Contraindications & cautions

CONTRAINDICATIONS and cautions applied to KAMBÔ

• Serious Heart Problems (included: Arrhythmia, Heart Valve disease, Rheumatic Heart disease, Cardiomyopathy, Pericarditis, Heart failure, Coronary Heart disease…)
• Strokes
• Medicated for Low blood pressure
• Brain Haemorrhage
• Aneurism or blood clots
• People who lack the mental capacity to make the decision to sit with Kambo
• People undergoing chemotherapy and or radiation 
• Serious mental health conditions (excluding depression and anxiety)
• People who take immune-suppressants for organ transplant
• Women who are pregnant or may be so
• Women who are breast feeding
• Addisons’s disease
• Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
• Current and severe Epilepsy
• Recovering from a major surgical procedure
• Under 18’s

CAUTION is required for the following issues:

• Bufo 5-MeO-DMT (5-methoxy-N, N-dimethyltryptamine) or Iboga has been taken within the past 28 day or more
• Immune suppressants for auto immune disorders
• Slimming, serotonin or sleeping supplements
• Long term (water) fasting 
• Frequent colonics, enemas or any other detoxing
• Ruptured Oesophagus or potential weakness in the oesophagus due to
• history of multiple medical procedures involving the Oesophagus. eg: Endoscopy
• Any form of neck surgery or surgical repair to a Hiatal Hernia. For example: Nissen Fundoplication.
• Recent blunt force injury to the chest area which could cause a small tear with no symptom
• Recent childbirth – within past 3 months
• Frequent and longer term vomiting for any reason – active or history of bulimia
• Episodes of infections and inflammation in the Oesophagus.
• Long term use of certain medications: For example, antibiotics (especially Tetracyclines), NSAIDs, Paracetamol, Warfarin, Chemotherapeutic agents, Potassium Chloride and high doses of Vitamin C
• Possible erosion of the Oesophagus wall from Chronic GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease),or ulcers.
• Oesophageal varices – enlarged veins due to cirrhosis of the liver
• Portal Hypertension – due to increased pressure in the portal vein which carries blood from the digestive organs to the liver. This is usually as a result of liver disease but can occasionally be due to chronic infection, genetic disorders, medications such as methotrexate, or parasites
• Attendance at a multiple ceremony retreat where a person has vomited for a number of days or nights in a row.

PLEASE inform your teacher or practitioner if any of this applies to you or you have any doubts or questions regarding any of these points. 

This information is copyright of the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF KAMBO PRACTITIONERS IAKP © 2014-2023. All rights reserved.

Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited