Amazon Forest Plants

“O Sopro do Rapé” (the blow of hapé) is a song about the moment at the heart of every hapé circle: when one person blows the medicine for another. It is sung in Portuguese by Welber Marron, and it carries a second name, “Força do Rapé”, the strength of hapé. The song This recording by […]

This is a chant of the Yawanawá, a people of the Gregório River in Acre, in the Brazilian Amazon. It was shared on SoundCloud in 2013 by Centro Yachak, an organisation in Acre that brings people together around indigenous culture, and it has been played more than 60,000 times. The chant On SoundCloud the recording […]

Haux (pronounced “haush”) is a word of the Huni Kuin people of the Amazon, also used by the Yawanawá and their neighbours. It means yes, I agree, so be it, in harmony. It is said to greet, to affirm an intention and to give thanks, and it is often said twice: “haux haux”. How to […]

The Jatoba Bark is a Beautiful Rainforest Medicinal Plant Jatoba, also known as Hymenaea courbaril or Brazilian Cherry, is a tree native to the Amazon rainforest and other parts of Central and South America. The bark of the jatoba tree has been traditionally used in herbal medicine and is believed to offer various health benefits. […]

[ux_image id=”185546″ link=”https://queenoftheforest.org/product/new-queen-of-the-forest-rape-sampler-7pack/”] Discover the Murici Plant: A Tropical Gem with Unique Flavor and Versatility The Amazon rainforest is home to an astonishing variety of flora and fauna, some of which remain largely unknown to the outside world. Among these hidden gems is the Murici plant (Byrsonima crassifolia), a tropical fruit-bearing shrub found in the […]

The Samaúma (Ceiba pentandra) is the tree that Brazilians call a Rainha da Floresta — the Queen of the Forest. She is the tallest tree of the Amazon, rising above the canopy to as much as 70 meters, and for the peoples of the forest she is not simply a tree. She is the Mother […]

Pau Santo means “sacred wood”. The beginning of the use of this wonderful wood is lost in time, being used in indigenous rituals of the Pachamama (Mother Earth), to clean the house and the body of the patients, in the Catholic churches, in the processions of Cristo Morado, in the works with plants of power, […]

Sananga Sananga is a plant native to the Amazon, it is used by the people of Kuntanawa since their tribe was established. The main indication of Sananga is to cure the physical and spiritual vision. Sananga is considered a useful natural medicine that is capable of curing all the types of eye diseases: Glycoma, poor […]

They all knew the secret of the power plant that is ayahuasca, the liana. The vine for us is nixi pae; the leaf is called kawa. AYAHUASCA AND THE JIBOIA MOTHER It is said that the warrior went hunting. He was hunting and ended up finding an enchanted, white boa constrictor who lived in the […]

“Shamanism” is something that cannot be reduced to a single definition or explanation. Religion, belief, ritual, system of thought, ontology, configuration of the world: such are some of the polemical categories that arise to the mind when it comes to making a brief presentation on the subject. The term, generic and misunderstood, is used to […]