At a glance
This English self-study course helps adult learners understand Kambô-related cultural contexts, assess information carefully, and recognize the limits of a non-clinical support role. It is for students, educators, and wellness or retreat staff who may encounter Kambô-related questions.
The student workbook includes eight modules, reflection activities, source audits, knowledge checks, a capstone, a glossary, and references. Plan for about 6–8 hours of reading and workbook activities.
Course map
- Orientation and role boundaries
- Cultural context, attribution, and knowledge stewardship
- Evidence, health claims, and media literacy
- Health-risk awareness and emergency referral
- Consent, privacy, autonomy, and power
- Communication and referral boundaries
- Legal and organizational questions
- Ethical reflection and continued learning
What learners practice
Students practice distinguishing cultural accounts, personal testimony, commercial claims, and scientific research. They review how evidence about isolated peptides differs from evidence about Kambô use in people, and learn to describe uncertainty without promising cleansing, immune benefits, healing, or treatment.
Case studies include Sapo in My Soul, Kambo in Action, and books that use “vaccine” or therapeutic framing. Activities focus on source evaluation, cultural specificity, authorship, attribution, and knowledge stewardship. They do not teach ceremony procedures.
Read research on Indigenous knowledge, Kambô, and intellectual-property questions
Read the Dermaseptin B2 preclinical study on PubMed
Download the student workbook
Course boundaries
This educational course does not qualify or authorize anyone to conduct ceremonies. It does not provide preparation, sourcing, application, dosing, participant-screening, or procedure instructions. It is not medical advice. For a medical emergency in the United States, call 911; for poison-exposure questions, contact Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222.