Ajo Sacha – The Great Plant Spirit Shamanism Opener

Ajo Sacha – The Great Plant Spirit Shamanism Opener

I’ve had several people ask me lately what plant to start with when starting a Plant Spirit Shamanism healing practice. This is a tricky question because choosing the right plant for your diet is really the first part of the work that a shaman does for you on your dieta. He or She and the plant spirits will work together during your first ayahuasca ceremony to figure out which plant will be best for you to take during your dieta. Of course I highly recommend to start researching master plants and familiarizing yourself with their benefits, but hold back on expectations and let the shaman and plants come to you with what you need most. They may need to work on something on a level that you are not yet aware of.

On my third diet I was given a beautiful plant called Ajo Sacha (Ah-ho-Sa-Cha), “false garlic” or Mansoa alliacea/Pseudocalymma alliaceum. It is a shrubby vine indigenous to the Amazon rainforest. It has been used for generations by communities all over the Amazon and has been studied extensively by laboratory scientists. It is traditionally used in the form of a liquid extract during dieta.

Ajo Sacha has a myriad of medicinal uses including treating inflammation, arthritis, rheumatism, common colds, cleansing the stomach/body of Parasites and Candida, as a blood cleanser for fungal issues and even as an cure for epilepsy. This jungle plant is commonly believed to have magical properties capable of cleansing the soul of negative energies, strengthening one’s body and will, and driving away evil spirits. It is also a token of good luck and can be found hanging by the bunches in people’s homes.

Females who have drunk Ajo Sacha during dieta have reported a continuous white vaginal discharge throughout their diets. I assume this to be the body’s way of expelling excess heat and or Candida.

Ajo Sacha is also used in traditional Plant Baths implemented alongside dieta used to cleanse the physical and energetic body of illness and soul loss.

I found drinking this plant to be very pleasant it was like a garlic soup each morning that created a warm tingling sensation throughout my body. I did not notice any uneasy feelings or symptoms from drinking this plant. During ceremony I witnessed white angelic looking beings walking around the Maloka space working on people and in the space between sleep and awake I would hear the plant playing this hauntingly beautiful flute song. The dreams experienced were very vivid and lucid. These connections to Ajo Sacha’s spirit self were extremely healing to me.

The plant is very beneficial for those that are beginning to be introduced to Amazonian plant spirit medicine and those also who seem to have affiliation with high frequency energy work. The Ajo Sacha seems to distribute energy throughout the physical body in order for it to withstand and not become overwhelmed with the workload of higher energetic frequency.

If you feel drawn to start this type of practice, Ajo Sacha is a great plant to open you up before moving on to stronger plants/trees.

Ayahuasca Center’s Ajo Sacha Flowers in bloom.

Written by: Rhonda Peterson
Shamanic Coach and Founder of Mamahampi