Mambe Medicine ~ Coca Leaf
Mambe Medicine Coca leaf (Erythroxylum coca) and Mambe, (toasted and pulverized coca leaf mixed with the ash of Yarumo leaves), have been used ceremonially in the Andean and Amazonian regions of South America for thousands of years. The earliest record of the ceremonial use of the plant can be traced to Huanca Prieto in northern Peru. Since then the plant has maintained importance in indigenous communities’ offerings to Pachamama, Inti, guardian spirits of the surrounding forests, trees, and mountains (Apus). In these communities, the plant is also used as a tool for promoting productive conversations amongst community members, and for making decisions that affect the well-being of others. When taken along with Ambil, or a tobacco paste, Mambe opens our throat chakra, sweetens our words and lends transparency and directness to our speech. This tradition of conversing with Mambe after sundown for many hours as a community is to Mambear and Ambilear....
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