Ayahuasca en el Ecuador: Entre la tradición y la polémica

Abstract

The purpose of this document is to present an objective view of the world in which Ayahuasca is developed as a millenarian plant and the various uses that have been granted since its existence became public, highlight the cultural value that its existence contains as well as The different actors involved in the diffusion process.
Objectivity will be used in such a way that it will be able to know scientifically several of the uses that it has been granted and the effects on the health and integrity of those who consume it.
For several centuries Ayahuasca has been seen as a spiritual plant destined to a small human group known as the “Yacchas” that corresponded to the healers of the indigenous communities, especially the Amazonian where it was regularly used. Over the years and due to the process of globalization the intake of this plant has been limited to demonstration tourist events, losing its real essence that sought the connection of the “shamans” with the mystical world, they managed to foretell the future and free Evils to their community through their sacred use, we will then analyze the consequences of the inclusion of tourist activities on a sacred and ancestral ritual. Below will be presented a series of historical and scientific arguments that show the reality of its origin and the importance of its use.