He mea kanu kahiko o nā ʻāina ʻo Amazon, ua hoʻohana ʻia ʻo ayahuasca no nā kaukani mau makahiki no ka ho'ōla a me ka hana kilokilo ma nā ʻāina o Peru, Colombia, Ecuador a me Brazil e nā shamans a me nā mestizos. ʻO nā hana paʻakikī o ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ayahuasca i hāʻawi ʻia mai kēlā hanauna a i kēia hanauna e nā mea ho'ōla kūloko. I ka wā o nā hana ho'ōla, hoʻohana ʻia ka mea kanu i mea hana diagnostic e ʻike ai i nā kumu o ka maʻi o ka mea maʻi.
ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka moʻolelo kikoʻī o ayahuasca, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia nā moʻolelo mua o ka mea kanu a hiki i ka kenekulia 16 me ka hiki ʻana mai o nā conquistador Spanish. Eia naʻe, ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia kahi kīʻaha hoʻomaʻamaʻa me nā ʻāpana o ka ayahuasca i ʻEkuador ma mua o 2500 mau makahiki. ʻO Ayahuasca ke kumu o ka lāʻau lapaʻau kuʻuna no ka liʻiliʻi o 75 mau ʻohana ʻōiwi ma ka ʻaoʻao o lalo a me luna o Amazon.
ʻO Shamanism ka hana ʻuhane kahiko loa o ke kanaka, e like me ka ʻikepili archaeological, ua hana ʻia no 70 mau makahiki. ʻAʻole kēia he hoʻomana, akā he ala e hoʻokumu ai i kahi pilina transpersonal me ka honua i loko o ka ʻuhane (astral). Manaʻo nā Shamans i ka maʻi ma ke ʻano he disharmony i loko o ke kanaka ma ka pae ikaika a me ka pae ʻuhane. Ke waiho ʻole ʻia, hiki i ke kaulike ke alakaʻi i ka maʻi kino a i ʻole ka manaʻo. "Hoʻopiʻi" ka shaman i ka ʻaoʻao o ka ikehu o ka maʻi, e hana ana i ke ala i ka honua astral a i ʻole ka honua o nā ʻuhane - he ʻano like me ke kino.
ʻAʻole like me nā lāʻau laʻa ʻē aʻe, ʻo ayahuasca ka hui ʻana o ʻelua mea kanu - ayahuasca waina (Banisteriopsis caapi) и lau chacruna (Psychotria viridis). ʻOhi ʻia nā mea kanu ʻelua i loko o ka ululāʻau, kahi e hana ai lākou i ka potion e wehe ai i ke komo ʻana i ka honua o nā ʻuhane. ʻO ke ʻano o ka hele ʻana mai o nā shamans Amazonian me kahi hui like ʻole he mea pohihihi, no ka mea aia ma kahi o 80 mau mea kanu deciduous i nā nahele Amazon.
Ma ka ʻōlelo kemika, aia nā lau chacruna i ka dimethyltryptamine psychotropic ikaika. ʻO ia iho, ʻaʻole ikaika ka mea i lawe ʻia ma ka waha, no ka mea, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o ka ʻōpū e ka enzyme monoamine oxidase (MAO). Eia nō naʻe, ʻo kekahi o nā kinikona i loko o ka ayahuasca he mau mea hoʻopaneʻe MAO e like me harmine, e hoʻoneʻe ʻole ai ka enzyme i ka pūhui psychoactive. No laila, ʻo harmine - ʻano like me nā tryptamine organik i loko o ko mākou lolo - kaʻapuni ma ke kahe koko i ka lolo, kahi e hoʻoulu ai i nā hihiʻo a hiki ke komo i nā honua ʻē aʻe a me kā mākou huna huna.
ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ua kaupalena ʻia ka hoʻohana ʻana o ayahuasca i nā hana Amazonian i nā mea ho'ōla. ʻO ka mea hoihoi, ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻia ka mea inu i kekahi mea maʻi i hele mai i ka hui e ʻike ʻia a mālama ʻia. Me ke kōkua o ayahuasca, ua ʻike nā mea ho'ōla i ka mana luku e pili ana ʻaʻole i ke kanaka wale nō, akā i ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa. Ua hoʻohana pū ʻia ka mea kanu no nā kumu ʻē aʻe: e kōkua i ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻoholo koʻikoʻi; e noi i nā ʻuhane no ka ʻōlelo aʻo; hoʻoholo i nā hakakā pilikino (ma waena o nā ʻohana a me nā ʻohana); wehewehe i ke ʻano pohihihi a i ʻole ka ʻaihue i hana ʻia; e ʻike inā he ʻenemi ko ke kanaka; e ʻike inā he ʻoiaʻiʻo ka kāne.
I nā makahiki he 20 i hala iho nei, nui nā haole a me nā Amazonians i komo i nā hana i alakaʻi ʻia e nā mea hoʻōla akamai e wehe i nā kumu o ka maʻi a me ke kaulike ʻole. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ia keʻano o ka ho'ōlaʻana i waena o ka mea ho'ōla, nāʻuhane mea kanu, ka mea maʻi a me kona "kauka" o loko. Lawe ka mea ʻona i ke kuleana pilikino no nā pilikia i hūnā ʻia i loko o ka ʻike ʻole a alakaʻi ʻia i nā poloka ikehu - ʻo ia ke kumu mua o ka maʻi a me ka ʻike ʻole o ka psycho-emotional. Hoʻomaʻemaʻe ikaika ka inu ʻo Ayahuasca i ke kino o nā ilo a me nā mea ʻino ʻē aʻe. Hoʻopau ʻia nā ilo e nā alkaloids o ka hui harmala. I ka wā o ka hoʻokipa ʻana, pono ia no kekahi manawa (ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi) e pale i nā ʻōlelo aʻe: ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia nā pilina me ka wahine ʻē aʻe, me nā paʻi maʻalahi, i ka manawa hoʻomākaukau no ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. He mea pono kēia no ka hopena ho'ōla o ayahuasca. ʻO kekahi o nā pilikia nui i ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka ayahuasca i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke Komohana ʻo ia ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana mai ka holoʻokoʻa me ke ʻano o ka hope. ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau ponoʻī me ka ayahuasca me ka ʻole o ke alo a me ka nānā ʻana o kahi mea hoʻōla ʻike. ʻAʻole i hōʻoia ʻia ka palekana, ka pae o ka ho'ōla, a me ka pono holoʻokoʻa i kēia hihia.