Kambô is very safe to receive for most people when administered and supervised by a trained and experienced practitioner.

Kambô is not suitable for everyone, as some health conditions are contraindicated. A list of contraindications can be found under Kambô Safety. A list of cautions is also mentioned there. 

Kambô is applied to the body through “gates”, superficial burns made on the top layer of the skin with a natural incense stick or a tamishi (a thin stick traditionally used in the jungle).

The level of scarring will depend on your skin tone. Often the gates  fade to barely noticeable within a few months but it is possible that small visible scars will remain long term.

During our session we will take some time to make the placements of your gates as aesthetically pleasing for you as possible. After receiving kmabô many see their scars as warrior marks reminding them of their strength sitting through the intensity of the medicine. 

Dragon’s Blood (Sangre de Grado) will be used post treatment on the gates. This treesap will reduce pain and inflammation, accelerate healing and reduce scarring.

Kambô is not suitable for everyone, as some health conditions are contraindicated. A list of contraindications can be found under Kambô Safety. A list of cautions is also mentioned there. 

By the indigenous people of the Amazon the Kambô frog is a spirit of the forest, a great teacher and is to be treated with a lot of respect and care.

I only use kambô that is directly harvested by the Matses tribe. The frogs live and sing high up in the trees. When the Matses locate them they mimic their songs which causes the frogs to come down from the trees. The frogs are quite passive and since they have no natural enemies they do not react when being taken on the branch they are sitting on. 

The frog is then gently tied by each leg with palia (straw) strips into an “x” shape. The secretion is then gently scraped off and left to dry on small flat sticks. This does not harm them. Afterwards the frogs are returned to their homes and released The straw leaves behind a small white line on each leg which is an indication for the tribes people to know not to harvest from this particular frog until the line ahs faded. this takes around 3 months. 

Yes, kambô is a legal substance in most of the world. 

In Brazil it is forbidden to advertise the benefits of kambô, but practice is allowed.

In parts of Australia the administration of kambo is banned, due to a case of severe practitioner malpractice. The secretion itself is not. 

No, kambô is not psychoactive.
However it can create a temporary altered state in some in which messages or insights are received. 

Generally, 10-12 times per year would be the maximum number of sessions recommended. However this can vary depending on individual circumstances. 

Leading is the question what brings you to kambô? 
Often people new to the medicine or looking for a deep cleanse start off with 3 sessions in a mooncycle. It can be wonderful to maintain the work done by having monthly to quarterly upkeep. 

However I will always advice you to listen to your intuition when it comes to the frequency of ceremony. Feel into whether you feel called to work with the medicine.

An exception being when you come to me with specific (chronic) health or emotional conditions, I might suggest a specific number of sessions to maximise results. 

Many people will purge during their kambô session, as the kambô pulls toxins from the body to the stomach to then be released from the body through vomiting. 

However, there is no need to worry if you do not purge in this way.Not purging does not mean less of a 'good' session. Some other ways that purging might come are shaking, sweating, crying or diarrhea. All of these are normal and a possible part of the process.