Brasília, May 5, 2025 (AFP) - Brazilian ritual root gets second life as potential anti-depressant

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2025-05-05

Long used in Indigenous Brazilian rituals, the jurema preta plant, which contains a potent psychedelic, is gaining ground as a potential treatment for depression. At street stalls where medicinal herbs are sold, customers can buy the plant's root which contains dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a hallucinogenic substance that researchers say could be used to alleviate symptoms. Following instructions he found on the internet, Guaracy Carvajal extracted D......

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