
04/30/2025
Do you have questions about these medicines? About the Anahusca and Ayahuasca fallout
On the path of master plants, there are different medicines that open doors to the spiritual, emotional and physical world. Two of these medicines, although different, share a common purpose: deep healing and connection with the sacred. We refer to the Ayahuasca and the Anahusca.
The Ayahuasca: the Grandmother
Ayahuasca is a sacred plant traditionally used in the Amazon. She is known as the grandmother, because her energy is feminine, wise, ancient and compassionate. Like any loving grandmother, it can be soft, but also firm when necessary. She guides tenderly, but also with clarity, showing us what we need to see to heal, even if sometimes it hurts.
Grandma Ayahuasca teaches with visions, revelations, and a deep sense of connection with the whole. It is an enveloping energy, which takes its time to show the way, accompanying us step by step.
La Anahusca: El Abuelo
On the other hand, Anahusca - a lesser known medicine, which is usually prepared with Syrian ruda (Peganum harmala) as a MAO inhibitor and roots such as Tepezcohuite (Mimosa tenuiflora) that contain visionary traces - manifests itself as the grandfather. His energy is masculine, direct, frank and blunt.
Where grandma can wrap us in stories, symbols and visions, grandpa goes to the point, with a medicine that does not always show so many images, but that goes straight to the heart of the matter. Healing with Anahusca is sometimes more sober, more bodily, more focused, but just as powerful.
Two complementary energies
Both medicines are beautiful and powerful in their own way. Grandma Ayahuasca takes us through the inner world with her loving wisdom, while Grandpa Anahusca confronts us with an unadorned truth, helping us to release what no longer serves us.
It’s not that one is better than the other. They are different expressions of the spirit of healing, and each one arrives when the person is ready to receive it. In the end, both lead us to the same destination: the reunion with ourselves.