She deserves the title mother of all medicine.
I don't even think that takes it far enough. Ayahuasca is in my mind *the* experience anyone can and should have, I think it should be a part of mandatory schooling for every citizen of a rational and mature society. It's the only substance which feels like the brain was actually made for taking it.
Also,
it truly has the potential to end the depression epidemic that's gotten a grip on the Western world.
The only word of caution is that if you dose it improperly and give someone too much, it can truly be horrifying - they can trip completely out of their mind and beyond everything that exists for hours, and this will legitimately feel like
years. After having researched this plant and its effects for a long time now, I feel that I can safely say that I think a lot of shamans in the jungle do it the wrong or at least sub-optimal way, where they dose it with a lot of RIMAs and a fairly low amount of DMT. This will be very healing but it will also be a very hard and tough journey that you will not necessarily find it easy to enjoy, at least not while you're having it. I think a low dose of RIMAs and a bit more DMT is a lot better. It keeps you grounded in this reality, while letting you see how completely, totally and absolutely amazing it is. In other words, you'll have an experience that wipes the floor even with drugs like MDMA in terms of sheer awesomeness. And I should know, I've done both and it's not even a contest.
The RIMAs (for instance, the Ayahuasca vines, that contain the harmala alkaloids) are not only what activates the DMT, but also what amplifies it to an unimaginable degree. That is, the amount of RIMA you take sets the tone for the character of the DMT itself - it's like tuning in to different channels of the usefulness of DMT. Multiply the RIMA dosage with 1.5x, for instance, and it can be 100x stronger an experience, I am not kidding. Do the same with only the DMT part of the drink and it won't be at all as much of a difference. I think this needs to be learned and recognized, but of course the whole Ayahuasca movement dogmatically clings to it as a "Sacred Medicine Only" thing instead of for what it really is - the substance that we were all meant to consume and party on. Alcohol is a total joke of a drug in every sense in comparison. It's unhealthy, boring and it certainly isn't interesting or enlightening. The only thing they have in common is that they taste bad. I am not trying to oversell it when I say that I've had more fun
on my own on this substance than anyone else has ever had at an alcohol party in the history of the world. I can't even describe how fun I've had on it with friends and going out to party on it.
Either way, Ayahuasca completely removes the cultural filter you've been having your whole life. For some, that can be a hard pill to swallow, to see how neutral and indifferent the world really is to your belief systems. It will be a life changing experience. Anyway, this might be worth a watch: