This Amazonian frog's toxins have become part of latest cleansing trend

Although there's no research to support the claims, the use of "kambo" has been said to have supposed magical healing powers.
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[@maraeflores7196]

First of all He’s not the founder. 🙄 This is respectful and sacred medicine that has been around for years. And it should be done by a chaman in a form of a ceremony. It’s not a joke nor a game it’s sacred medicine. That deserves love and respect.

[@diosa7958]

All that!

[@jachalero87]

Anyone here from Houston I got kambo, Ayahuasca, Todd (bufo alvarius) and on June I will have magic mushroom from Oaxaca.

[@Dazarabia522]

damn, I wish I was

[@meyousick713]

Where in Houston

[@ilovemyfamgd]

Poor frogs so sad . 😢

[@gfx_playground]

Why? They don't kill them. They use only venom to cure and left frog free after

[@thomasbenton915]

ilovemyfamgdWhy? It's a medicine given to us by our creator!

[@jfcarpio]

Dumb comment. Sorry.

[@alisonkemp7394]

@@gfx_playground A process can still be cruel even if the animal isn't killed. If the frog is weak after it may be more susceptible to predation.

[@chapmanalexander5196]

That frog is now an endangered species

[@animalsareourangels93]

Ayebare Alexander Mankind are the most destructive MONSTERS on this planet ...This is cruel and sick. Most people would just let the frog die! Sub humans are idiots. Vomiting.....lovely! Get a life people.

[@timetothrive1637]

They don't kill the frogs, they scrape a strip of the poison on their leg (the poison covers their body) and then released. The poison covering will return to the frog and the frog is not hurt. .

[@ghostdog7575]

No, it is not, the frog is released after venom collecting and the fact it is considered so precious makes people care for it and its environment. It is like saying that ayahuasca is endangered now because more and more people use it. The vine is getting planted all over the world because of it...

[@thomasbenton915]

Not true. The frog is not killed, it is released as soon as the kambo is extracted. With in hours the frog is back to normal. It's does no good to kill the frog because they loose there source of medicine.

[@thomasbenton915]

Animals Are Our Angels You are uneducated.

[@amospaslay2281]

abc on a quest for drugs.

[@mikehunt6365]

Right? Irony much??

[@justTosha7]

Poor frog! 😢

[@Suttonk2]

The latest!?! Haha...... this has been here and is nothing new. I think everyone should do a ceremony of this and it’s much safer than any pharmaceutical. You either want to stay asleep or get awakened. It’s that simple. 🙏🏼❤️

[@mariamiram2369]

What is it about this ceremony? What does it do to human?

[@Happy-Donkeys]

Did it made you a better human? You speak about awakening!

[@seanjohnson7367]

How is it safer than any pharmaceutical? It’s literally a poison.

[@scotscub76]

@@seanjohnson7367 how are pharmaceuticals safer than this? They are also poisons!

[@Dshatila1983]

Try some DMT or Ayahuasca after you do Kambo.. Thank me later!! 🌌🌠

[@Matooosh]

I was wondering if it is enhancing your experience since you are cleaned out. Can you tell me more about your experience? Iam not new in this, and planning to do some retreat and I noticed that in most places is kambo optional.

[@MsFreethepeople]

Once the Europeans get ahold of ancient sacred cultures...its all downhill from there! When will we learn?

[@alexisalex774]

Agreed!!!!!

[@nathangurgel1620]

the kambo that i know of is a little different, first you have to consume lots of water before, use a burned stick to burn the first layer of skin and use the venom.

[@silverfullbuster9177]

How does it make you feel?

[@Btouhy1]

@@silverfullbuster9177 like food poisoning for 30 minutes ... then your life changes in the days and weeks to follow.. should be done 3 times in 30 days after the 3rd is here and e no words

[@kookycoolauntkaryn5884]

You shouldn't consume more than a liter of water because the more water you consume beforehand the higher the risk of dying is... but you definitely remove a small but of the flesh and insert the toxin into the hole and then the trip begins....

[@arizonatsunami]

Anyone wanna do some Toad?????

[@billgoose5768]

It's always been a fantasy of mine to do a Toad🤣🤣🤣

[@tooshay7396]

Toad up

[@DU0ZA]

Multiple frog thing? I’d be up for it!

[@diegomeetsworld]

@@DU0ZA they will have one in Chihuahua, I made ayahuasca is a differente experience but really great.

[@flamur4920]

Lel she just did 1 spot with kambo... if you rlly want to feel how kambo is do 4 firespots and fill them ... lmao and she thinks she is in a spot of making a conclusion (even though she is hot , thats something else)

[@Btouhy1]

Exactly this woman is a joke. Her conclusion is it doesn’t work.. lol based on not doing it

[@kookycoolauntkaryn5884]

I have never seen anyone do less than 4 spots... usually 7 to 8 is what I see... so this is extremely hilarious to me!! Also calling it NEW in any form is stupidity... its been around since before modern western medicine... like wtaf!

[@26kcarias9]

Kambo is an amazing experience

[@al3mao__245]

The experience isnt good, but the benefits are so good.

[@silverfullbuster9177]

@@al3mao__245 how so? Have you tried it?

[@Btouhy1]

@@silverfullbuster9177 it changed my life... emotional traumas and anxiety I didn’t even know I had released... it then continues to guide for months after

[@dexterlacroy4132]

Watching this in the afternoon after a morning kambo session. My week-long flu that were at its peak only hours ago cleared right up, I'm seriously 90% back to normal after having a seemingly endless fever, bad-ass cold, cough and sore throat earlier. The venom must provoke a powerful immune response, wiping everything in its way out. Safe or not, it works. Convincingly one of nature's powertools, but notice the reporter only did one dot and was not in need of adressing any health problem.

[@deniseesined4019]

thanks for the comment! Will probably do that next Monday!

[@daniesza]

2:20 he is not the founder of the Kambo cleanse he is appropriating sacred medicine by commercializing it. Typical

[@colonmonique115]

They stated he claims to have been the one that exposed the US to it.

[@alexisalex774]

Agreed! Another colonizer stealing sacred indigenous medicine

[@FeonaLeeJones]

It’s legal here too in the USA 🇺🇸. I’m glad she tried it!!

[@jhonnykamboinmysoul-iquitos]

Nice kambo 💚💚💥💫🙏 thank kambo

[@goldfinger1970]

Interesting that these people didn’t diet, drink water, meditate, have smoke blown up their nostrils, stand on a bed of nails like the Vice video I just watched.

[@Logic325]

sign me up

[@jamiemason8548]

Talk about an anti climax!!

[@JamieHartMusic]

agreed, she only did one burn where the guy did 5

[@user-gu6vf3je1d]

She wasn’t interested in doing it. So she didn’t.

[@Btouhy1]

@@JamieHartMusic and her conclusion was it dint work lol 😂

[@sunshine-yr4qw]

Did she go all the way to Amazon just to do 1 dot???lol The power of the media is amazing. So dramatic and exaturated.

[@kookycoolauntkaryn5884]

Right she could have gone to Colorado and done 7/8 as that seems to be the normal... because at 1 you only get a little of the toxin and it just makes you feel like you have had food poisoning for about 30 mins.. then Nothing 😂😂

[@reynaencantadora1308]

😏 What does Donald Trump have to do with Amazonian Frogs? Why even mention him Scott Ellis? That is absurd! 👊😄

[@nothing6067]

Reyna Encantadora 🤣

[@k00patr00pa1]

Hamilton did it better

[@nicholaskruger9460]

Lame vibrio

[@ronruddick2972]

The right to die how and when is my right...

[@matsgilon7075]

it hurts to read this

[@cesarleonardomejiaperalta7040]

Amén 🙏

[@patches_kitty]

Makes sense. I got totally shitfaced and puked my guts out the next few weeks were fantastic.

[@cdamon674]

No, you did not.

[@user-in7cx5lz9c]

Kinda mean to the frog.

[@kookycoolauntkaryn5884]

We have different ways of getting the toxins from the front that really are just sort of like giving the frog a bath these days 😀 😄

[@carolnabors6746]

Why do people do these weird things? When I hear poison I run the other way.

[@alexisalex774]

Alcohol is poison, people still consume it. Kambo saved my life so far

[@chxn_gus1616]

Can this cure corona just asking for research

[@Pauline_mrt]

some people are having success using kambo to heal from long cov!d :)

[@speed63557]

Nope Not for me I hate liver and chicken hearts and frog slime now 😑

[@Logic325]

I want to take shrooms now smh

[@nancycampbellgibson2634]

They'll be extinct soon.

