and compassion and support participants. Although Artidoro is mestizo he has lived among the Indians Ashaninka for many years, and learned their languages which give rise to many of their songs come from variety of indigenous groups as Ashaninka Cashibo and Capanaua. He started his own center, near Iquitos.

Javier Arévalo
We Javier worked with since the late '90s on our Retreats, we also took him to the UK for a special field of medicine Amazon in 2002. Us are greatly impressed and moved by their dedication and commitment to the demanding rigors of a shaman.It Amazon is fair to say that everyone has worked with Javier has been touched by his kindness, compassion, humor and spirit.

About the Author

Howard G. Charing, is an accomplished international workshop leader on shamanism. He has worked some of the most respected and extraordinary shamans & healers in the Andes, the Amazon Rainforest, and the Philippines. He organises specialist retreats to the Amazon Rainforest He is the author of Plant Spirit Shamanism (Destiny Books USA).

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