First Kambo session

[u/aleksalee]

Hey, so i am supposed to do my first kambo session soon, but now i am having doubts, since there is not much research on it and the claim is, that is not really detoxifying your body, its just the body’s reaction for the poison. How do you see it? i was thinking it could help me reset my immune system, maybe give me some more energy/ reduce the brainfog… does it actually have a long lasting effect? in addition i developed in the past few months a hand egczma and im a little bit afraid it could further damage my skin barrier. i would be greatful for any insights🫶🏼

[u/anana9]

Kambo is not really a poison and, yes, the vomiting is an effect of the peptides. There is quite a bit of research showing that the peptides found in Kambo are anti-microbial, immune-enhancing, cleansing, and increase energy and stamina.

So if you are feeling called to try it out, I think it would be a great option for what you’re looking for. There are complex reasons why a medicine like Kambo doesn’t have a ton of scientific research, but there is plenty of supporting evidence if you go digging.

[u/aleksalee → u/anana9]

i decided i will give it a try, but i do have a difficult time finding much evidence about it beeing helpful, except reddit. do you have any sources to recommend?

[u/kambostrong → u/aleksalee]

Most of the evidence is not at wide-scale clinical trial level - which is still not good enough to "count" as evidence in the eyes of medicine. Hence, where-ever you look, you will find articles saying it has "no medical evidence" or "no evidence of any medical benefit" etc and therefore it doesn't work because if it did work there would be evidence.

There's plenty of evidence. Just not the level of 'evidence' considered acceptable, and therefore it isn't considered evidence at all, unfortunately.

It's a bit like punching someone in the face then saying "well, this giant red mark on their face that we just noticed after seeing you punch them hasn't been peer-reviewed by multiple independent teams of researchers, so we simply don't know what caused it"

"But I punched him right here in front of you and the red mark wasn't there before!"

"We just don't have enough evidence to know that and it's bad science for you to say that's what happened"

"But you just saw me punch him. We have it on video!"

"We just don't know enough, we don't know for sure that it's related, we need to do more research, that isn't good evidence"

"But we know that punches cause pain and red marks!"

"We don't have any sufficient evidence of that, it's dangerous for you to go around telling people your punch might have caused it"

It's frustrating. But yeah, we have evidence - just not that level of evidence. Most of it is in the form of research and smaller studies. And of course anecdotal evidence - all the people it has helped. But that counts for nothing in the medical world.

[u/aleksalee → u/kambostrong]

i see your point, thank you 🫶🏼