{{:wiki:ayahuasca250px.jpg?nolink |}}**Ayahuasca**, //Iowaska, Yagé, vine of the soul//, (//Banisteriopsis caapi//), is a vine endemic to the Amazon basin, containing monoamine oxidase inhibiting (//MAOI//) indole alkaloids known as beta-carbolines, including //harmaline//, //harmine// (aka //telepathine//), and //tetrahydroharmine//. It is traditionally prepared as a **//psychedelic//** brew containing other admixture plants, namely the //DMT// containing leaves of the Chacruna shrub (//Psychotria viridis//), but also sometimes [[jurema|Jurema]] root bark. Effects typically last between 3 to 6 hours.