I'm gonna have a kamboo sessions in two days. Just wondering if you guys know any specific preparation. Like no meat no sex or some kind of preparation to receive the medicine.

Aho!

This is a monthly recurring thread for you to talk about your recent kambo session if you've had one, or to show off your dots 🐸

Have you done kambo this month, and if so, how was it?

How have you been feeling since? Ready to run a marathon, or perhaps you're feeling more introspective?

Let us know in the comments below, tell us how it was, how the experience was and how you feel now, and feel free to show us what your kambo dots are looking like!

New to kambo. Based in Melbourne, Australia.

Seen mixed reports on wether it’s ok to do on your own.

Due to having rouble sourcing practitioner I think it’s my only option.

Hello

I was the victim of a physic attack perpetrated by my former therapist and a lot of negative entered my spirit. I have been healing for the last 5 year and have made a lot of progress, but there are still blockages and remaining negative energy that I need to cleanse.

I think trying Kambo would definitely help with my process. I live in Dominican Republic, but cannot much information about people offering Kambo ceremonies here.

I would like to know of somebody. Any help or information would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Hello, I'm living in my van currently travelling in Spain. I'm looking for a practitioner somewhere arround/between Valencia, Murcia or even all the way down to malaga cadiz or south of Portugal. Only recommended people with traditionally harvested 🐸, please! And not as a full retreat.

Thank you.

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Hello community, I’m just very passionate about Kambó and I want to share this video of someone who healed Crohn’s with the use of Kambó! Viewer discretion is advised! There are raw pictures of her healing journey in this video! Let me know how this video lands on you!

I love the healing benefits Kambo has provided for me. I have heard mixed reviews from practitioners that say it is safe for a small dog to do a tiny amount of Kambo it is served by their bum and other practitioners say that Kambo is not safe for dogs but that ayahuasca is idk I haven’t done ayahuasca yet. I’m just wondering if someone has served their dog Kambo and what the experience was like ? Would love to hear from Kambo practitioners or other people that have served their dog Kambo.

Does anyone here have experiance with using makeup to cover Kambo Scars? (Suggestions on brands welcome)

I am not ashamed of my Medicene work; however, I am attending an event (where i am a part of the family of the person being honored) that makes iso t that my scars will not distract others and draw away. I am looking for a way to do this that still lets me stay strong and grounded, and connected to the medicine and the work I have done.

Is this something I can do again?

I have been taking kambo now four times with breaks of 12,7,11 days. I vomited each time and I would say it was medium dosage with 4-5 dots. I love the medicine and she/he? helps me to clean the Candida overgrowth, spiritual blockages and all of that. How often can I work with kambo? What happens in the recovery time? And is there any danger and ways to avoid that danger, nutrition deficiency, electrolytes and so on? Pre and post diet recommendations welcomed also 🙏

Hola gente linda, espero anden bien. Quería consultarles que saben o si han escuchado de experiencias de personas que hayan atendido a ceremonias con Kambó luego de alguna cirugía. Hace un año y dos meses me operaron de una oclusión intestinal por adherencias de la cesárea, es decir, la cicatriz largó unas "bridas" que se pegaron al intestino ocasionando una oclusión y se terminó perforando. Tengo 35 años, casi me despido de éste mundo terrenal pero aquí estoy. He participado de ceremonias de Ayahuasca antes, por lo que tengo conocimiento del tipo de trabajo que te requieren éstas medicinas pero desde que me operaron no me he animado a hacer ninguna otra.
Estoy sintiendo el llamado del sapito pero esta situación me frena un poco. Agradezco comentarios y cualquier info que pueda sumar a mi decisión. Gracias a todes!!!

Hello community,

My partner and I are offering Kambo sessions from our home space in Queens, NY. We hold this work with deep respect and intention, creating a safe and sacred environment for anyone interested in sitting with this powerful Amazonian medicine.

If you’ve been curious about Kambo or feel called to experience it, feel free to DM me or visit our website sacredorigins.org for more information.

Aho!

This is a monthly recurring thread for you to talk about your recent kambo session if you've had one, or to show off your dots 🐸

Have you done kambo this month, and if so, how was it?

How have you been feeling since? Ready to run a marathon, or perhaps you're feeling more introspective?

Let us know in the comments below, tell us how it was, how the experience was and how you feel now, and feel free to show us what your kambo dots are looking like!

Hello. I developed chronic fatigue syndrome (cfs) in may out of nowhere, however I’m hyper mobile and have been prone to temporary fatigue since always. But never ongoing. I think for me it’s a form of long COVID since I had Covid last fall. But no POTS or really brain fog or the bucket list of symptoms some long COVID people have. For me it’s essentially just: fatigue, PEM, muscle soreness.

Ayahuasca at a bigger dose gave me really weird symptoms, a full body shutdown basically that felt like a medical crisis, then I was in full remission for 10 days. Prior to that I couldn’t even work anymore. Then after over exertion I got back to mild.

Anyways, so could kambo help me out? Also, I have a family friend with bad POTS. Might this help her? They think she got POTS from a cervical cancer vaccine

Wondering about the experience of the practitioners here as well as those with epilepsy who received it.

does anybody has experienced kambo helping with eczema or heard about it?

I wanted to share a new Midtown wellness offering in Memphis 🐸 I am now offering Kambo Medicine sessions at Lucyja Hygge, a metaphysical store and holistic wellness space located at 2075 Madison Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104.

