KAMBO
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
Release. Reset. Restore
Here at White Rabbit we provide Trauma informed Kambo (TIK) ceremonies in a safe and nurturing space. We work with the medicine in a very gentle and feminine style. where all can feel free and comfortable to feel into this somatic experience, medicine and journey.
Research has shown that Kambo has a complex cocktail of Bioactive Peptides, which performs specific biological functions that positively impacts the human body.
Kambo works as a natural antioxidant, antimicrobial, antibiotic, and antihypertensive, making it a great way to cleanse and strengthen the immune system. This is why it is know as the vaccine of the forest.
Kambo is a potent indigenous medicine that heals on a cellular level, basically resetting neural pathways, releasing trapped emotions, trauma and clearing any energy blockages we hold in our physical, spiritual and emotional bodies.
“Kambô circulates in the heart. Our shaman said that when we take Kambô it makes the heart move accurately, so that things flow, bringing good things to the person. It is as if there was a cloud on the person, preventing the good things to come, then, when it takes the Kambô; it comes a ‘green light’, which opens its ways, making things easier”
Kambo is the secretion of the Giant Green Monkey Tree Frog and comes from the rainforests of the upper Amazon. It is used by many native tribes in the Amazon and traditionally was used in three ways:
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To cleanse and energise for hunting
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Medicine for Malaria, fever, infections and snake bites
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To clear negative energy, depression, anxiety, heaviness, known as “Panema.”
The frog is never harmed when the secretion is harvested, and it’s treated with the utmost care and respect, as the people believe by harming the frog the animal spirit will be angered. I take time to source my Kambo where I know it is collected in the most gentle, ethical way possible.
What is trauma informed Kambo?
"When we understand that trauma occurs when something happens too fast and we were given no choice in the matter, this jeopardises our sense of safety and our nervous systems reacts by going into fight, flight or freeze mode. When this happens and the energy is not expelled after, it becomes trapped within our cellular memory causing us to go into continuous cycles of flight, fight or freeze which show up as mental imbalances from anxiety to depression or physical imbalances such as a range of illnesses.
By understanding this, we give clients informed choice in the direction each treatment goes, as well as applying the medicine slowly so instead of overwhelming the nervous system the medicine is able to complement it. By combining basic somatic techniques to feel into the experience, research shows that we are able to bring awareness from our minds back in to our bodies and able to release this stuck trauma."
- Cutie Heals
Who can benefit from Kambo?
Not only can Kambo be helpful for releasing emotional blockages and clearing negative energy, but it can be a promising treatment for:
- Depression and anxiety
- Stress
- PTSD
- Addiction
- Chronic pain and fatigue
- Releasing toxins
- Migraines
- Fertility Issues
- Cancer
- Alzheimer's
- Arthritis
- HIV
- Autoimmune disorders
- Diabetes
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Hypertension
Contraindications
The following may not safely take Kambô:
- People with serious heart problems
- People who have had a stroke
- People on medication for low blood pressure (this is extremely rare)
- People who’ve had a brain hemorrhage
- People who have aneurysms or blood clots
- People who lack the mental capacity to make the decision to take Kambo
- People with serious mental health problems excluding depression and anxiety
- People undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy for 4 – 6 weeks afterward
- People who take immune-suppressants for an organ transplant
- Women who are pregnant or may be so
- Women who are breast-feeding a child under 6 months old
- People with Addison’s disease
- People with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
- People with current and severe Epilepsy
- Are recovering from a major surgical procedure
- Under 18
- Animals
Also contraindicated if taking any of the following:
- Heart disease medications
- Parkinsons medications
- Epilepsy medications
- Lyme's Disease (in some cases) medications
- Blood pressure medications
- Steroids (Arthritis + Rheumatism) medications
- Corticosteroids medications
- Infection (Diclofenac) medications
- Sleeping pills and medications
- Varicose Vein medications
- NSAID medications
- Clove and other cleansing herbs
- If you have taken Bufo 5MEO DMT within 28 days
- COVID 19 vaccines (on a case by case basis)
The Ceremony Flow
• Opening the space with smoke cleansing and body scan meditation
• Invocation for healing, inviting in the elements, our ancestors and guides
• Sharing of intentions and prayers for personal journey
• Opportunity to work with Rapé (pronounced Hapeh, a medicinal tobacco snuff) and Sananga (powerful plant medicine eye drops)
• "Opening the gates" on the skin
• Application of Kambo Secretion onto gates
•Test gate to feel into the medicine
• First 2-3 min you may experience a rush of heat, an increase of heart rate, discomfort and nausea. Water is taken when needed, never forced, as is sometime common practice
•If you are happy to proceed, the rest of the medicine is applied
• Then for about 15 - 30 minutes, inward journey with Frog Spirit accompanied with physical, emotional, energetic and spiritual purge. Guided assistance by myself that includes music and sound.
• After 30 - 60 min, experience relaxation, calmness, clarity, increased sensitivity, inner peace, change in perception, optimism, pain relief.
• Hands on Reiki and sound healing is followed by Kambo nap. When you are ready, a healthy snack is served with special tea.
• After the ceremony and for the following 1 to 2 weeks it is common to feel lighter and brighter, experience more ease, flow, greater awareness, spiritual connection, confidence, higher levels of discernment, and vitality
– aka Kambo Glow
"The attempt to escape from pain, is what creates more pain."
You may experience....
This work happens as Kambo provokes a response in the body that is different for each person & can manifest a number of ways, including:
• Purging / retching or bowel movement (toxins leaving body - organs cleansing)
• Clamping hands / shaking (trauma & emotions leaving body)
• Temperature rise / sweating (skin clearing toxins)
• Swelling of face (histamine response as the lymph nodes cleanse)
• Fainting momentarily (less common - leaving body to do deeper work)
• Joy, gratitude, a feeling of weight being lifted...
It can be a powerful and transformative experience, but may not be for everyone, so please do your own research. Viva Kambocito!
Read more about Kambo here
References:
Websites
https://clinmedjournals.org/articles/iacp/international-archives-of-clinical-pharmacology-iacp-4-017.php?jid=iacp
https://thethirdwave.co/psychedelics/kambo/
Peter Gorman, ‘Making magic’ from Omni, July 1993
Marcelo Bolshow Gomes, ‘Kambô The Spirit of the Shaman’
‘Ruolo dei peptidi antimicrobici nell’ immmunita’ innata’, Universita’ di Roma.
Articles and essays
Gio L., Research and Treatments
S. A. (1984) Ph.D. dissertation (Columbia University, New York).
V. Erspamer, G. F. & Cei, J. M. (1986) Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C 85, 125-137.
‘Sostanze bioattive: dalla pelle di un anfibio al cervello umano’, Academy of Science, University of Rome, Sapienza, 1987