[@thomasbenton915]

Nancy Campbell Gibson No they won't. You don't kill the frog to obtain the venom. They are released after the medicine is collected.

[@qdasa1924]

Humans or frogs? You must be referring to the humans. Yea, they are becoming less and less intelligent putting toxins into their bodies and going into anaphylactic shock which can kill them.

[@dreamsaresharedhere_]

QDAS A you don’t know what you’re talking about. This is an ancient medicine. Why it’s still around? Because it works and the tribes are still around to continue spreading the knowledge!

[@joeker50]

@@qdasa1924 you have never tried it wich means you have no idea.. Trust big pharma. Good luck in life

[@qdasa1924]

@@dreamsaresharedhere_ what's administered is a very tiny amount. The result will be fatal if administered intravenously. And how is "cleansing" defined? Do educate me on that. Any reactions observed in the video - increased heartrate, increased body temperature resulting in perspiration, chills are clear signs that the body system is under attacked by the toxins and hence the immune reaction resulting in the visible symptoms. if you wanna try the ancient medicine, go ahead and help yourself. I don't get how pharmaceutical companies are related to my beliefs. What I know is an accumulation of knowledge from the years of working as a medical doctor and treating patients.

[@adrianhowell6173]

First it was snakes now frogs

[@Irrirriii]

I’m surprised ABC is advertising this. Just recently, few days ago some Russian Lukoil head millionaire died from this in some shamans basement from taking this Kambo ceremony. That shaman instead of calling the ambulance, just told the guy it’s ok and told him to sleep and the guy’s heart was in pain and he died. I mean the guy was successful millionaire and to die from such silly thing is just ridiculous. If you’re thinking of doing this - don’t.

[@squamish4244]

The practitioner was incompetent.

[@cordellglatz5005]

2 comment. this is just another. weird. thing we do

[@vanessacurry9735]

Dave hicks

[@marcomacro2212]

Phyllomedusa Bicolor, Giant Monkey Frog, Giant Leaf Frog, Kambo. Phyllomedusa bicolor is a nocturnal tree dweller. They live in the tropical canopy rarely venturing below 10-20 metres above ground level. They never encounter humans other than to be captured for ceremonial and medicinal uses. All Phyllomedusa Bicolor involved in these practices are prisoners awaiting torture. They are being tortured on your behalf, and, in addition, the 'medicine' extracted from Phyllomedusa Bicolor is a narcotic. It causes liver failure, depression of senses often confused as a calmness, it's highly addictive, 4000 times stronger than medical morphine (Heroin). There are 193 different compounds within the serum, each has a very specific impact on the human biome and vital organs. If you smoke tobacco or use alcohol on a regular basis you should avoid Kambo's serum, it will suppress the respiratory system and it will have serious negative impacts on your body. Please ask your ceremonial guide to tell you what these compounds are and how dangerous they can be. Please ask the native populations how many of their brothers and sisters die from liver failure and associated chronic symptoms. One experience Phyllomedusa bicolor would never naturally endure is being staked out, tied in an ritualistic X pattern then having it's protective serum removed. It is interesting when we consider up to 80% of a any frog's sensory experiences are endermic, felt through the skin, we can absolutely decide that for all Phyllomedusa Bicolor forced to endure this ceremony there is severe pain. If we consider the musculoskeletal configuration of Kambo, we can also accept that both posterior abductor muscles are torn in this ceremony, along with the sartorius and both major and minor gracilis muscles, this is essential, the pain encourages Phyllomedusa to produce peptides and opioids, it is attempting to protect itself. So, if the frog is trying to protect itself, and this is beyond question, why are you subjecting a wonderful animal to such immense pain, repeatedly. Why is it that you do not mention the violence inflicted upon this creature. Can you also describe the free life of Phyllomedusa Bicolor, what do they eat, where do they mate, how are their young protected from predation, what is the normal life span, are they endangered, do they appear on the IUCN red list, being 100% nocturnal, can you tell me how they identify each other. I will share this with you, a female deicides on her partner, this will be the male with the strongest call. Together they descend from the high jungle canopy to a place they have chosen together, where they then build a nest. The nest is always located above water, a pool normally. The nest comprises of carefully folded interlocking leaves, they form a protective sphere for the eggs, both parents, by vigorously rubbing their hind legs together produce a foam, the eggs are deposited in the foam and within 8-12 days develop into tadpoles. Mum and Dad have built an escape hatch for their children, and the children know where it is. Eventually they exit the birth sphere and drop into the pool beneath the nest where they continue development until metamorphosis. Please live your life gently, with thought and care for all living things and a full appreciation of what you may leave behind for our future children, remember we do not have dominion........peace and joy

