Ayahuasca (pronounced [ajaˈwaska] in the Quechua language) (aka caapi leaves) is any of various psychoactive infusions or decoctions prepared from the Banisteriopsis spp. vine, usually mixed with the leaves of the Psychotria bush. It was first described academically in the early 1950's by the late Harvard ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes who found it employed for divinatory and healing purposes by Amerindians of Amazonian Colombia. Most indigenous Amazonian populations say they learned how to combine Ayahuasca directly from the plants and plant spirits as received instruction. For many westerners such an assertion is completely beyond their familiar paradigm and experience.

It's hard to find a definitive answer on this. There are numerous reports of it being true but seems to be no real documentation on it. The only video that i could seems to be staged :(

Just a side note reminder:
The legal status in the United States of DMT-containing plants is somewhat questionable. Ayahuasca plants and preparations are legal, as they contain no scheduled chemicals. However, brews made using DMT containing plants are illegal since DMT is a Schedule I drug.
Source(s):
http://www.ayahuasca.com/?p=68

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca

http://ayadoc.blogspot.com/2008/09/jaguars-consume-ayahuasca.html


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