News

27 November 2019

Ayahuasca: political, legal and health concerns

Lecture by Manuel Almendro, Clinical Psychologist, Doctor in Psychology, founder of the Oxígeme Process, held in the auditorium of the Takiwasi Center, on November 13, 2019.


06 November 2019

Cat’s Claw – From the forest to the world

Takiwasi Laboratory has been working since 2011 with Chirik Sacha native community located in the Peruvian Amazonian region of San Martin to formalize the commercial use of Cat’s Claw.


04 November 2019

Plant based assisted therapy for the treatment of substance use disorders - part 2. Beyond blurred boundaries.

This article is the second part of a research that aims at giving a global overview of centers using herbal or animal derivatives for the treatment of substance use disorders, also providing a reflection on the concept of drugs as medicinal or toxicant agents depending on the context of use, culture and policy. Authors: Matteo Politi, Fabio Friso, Jacques Mabit. Published in Revista Cultura y Droga.


31 October 2019

Drug abuse prevention project

Since July, the Takiwasi Center has been carrying out a drug abuse prevention project among 5th grade students of high-school of the city of Tarapoto, San Martin region.


15 October 2019

The ritual ceremony of purgahuasca

The ritual ceremony of purgahuasca is one of the therapeutic procedures from the traditional medicine of the Awajún ethnic group that was included in the therapeutic protocol of the Takiwasi Center. Purgahuasca is a little concentrated ayahuasca preparation that is taken as in a purge session.