Ayahuasca
Aliases: Aya, Cipรณ, Yage, Yaje, Brew, pharmahuasca
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Summary
Ayahuasca is a brew combining DMT-containing plants with MAOI-containing plants, requiring both components to produce psychoactive effects. Traditional brews vary widely in potency depending on plant sources, preparation methods, and regional practices. The purgative effects (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea) are considered an integral part of the traditional experience and can be intense. Due to the MAOI component, numerous dangerous drug interactions exist, particularly with SSRIs, other antidepressants, stimulants, and certain foods when using irreversible MAOIs. Harmala alkaloids from Syrian rue or B.
Dose Information
| ROA | Light | Common | Strong | Heavy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral (Traditional B. Caapi + P. Viridis Brew) | Smallcup(50-75mloftraditionalbrew) | - | Largecup(150-200mloftraditionalbrew) | Multipleservingsorveryconcentratedbrew+ |
Light
Common
Strong
Heavy
Onset, Duration & After-effects
| ROA | Onset | Comeup | Peak | Offset | After Effects | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral (Syrian Rue + Mimosa Hostilis) | 19-60 min | 30-60 min | 1.0-2.0 hrs | 1.0-2.0 hrs | 1.0-8.0 hrs | 5.0-10.0 hrs |
| Oral (Syrian Rue + Acacia Confusa) | 19-60 min | 30-60 min | 1.0-2.0 hrs | 1.0-2.0 hrs | 1.0-8.0 hrs | 4.0-8.0 hrs |
| Oral (Pharmahuasca - Extracted Alkaloids) | 15-30 min | 19-40 min | 1.0-2.0 hrs | 1.0-2.0 hrs | 1.0-6.0 hrs | 4.0-8.0 hrs |
| Oral (Traditional B. Caapi + P. Viridis Brew) | 19-60 min | 30-60 min | 1.0-2.0 hrs | 1.0-2.0 hrs | 1.0-8.0 hrs | 4.0-8.0 hrs |
| Oral | 18-60 min | - | 1.0-2.0 hrs | 1.0-2.0 hrs | 1.0-8.0 hrs | 4.0-8.0 hrs |
Tolerance
Build-up
develops rapidly after a single use
Reset
7โ14 days for baseline
Cross-tolerance
Effects
Positive
- Mental/physical stimulation
- Creativity enhancement
- Spontaneous tactile sensations
- Stimulation
Negative
- Nausea
- Physical discomfort
- Pupil dilation
- Restlessness
- Sweating/chills
- Muscle tension
- Insomnia
- Diarrhea
- Decreased appetite
- Sedation
Positive
- Spiritual insight and mystical experiences
- Unity and interconnectedness
- Spirituality enhancement
- Emotion enhancement
- Emotional amplification and catharsis
- Synesthesia
- Mindfulness
- Analysis enhancement
- Catharsis
- Euphoria
- Empathy
- Insight
- Conceptual thinking
- Immersion enhancement
- Novelty enhancement
- Personal meaning enhancement
- Rejuvenation
- Thought connectivity
Negative
- Confusion
- Delusions
- Language suppression
- Memory suppression
- Autonomous entity contact
- Existential self-realization
- Ego death
- Time distortion
- Change in perception
- Ego softening
- Feelings of eternalism
- Feelings of interdependent opposites
- Feelings of self-design
- Personal bias suppression
- Personality regression
- Perspective alterations
- Subconscious communication
- Thought acceleration
- Thought organization
Positive
- Brightened colour
- Enhanced tactile sensation
- Acuity enhancement
- Auditory enhancement
- Colour enhancement
- Colour shifting
- Pattern recognition enhancement
- Synaesthesia
Negative
- Intense visual hallucinations and patterns
- Internal hallucination
- External hallucination
- Spontaneous physical sensations
- Closed/Open eye visuals
- After images
- Auditory distortion
- Auditory hallucinations
- Autonomous entities
- Drifting
- Internal hallucinations
- Magnification
- Scenery slicing
- Symmetrical texture repetition