Medicine of nature: The treasure of the master plants of the Amazon
- The Shipibo are one of the few tribes that preserve their culture and share the ancestral knowledge of their healing plants.
Traditional Shipiba medicine is a form of healing that is based on the knowledge of Amazon plants - and their spirits - and is applied in the form of concoctions, saunas, baths or plasters, according to the vision of a shaman or doctor .
This knowledge, which has remained in force from generation to generation and survived the impacts of modernity, has among its banners ayahuasca, one of the many best-known master plants in the world, mixed with chacruna and after a decoction It is used by shamans in their ceremonies to heal. However, ayahuasca is only a small part of a hundred plants used by this type of therapy.
Roger López, a shaman whose shipibo name is Suipino, partnered with a group of Chileans and opened more than 4 years ago a plant healing and reserve center in the Peruvian Amazon, a few kilometers from the city of Pucallpa, called Ani Nii Shobo, which means Casa Grande de la Selva in Shipibo language.
“Here we program depending on the time of the decade person, for example if they come for 1 week or 1 month. Some do not have much time, I ask them to tell me in advance what they want to solve. When they come to the first ceremony I make a diagnosis and see how I will work with that person. Sometimes I have to work miracles with nature, ”he confesses.
On how this medicine works, he explains that it is “an inspiration, something very special. At the ceremony, I focus on the patient and when there is a case I need to solve, I withdraw and smoke Kanachiari (Brugmansia, also known as Floripondio). I can see or dream. I focus on the person and see his problem. So I know what plants you need, or if you have to take ayahuasca, or I have to blow here, or make a poultice. And so healthy. That is my specialty. ”
He was born in the native community of Roaboya, located in the lower Ucayali, and since childhood he dedicated himself to learn about plants, with his grandfather José, also a doctor, as a teacher. He spent many years "dieting, " which is taking or bathing with a plant for a long time until the spirit of that plant does its job.
“We absorb a lot of energy and never clean ourselves. Ayahuasca and plants, spiritually cleanse you, are a therapy. The plant releases you, ”says Roger and adds that“ with the ayahuasca, the diet, the work of the healing master plants, you heal. It is a therapy of mind, body and soul. That which has contaminated or poisoned you, that lives with you, boots it and stays in peace. That is a transformation. By making this change, you bring light to your life, to your vision, heart and body. ”
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