Who Turns to Amazonian Medicine
for the Treatment of Addiction?

Complementary medicines are an emergent field in the treatment of substance use disorders (SUDs) and include Amazonian medicines, such as ayahuasca. The aim of this multimodal cross-sectional study was to investigate characteristics of people who seek treatment for addiction at the Takiwasi Center where traditional Amazonian medicine is applied along with conventional psychotherapy.

"Who Turns to Amazonian Medicine for Treatment of Substance Use Disorder? Patient Characteristics at the Takiwasi Addiction Treatment Center". New research article published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, August 2020. Authors: Ilana Berlowitz, Heinrich Walt, Christian Ghasarian, David M. O’Shaughnessy, Jacques Mabit, Brian Rush, Chantal Martin-Soelch.

Canta la Ayahuasca - Healing Ikaros

Ikaros are essential elements of Traditional Amazonian Medicine and constitute a source of cultural resistance by preserving both linguistic elements and knowledge related to Amazonian world-view and medicinal resources, which go back in time to the original cultures. They are the essential means to transmit wisdom and healing practices. This concept led us to call our center "Takiwasi" that in Quechua means "the house that sings" or "the house of song", to honor this tradition.

On our website we offer for sale the ikaros sung by the healers of Takiwasi which include a new production recorded live during an ayahuasca ceremony held at the Takiwasi Center a few months ago, with also an ikaro traditionally sung during plant baths!

The income generated from the sale of these products is entirely destined to support Takiwasi in the treatment and rehabilitation of people with limited economic resources who suffer from drug addiction.

Retreat/Diets at Takiwasi

The dates of our Retreats/Diets for the next few months are the following:

24 September - 03 October
12 - 21 November
10 - 19 December

Get Involved

If you wish to support the activities of the Takiwasi Center, there are several ways to do it directly from our website.

You can choose to give your contribution to the protection and conservation of Amazonian teacher plants through the project Adopt an Ayahuasca, contribute to cover for the cost of the treatment and rehabilitation of our drug addict patients with limited economic resources, finance the groundbreaking research project ATOP - Ayahuasca Treatment Outcome Project, or support other social projects such as the CIANAH orphanage for indigenous children located in the remote native community of Yutupis.

Takiwasi Center Prolongación Alerta 466, Tarapoto, Peru Phone: +51 (0)42 522818 / +51 (0)42 525479 www.takiwasi.com takiwasi@takiwasi.com

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