What is Kambo?
Kambo, a traditional shamanic practice, uses the secretion of the giant green monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) from the Amazon to bring about a deep physical, emotional, energetic and spiritual cleansing process. Indigenous tribes have used this frog poison for centuries. Warriors used it to increase stamina, strength and clarity, as well as to bring luck and other good things upon themselves. Oral traditions also report of a time when the power of kambo to heal a community was revealed to a shaman in a vision induced by Ayahuasca, a traditional spiritual medicine of the Amazon. According to legend, kambo takes its name from a legendary medicine man, Kampu, who divined its healing potential from a forest spirit. Like many other substances with origins in medicinal use performed by shamans, kambo is still used today in ceremonies. Known also as a kambo cleanse, or sometimes just kambo, the kambo ceremony is an essential part of the entire healing experience.
“Kambo is alive. Therefore, it has spirit,” “Alive because nature made it, through the frog. It is complete and perfect, not a dead component like the drugs we get prescribed. Since the medicine comes from life itself, it also works from where it begins; in the heart”.
Proponents Believe That The Kambo Can:
purify the physical body of toxic substances
purify the mind and spirit of negative energy
cure physical ailments
bring luck&
energy Vibration
increase stamina&
Strenght
Some Proponents Believe That Kambo Can Treat The Following:​
The Kambo Experience
After tiny, superficial burn points are made on the skin, the frog secretion is applied. Through the lymphatic system, it travels to the heart to bring one back to a balanced, natural state before moving to the body parts which need it most, restoring wholeness. “People perceive this as intense heat. – Lucev explains – Sometimes they get cramps or feel pain in the body, until they reach a point where they feel so nauseated they need to purge. With the purge comes relief, and the completion of the ceremony. Yet, the medicine continues to work.”
Kambo purifies, detoxifies, cleanses and reboots the immune system. “From a metaphysical perspective, since frogs can’t endure toxic environments, it challenges us to release emotions like anger, hatred and bitterness; emotions holding us back. It brings about restoration, renewal, transformation, and even metamorphosis”.
Benefits Of The Tree Frog Medicine
Short-term effects include mental clarity, heightened awareness, general well-being, feeling centered, and a deeper connection with ourselves. In the long run, we get rid of panema (dark or negative energies), and bad luck, and wellness continues to increase.
However, we should be cautious with generalizations as every experience and person is unique. When Lucev works with people who have cancer, or suffer from trauma or other serious conditions, she makes it clear that there is a path to be undertaken. “Sometimes, we have to go into dark places before we can see the light. Or actually, be courageous enough to bring our own light into those places. Kambo helps us clear this path”.
Whenever we’re closer to ourselves, we’re closer to nature, or to what sometimes people refer to as God. So the moment we clear up the obstacles separating us from this recognition, be it physical pain and conditions, emotional patterns, thought patterns and beliefs, all states of disease and discomfort disappear. We’re then able to experience happiness, joy and peace. This is what kambo is trying to help us with, to remove those obstacles.