[@BlasianGoddessTM77]

Marco Macro You’re everywhere

[@marcomacro2212]

@@BlasianGoddessTM77 In all the locations false 'profits' and animal exploiters inhabit, what is your opinion on phyllomedusa bicolor torture?

[@andreasoliver6185]

YEs it is because of the DMT.

[@freyaastrella]

you're thinking of bufo alvarius - the toad that creates 5-meo-dmt. Kambo is a frog and its poison is not psychoactive.

[@andreasoliver6185]

Yes I confirm to you for Kambo, the poison is psychoactive and got DMT too :D

[@freyaastrella]

If definitely doesn't lol

[@ghostdog7575]

NO! Kambo contains dermorphine, deltorphine, sauvagine, phyllokinine, phyllomedusine and other peptides but not even a nanogram of DMT.

[@deniseesined4019]

Hahahaha no DMT in there

[@cjsgarage3789]

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[@jayc5413]

what an amazing video with some original content.

[@thomasbenton915]

How would she know if it's a cure or not? Does she have a chronic and debilitating disease? Also mist medicines take time to work there magic and one dose is probably not efficient

[@Btouhy1]

She didn’t do the medicine.. she put one dot with no burnhole...

[@Ewr42]

The toad at 5:19 also contains a psychedelic substance(and many more cardiotoxic substances mixed with it in the venom) It's one of the bufo species, not the alvarius one, but a common cane toad like the Australian ones. Those bumps on its shoulders with tiny dots are its venom glands. Its venom has Bufotenine, or 5-HO-DMT, which is also in some Rapés used in Latin america like yopo and paricá.(they come from tree seeds and also contain tiny amounts of 5-MeO-DMT, N,N-DMT and even psilocybin but it all quickly decays in a few months to n,n which is more stable) Just a side note, I've never seen information about the compounds in the phyllomedusa bicolor skin secretion, but from having used it yesterday, I think it has some really powerful DMT isomer, possibly even 5-MeO - I've felt visuals more intense than on Ayahuasca and got straight into ego death, but the effects were short lived; I presume it was some type of DMT plus the cardiotoxins and histamines from what I've felt subjectively. The shaman said it had ibogaine in it too but Idk..

[@marcomacro2212]

Phyllomedusa Bicolor, Giant Monkey Frog, Giant Leaf Frog, Kambo. Phyllomedusa bicolor is a nocturnal tree dweller. They live in the tropical canopy rarely venturing below 10-20 metres above ground level. They never encounter humans other than to be captured for ceremonial and medicinal uses. All Phyllomedusa Bicolor involved in these practices are prisoners awaiting torture. They are being tortured on your behalf, and, in addition, the 'medicine' extracted from Phyllomedusa Bicolor is a narcotic. It causes liver failure, depression of senses often confused as a calmness, it's highly addictive, 4000 times stronger than medical morphine (Heroin). There are 193 different compounds within the serum, each has a very specific impact on the human biome and vital organs. If you smoke tobacco or use alcohol on a regular basis you should avoid Kambo's serum, it will suppress the respiratory system and it will have serious negative impacts on your body. Remember this is an narcotic experience. One experience Phyllomedusa bicolor would never naturally endure is being staked out, tied in an ritualistic X pattern then having it's protective serum removed. It is interesting when we consider up to 80% of a any frog's sensory experiences are endermic, felt through the skin, we can absolutely decide that for all Phyllomedusa Bicolor forced to endure this ceremony there is severe pain. If we consider the musculoskeletal configuration of Kambo, we can also accept that both posterior abductor muscles are torn in this ceremony, along with the sartorius and both major and minor gracilis muscles, this is essential, the pain encourages Phyllomedusa to produce peptides and opioids, it is attempting to protect itself. So, if the frog is trying to protect itself, and this is beyond question, why do people continue subjecting a wonderful animal to such immense pain, repeatedly. Why is it that people do not mention the violence inflicted upon this creature. Can any of you, who may read this, describe the free life of Phyllomedusa Bicolor, what do they eat, where do they mate, how are their young protected from predation, what is the normal life span, are they endangered, do they appear on the IUCN red list, being 100% nocturnal, can you tell me how they identify each other. I will share this with you, a female deicides on her partner, this will be the male with the strongest call. Together they descend from the high jungle canopy to a place they have chosen together, where they then build a nest. The nest is always located above water, a pool normally. The nest comprises of carefully folded interlocking leaves, they form a protective sphere for the eggs, both parents, by vigorously rubbing their hind legs together produce a foam, the eggs are deposited in the foam and within 8-12 days develop into tadpoles. Mum and Dad have built an escape hatch for their children, and the children know where it is. Eventually they exit the birth sphere and drop into the pool beneath the nest where they continue development until metamorphosis. Please live your life gently, with thought and care for all living things and a full appreciation of what you may leave behind for our future children, remember we do not have dominion........peace and joy

