Kambo
This page is intended to offer educational information for those who have previously participated in Kambo ceremonies and are now seeking support in integrating the experience.
The Sacred Frog Medicine
Kambô Cleanse: it’s a short, yet intense detox and purge of the body at all levels: mental, physical, emotional & energetic. The treatments with kambô can have extraordinary results, if the person is willing to let go, do the necessary changes when understanding what the frog reveals.
Kambô opens the heart and makes it work accurately. So that things flow, unblock, and clear the path for good things to come. The secretion is absorbed in the lymphatic system through very light burns on the first layer of the skin.
Short term you gain clarity, alertness, increased energy and stamina, positivity and a fully awaken immune system.
Long term work with kambô one gains no fatigue, laziness, sharpness, no self-doubt, takes action in life, is free from depression, anxiety, and dependence on medication, relief of chronic pains, and illnesses, boundary setting, speaks ones truth without insecurities, autoimmune diseases, hormone imbalances, etc.
Kambô is made out of bio-peptides that awaken the healing energy of the body & cleanse at a cellular level: stored toxins, medication, drugs, heavy metals, and trauma. It allows the liver to release and be purged the stagnant bile from decades of holding strong emotions like rage, anger, frustration or stress. Allowing this organ, which is the filter of the blood, to reset and work more efficiently to filter our blood & restore our rest.
Kambô is one of the most extraordinary natural healing gifts available to humanity.
Kambô is a resinous secretion from one of the largest Hylid frogs known as the Giant Waxy Monkey Tree Frog, scientifically known as Phyllomedusa Bicolor. Its secretion is not a sweat nor a poison in the sense that it alone is not capable of causing death or illness. Larger than the size of a mans fist with no predators, they live and thrive 20 – 50 meters up in the jungle canopy.
The Frog is found in abundance across the Upper Amazon rain-forest areas of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, French Guiana, Suriname and Venezuela. The secretion is also called Sapo, Dow-kiet, Hunting magic, Ordeal medicine, “Vaccine of the forest” or “Guardian of the Leaf”. In the Amazon, it is regarded as a medicine however this should not be confused with the western definition of a medicine. Kambô is not a medicine and those that administer it are practitioners and not doctors. Indigenous tribes have used Kambô for centuries, for a variety of different reasons.
Amazonian tribes take Kambô before hunting to ensure greater success. It heightens their senses, strengthens and energizes, allowing hunters to run faster with more stamina, without needing as much food, water, or sleep. It’s frequently used as a jungle medicine to treat snake bites, malaria, infections, and fever. Interestingly it’s also used to clear ‘Panema’ – a word that loosely translates to negative energy, dark energy, or bad luck. Like all of nature, the Kambô frog is revered by the tribes so it is returned to the jungle unharmed after the collection.
Over the course of three decades, scientists have shown that the Kambô secretion contains a unique and highly complex chemical cocktail of bio-active peptides beneficial to the human body. It is alleged that over 70 patents have been lodged, but so far, none of these single isolated peptide extracts has come close to this healing modality in it’s entirety in nature.
Kambô is known to be one of strongest natural ways to fortify the immune system, and one of nature’s most powerful anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antibiotic and anesthetic substances.
The IUCN database continually lists the Kambo frog in the ‘Least Concern’ category in view of their wide distribution and large population. The only known threats to this species of frog at the moment are spawn predation and the potential destruction of their habitat.
Benefits of Kambo
Many thousands of people around the globe are experiencing the potency of Kambô and recognising it’s potential as being a multi-faceted healing modality useful for a wide variety of illnesses and challenges; physically, emotionally, mentally, energetically and spiritually.
The main ailments people are known to seek Kambô out for are: depression/apathy, addictions, recurrent infections, allergies, chronic pain, inflammatory diseases of all varieties, heavy or painful periods, candidiasis, insomnia, a deep lymphatic cleanse, general detox… the list is endless. The results range from nothing visible to miraculous. The modality will go where it’s needed, and what you get is not always what you thought you wanted or needed.
Many report increased energy, decreased pain, recovered sleep patterns, greater stamina, the clearing up of skin conditions/infections etc.. Kambô works holistically, appearing to innately understand the role of emotions and repressed trauma in creating physical disease. In general, many people report clearing emotional baggage, letting go of past traumas and issues, clarity of mind, heightened awareness and focus, resilience to stress and fatigue, getting sick less, an increased sense of energy and well-being, enhanced mood, and even bringing more clarity to one’s life path.
People have even had varying degrees of success treating various health conditions, such as lyme disease, parkinson’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, thyroid conditions, fungal conditions, and addictions.
The immediate benefits people report are:
Grounding those stressed from a goal orientated tech-transfixed lifestyle so they can be more centred, present and connected in their life.
Releases repressed emotions hidden, sometimes for decades.
What Happens During a Kambô Treatment
To administer the Kambô, the dried secretion is reconstituted using water. It resembles a small ball of wasabi when prepared. Small burns are lightly made on the skin and the top layer is scraped off, revealing the shiny wet lymph below. This is the highway into the bodies lymphatic system, our immune hub.
The secretion is applied onto this opening, or “point” as it is called, and rapidly disseminates throughout the body causing changes in blood pressure, temperature, smooth muscle contraction, tear production and much more. Sensations are somewhat intense and uncomfortable, and while they come on fast, they’re short lived, generally passing within 20 – 40 minutes.
A warmth and flushing of the skin is the first thing most people feel, with an increase in heart rate, as well as growing pressure in the head and upper body. As the medicine continues to circulate, people may experience slight swelling, dizziness, shaking, trembling, tingling, sweating, nausea, pain, a general bodily discomfort, and even fainting.
There are no guarantees in what one may experience in a session, with people occasionally reporting deep states of calm meditation, alongside feelings of euphoria and bliss.
During the experience, Kambô is scanning and navigating it’s way around the body, finding and cleaning up toxins and dense energies. It removes them through the process of purging – the primary mechanism that Kambô clears unwanted energy/toxins from the body. After this process, people generally feel energised or completely exhausted. Regardless, it’s recommended to rest so the full healing potential of Kambô can take effect.
The subsequent days after a treatment is when people begin to feel the real benefits of Kambô, feeling clean, clear, rejuvenated and energised. For some, the after-effects are more subtle and harder to notice.
Kambo is a heart medicine and has the energetic effect of bringing the recipient back to their centre and back to alignment.
Each ceremony is a truly visceral event, a commitment to experiencing your reality in the NOW. Kambô is without a doubt an initiatory experience, (something lacking our societies today), with the energy of the Warrior at its core.
There are those that will however experience a “herxheimer” (a short term detoxification reaction) response in the days following their treatment as the body clears out large amounts of toxins.
If you’re knowingly, or unknowingly, carrying a latent illness, it’s entirely possible for the symptoms of this illness to bubble up to the surface, so that Kambô can continue to do it’s work, clearing out whatever needs to be removed from the system.
If you wish to participate in a Kambo ceremony, seek guidance from experienced practitioners or indigenous communities who deeply understand the practice. Participating in a traditional Kambo ceremony can be a profound and personal experience, offering an opportunity for self-discovery, healing, and spiritual growth.
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