yage

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entheogen hallucinogen psychoactive brew traditional medicine

Yage is a traditional Amazonian psychoactive brew, also known as ayahuasca, used by Indigenous peoples for spiritual, healing, and shamanic rituals.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Yage	0

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	entheogen ⓘ hallucinogen ⓘ psychoactive brew ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ
administrationRoute	oral ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ayahuasca NERFINISHED ⓘ Caapi NERFINISHED ⓘ Daime NERFINISHED ⓘ Hoasca NERFINISHED ⓘ Yajé NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	curanderos ⓘ shamans ⓘ vegetalistas ⓘ
containsActiveCompound	DMT ⓘ N,N-Dimethyltryptamine ⓘ harmaline ⓘ harmine ⓘ tetrahydroharmine ⓘ
countryTradition	Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalSignificance	sacred medicine ⓘ
duration	about 4 to 8 hours ⓘ
effect	altered states of consciousness ⓘ intensified emotions ⓘ purging ⓘ visions ⓘ
hasPrimaryIngredient	Banisteriopsis caapi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSecondaryIngredient	Diplopterys cabrerana NERFINISHED ⓘ Psychotria viridis ⓘ
legalStatus	varies by country ⓘ
onset	about 30 to 60 minutes after ingestion ⓘ
preparationMethod	decoction of plants ⓘ
region	Amazon rainforest NERFINISHED ⓘ
risk	dangerous interactions with certain medications ⓘ psychological distress ⓘ
traditionalPurpose	communication with spirits ⓘ diagnosis of illness ⓘ divination ⓘ spiritual healing ⓘ
usedBy	Asháninka people NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Kofan people NERFINISHED ⓘ Shipibo-Conibo people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tukano peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn	healing rituals ⓘ shamanic rituals ⓘ spiritual rituals ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ayahuasca → hasAlternativeName → yage ⓘ

subject surface form: Ayahuasca