[@BlasianGoddessTM77]

Marco Macro You’re everywhere 😳

[@marcomacro2212]

@@BlasianGoddessTM77 Not quite, although it may appear that way, someone has to speak the truth :-)

[@mariocean808]

You got me thinking. Maybe I'll choose ayahuasca instead.

[@marcomacro2212]

@@mariocean808 Or choose to leave such things where they belong, in their own environment. Choice suggests for you this is about discovery rather than a search for curative interventions....I wonder how many species of animal, insect rely on the vines for survival and how much pollution, Co2, Methane is produced from the travel element connected to this global industry. I am in the UK, if I chose to use ayahuasca here there would be a 10,000 kilometre environmental debt to consider, the empty space where vines once grew, the life support mechanisms these vines are part of and the appropriation of cultures whose future is changed by your money. There is a growing belief in indigenous cultures that 'trending' and erroneous medicine cultures within the west are in fact modern forms of colonialism........in the amazon you can find shaman of every nationality. Perhaps Maris ocean you could abstain, instead join with frontline jungle protectors and choose not to exploit what is already broken. Co2 uptake in Amazonia deforms leaf stomata, leaves reduce in size, canopies thin, temperatures and humidity increase, jungle floors are exposed to greater amounts of direct light, leaf litter is dramatically reduced, the life cycle of all species is altered and many species go extinct because you 'choose'...

[@mariocean808]

@@marcomacro2212 that argument can be set for anything. Maybe stop overlooking. It must be exhausting.

[@lineylou6339]

Animal cruelty

[@Erica-vt7ou]

HUH

[@jannalee2036]

Poor frog.. Humans are stupid

[@theonewhosthere]

It’s not stupid it has helped heal so many people from “incurable” diseases

[@clairewhite4536]

I have a MAJOR phobia on frogs and toads. Going there would be the worst case scenario for me

[@NNichols10]

Hipster new age kids have been doing this for at least 20 years. It leaves scars and people proudly show it off.

[@jfcarpio]

Not only them. Think for yourself.

[@albinpralayil5882]

People have been doing this ritual for waaay more than twenty years. It is ancient knowledge that the tide pod eating, Kiki challenging, new generation won't understand.

[@ateekahmitik324]

Albin Pralayil ❤️🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿❤️😂

[@Btouhy1]

Im neither and it changed my life.

[@MrZZooh]

I hate how they crucify and string up that poor frog. This is wrong.

[@CBU2221990]

Better than crystal meth

[@travis1190]

that proved nothing

[@ViniciusSantos-cz5sw]

Gracia? That's correct, In Brazil we speak spanish!

[@PeoplesChoiceofficial]

this is not a healing ... this poisoning

[@alexisalex774]

Have you tried it? It’s amazing it saved my life. Sacred indigenous medicine, do your research

[@harrylen1688]

So proud of her !!Never seeing Journalist trying it on psychedelic's.!

[@sangalgojojijoe3463]

cleansing for what

[@Seyunjukan]

Very good question. Most likely cleasing for others to validate their spirituality and "woke" status.

[@Btouhy1]

Everything physical and emotional

[@katrgraves]

Vice already did this