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I think I read about Kambo once long ago but I didn't remember the name. The article I read, I think in High Times in the '90s, the jungle guy lit a match, blew it out, and used the hot part to burn a spot on the arm of the guy about to take the drug. The drug, I think a sap was applied to the burn wound.
At some point after, the intoxicated guy shit his pants, puked, passed out, etc, but when he awoke, he said his senses were amplified, like he could hear and see better, he would've become a better hunter, one with the forest. He said the tribal people used it as a hunting aid.
Yeah, I did it once, that’s pretty much how it goes down. It doesn’t work when consumed, so they use a burn wound to get it straight into your bloodstream. I’m assuming a syringe might do the trick as well, but that’s the traditional way.
What you forgot to mention is the pain, which is usually what causes the puking, unlike mushrooms, where it’s nausea. This stuff basically lights every single one of your nerves on fire and you’ll be in exquisite agony for what seems like forever, but is really only about 10-15 minutes tops. But yes, if you can resist the urge to jump off the nearest cliff in order make it end, you do feel a lot better than you did before.
Also, the heightened senses are not the result of hallucinations, but rather because you basically just power washed your entire nervous system, and your body is simply remembering avenues of perception that were always there, but have been lying dormant as a result of habitual avoidance.
Holy shiznit!
How is an entire Far Cry game not already based around this - this is like their bread and butter
They went with hallucinogenic mushrooms instead, probably because they’re more well known.