Kambo, aka frog medicine, is the venomous secretion of Phyllomedusa bicolor, the giant leaf or monkey frog native to the Amazon basin. The substance’s range of traditional and potential therapeutic ...

A North Coast woman who trained to become a kambo practitioner did not know about the risk of sudden death associated with the ritual using toxic secretions from a frog. Counsel assisting the Coroner, ...

Kambo uses the poison of the giant monkey frog, to purify the body and treat various health conditions. However, there is no scientific evidence to verify the benefits. Many people have attempted the ...