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Takiwasi Center - Research Department - April 2018

The Scientific Research Department of the Takiwasi Center is focused primarily on two main areas: the Clinical Area and the Medicinal Plants Area in collaboration with the Research & Development Unit of Takiwasi’ s Natural Products Laboratory.
The clinical protocol of Takiwasi is based on the combination of psychotherapeutic techniques with tools derived from Traditional Amazonian Medicine, including the ritual use of medicinal plants. The Natural Products Laboratory develops with commercial purpose herbal medicines based on local ancestral knowledge. Both activities have been developed over time, allocating little resources to the scientific dissemination of the results, despite the high value of the same and the great interest on our work on the part of international researchers.
The Scientific Research Department is now under the responsibility of PhD Matteo Politi, Italian Ethnopharmacologist. We are available to evaluate all forms of collaboration, such as welcoming students or researchers, participating in congresses and collaborating for publications, that point at traditional medicines in the broadest sense of the word, states of consciousness, health resources, while at the same time encompassing very different disciplines (botany, clinic, chemistry, anthropology, archeology, psychology, musicology, etc.).

Author : Gary Saucedo

Audio : English

Subtitle : English, Español, Français, Italiano, Português

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The spiritual dimension in the work with sacred plants - April 2018

Interview with Veronika Kavenská during the Congress Sacred Plants in the Americas, February 2018. In traditional Amazonian medicine the spiritual dimension is considered as real as the material world or the internal psychological world. The healers take advantage of the contact with the spiritual world for a deeper understanding of the patient's problems and to search for possible tools of healing. The spiritual dimension is not separated from the treatment of psychological or physical problems, instead these are linked and related. Watch the full lecture: The spiritual dimension in the work with sacred plants

Author : Chacruna

Audio : Spanish

Subtitle : English, Español

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Evaluating the efficacy of Traditional Amazonian Medicine in relieving depression and anxiety - April 2018

Cécile Giovannetti is one of many health professionals who for the last 25 years have been interested in the work of the Takiwasi Center to develop their research.
Cécile's project is complementary to the Ayahuasca Treatment Outcome Project - ATOP Perú and aims to evaluate the efficacy of Traditional Amazonian Medicine, Ayahuasca and psychotherapy, in relieving depression and anxiety in patients undergoing the residential addiction treatment. This study is part of her Master's thesis in Public Health at the Faculty of Medicine, Charité University, Berlin, Germany.

Author : Miguel Palomino

Audio : English

Subtitle : Español, Français, Italiano

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Curandero - February 2018

New documentary project by Ricardo D'Aguiar and Valentina Homem about the therapeutic practices of the Takiwasi Center. In the Amazon, some plant species are considered teachers and sentient beings. An entire medicinal practice arose around them and has been used for millennia. Its effectiveness is being carefully studied by Western scientists. The documentary looks more closely at how these two systems converge and interact to produce something new.

Author : Ricardo D’Aguiar, Valentina Homem

Audio : Spanish

Subtitle : Português

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Interview with Jacques Mabit - January 2018

Interview with Dr. Jacques Mabit, MD and founder of the Takiwasi Center. Realized by Jean Damien Fleury in the environment of the botanical reserve of Takiwasi during the scheduled visits to the patients in condition of retreat/diet. Main topics approached include: traditional medicines and their use in modern times, curanderismo, spiritual search and drug addiction, among others. This video is part of the series "Encounters with remarkable men".

Author : Jean Damien Fleury

Audio : French

Subtitle : Español

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Harvest of medicinal plants - 2018

Born as a strategic project to combine the conservation of the environment and the inclusive development of the indigenous communities, the Takiwasi Laboratory is now the productive unit of the Center, dedicated to Biotrade and the generation of added value in the sustainable use of Amazonian biodiversity resources. In order to produce high quality natural products, inspired by the ancestral knowledge of Traditional Amazonian Medicine, Takiwasi Laboratory works with families of agroforestry producers, in indigenous and mestizo communities, training them in the sustainable management of forest resources and guaranteeing a fair price for the harvest and care of medicinal plants, with a focus on the promotion of the women’s role. Through this strategy, Takiwasi also promotes the valorization and conservation of the Amazonian rainforest and ensures that the native communities gain control over their ancestral knowledge related to the use of medicinal plants. A close alliance has been developed with the association of medicinal plant producers "Ampik Sacha". One of the results of this work is the line of Amazonian infusions Sumak. More information: Takiwasi Laboratory

Author : Laboratorio Takiwasi

Audio : Spanish

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Ayahuasca and Addiction Treatment in the "Singing House" - December 2017

Presentation by David O’Shaughnessy based on his doctoral research at the Takiwasi Centre in Peru from 2014-2015. In an attempt to understand the evolution of patients undergoing treatment for addiction at Takiwasi, he conducted an observational pilot study using methods drawn from biology, psychology, and anthropology. While the results were positive, understanding Takiwasi itself poses certain philosophical challenges that are not easily solved. In addition to the results of the study, David discusses these challenges in relation to the use of ayahuasca (and other plants) as medicines. Content was recorded at the 2017 EGA Psychedelic Symposium in Melbourne, Australia.

Author : Entheogenesis Australis - Entheo TV

Audio : English

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Ayahuasca use in the New Age context - September 2017

Speaker: Dr. Jacques Mabit. Founder and Executive President of the Takiwasi Center. Lecture delivered at the International Transpersonal Conference 2017, Track: Shamanism and Its Potential for Modern Man. Prague, Czech Republic. 29-09-2017. Interpreter: Susana Bustos, Ph.D. Over the last years, ayahuasca has come to represent the probably most widely-used substance in the context of the search for meaning and the mental health context on a global scale. This exponentially rising usage has so far mainly drawn on currents from the new-age movement, rather than on concepts from the scientific paradigm or from Judeo-Christian spiritual or religious traditions. Yet, some features of the new-age movement are in stark contrast to the traditional medicines paradigm, as well as to the indigenous groups this medicine originally stems from. We wish to highlight some of these contradictions, as well as the dangers and confusions they may hold. Another version of the video with slides: Ayahuasca use in the New Age context

Author : ITC 2017

Audio : Spanish

Subtitle : English

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Abrete Corazón - August 2017

Ikaro "Abrete Corazón" by Rosa Giove played by the french musical group Orâma. Abrete Corazón is a healing song (ikaro) used in the traditional Amazonian medicine rituals at the Takiwasi Center. This version has been recorded in the Romanesque chapel of Chateauvieux (Yzeron - 69) during the live concert of Orâma, August 12, 2017, to celebrate the end of the summer residency dedicated to the recordings of the 2 new albums.

Author : Orâma

Audio : Spanish

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Traditional Amazonian medicine and its potential for addiction treatment - May 2017

Presentation by Verónika Kavenska, psychotherapist at the Takiwasi Center, in the framework of the 1st Workshop on "Science, Mental Health & Spirituality" held by the Transpersonal Association of Peru, May 25-28, 2017, Lima - Peru.

Author : Asociación Transpersonal del Perú

Audio : Spanish

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