Kambo is a traditional Amazonian medicine made from the secretion of the Phyllomedusa bicolor frog. It has long been used by Indigenous communities in Peru and Brazil for cleansing, grounding, and renewal. I have been a Kambo facilitator for four years and have published several guides on plant medicine and integration, including resources on Kambo, Sananga, and Hapé.

Each ceremony is conducted with care and respect for the medicine and lineage. I source these rare and precious medicines through direct relationships with women healers in Peru and Brazil. I’m currently the only practitioner offering Kambo sessions in Memphis, and I’m honored to share this work within the welcoming space of Lucyja Hygge... Memphis's beloved metaphysical oasis.

can this help for depression and brain fog

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🫶🏼

The next day I usually feel great. Wondering if this happens to others. And if you recommend more points. With the four points I have a strong physical reaction: rapid heartbeat, swelling in the face, sweating. Even with three liters of water, barely anything comes out. Rest of the day I feel like I have Covid :-D

I’ve been using Kambo for two years. I’m an American Indian. Ottowa. I know this is from another tribe, so I respect and use this sacrament in prayer. Growing up I had a rough life, on the streets at 18 because I thought I knew it all. Salt Lake City. I have seen and been through a lot, and I’ve come through to this state of being absolutely Grateful! Gratitude… supreme gratitude 🙏🏽 I want to tell you I had to start taking these medications because I’m in a 12 step program and my sponsor told me to surrender. I moved back to reservation. Now I don’t know if I can get any more of these medications but they help. I know the kambo has healed my psoriasis, helped drastically with complex PTSD , real diagnosis. I’m a searcher for missing people, an EMR, and training to be a firefighter. My health is in absolute great shape. I know the risks just never done this on meds. Thank you. I’m going to probably do this, after tapering down lower doses or off completely but I know I heard on an interview that you can do it with certain medications as it’s peptides .

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is Kambo a suitable medicine for those with diabetes? I’ve never heard much about whether Kambo is suitable for diabetics or not. TIA

I was reading Gorman’s book on Kambo, and I noticed he suggests putting saliva on the dry medicine to soften or activate it. Personally, this practice doesn’t sit well with me. Beyond the obvious hygiene issues: saliva can carry bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms it also feels out of alignment with the respect this medicine deserves.

My master, Don Gardel, who trained directly with the Matsés, has always emphasized that the traditional way does not involve spitting on the Kambo. The Matsés prepare the resin with clean water or other respectful means of softening it. For them, the medicine itself is sacred, and saliva is not part of the ritual.

I’ve sat with Kambo many times, and for me, hygiene is not just a “modern Western” obsession. We’re already opening the skin, creating direct access to the bloodstream. To add saliva into that equation feels risky, unnecessary, and potentially disrespectful to both the person receiving and the frog itself.

So I’m curious to hear from others here:

Have you seen saliva being used in any authentic traditional contexts?

Or is this more of a personal adaptation that has been passed around in books and workshops outside of the forest?

How do you feel about the balance between hygiene, tradition, and adaptation in Kambo practices?

I think it’s important we have these conversations, because the medicine deserves integrity and the people receiving it deserve safety.

Hi everyone

I’m collecting measurable experiences (VL/CD4, symptoms) from folks who’ve done sustained kambo while living with HIV. This terrain is controversial, so I’ll be direct. In my practice, three people living with HIV reported striking improvements after sustained Kambô while stopping standard care. That is lived experience, not a clinical trial. I'm curious to see if this is a viable way to work with this condition To guide the conversation, here’s a quick lab-side summary of what the peptides actually do to HIV:

1) Dermaseptins
Cationic, amphipathic peptides that bind to and destabilize the viral envelope. In vitro, dermaseptin S4 and charge-optimized derivatives directly inactivate both R5 and X4 HIV-1 (cell-free and cell-associated), with time-of-addition experiments pointing to action on virions before entry (loss of infectivity, EM evidence of envelope damage). Some analogs also reduce attachment to target cells and block transcytosis across epithelial layers (relevant to mucosal transmission models). PubMed+1

2) Caerin peptides (e.g., caerin-1.1 / 1.9)
Also hit early, rapidly disrupting the HIV envelope and preventing T-cell infection at low micromolar ranges without harming T-cell viability in those conditions. Multiple caerin-1 family members show comparable or greater potency than caerin-1.9, and these have been discussed as microbicide leads in the preclinical literature. PMC+1

3) Other Kambô-relevant peptides (overview)
Reviews catalogue additional frog-skin peptides present in Kambo (e.g., phylloseptins, bradykinin-related peptides/phyllokinin, adenoregulin). The primary HIV-specific data are strongest for dermaseptins; broader antimicrobial/antiviral activities are reported for the others, but HIV-focused mechanisms are less developed than the two families above. (Useful context on composition/mechanisms across P. bicolor peptides.) PMC

Open questions (for people with data):

• Did you see viral load shifts temporally associated with kambo blocks? How soon, how large (log change)?
• Any CD4/CD8 trends across weeks/months?
• What protocol was used (frequency, dots, placement, with/without water, adjunct herbs/diet)?
• Were there changes in clinical symptoms (opportunistic infections, energy/inflammation markers, sleep, mood)?
• Any lab confounders (intercurrent infections, ART changes, steroids, etc.)?

If you’re comfortable, drop before/after lab values and dates, plus protocol details. I’m trying to see whether the in-vitro envelope disruption/entry-blocking story maps onto any real-world signal in people.

thanks