Research

Books about Kambô

Book by Peter Gorman stating the story of the western world’s discovery of Sapo/Kambô (English).

Book by Jason Fellows about the power of Kambo’s peptides

First German book about Kambô Frog Medicine by René Schliwinski

Synergy of Entheogens book by Giovanni Lattanzi

Scientific Studies and international testimonies:

SAAPO-Studie (Survey zur Anwendung von Amphibiensekreten von Phyllomedusa bicolor und der Otac-Kröte) der Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/bitstream/handle/fub188/34604/diss_m.hermkes.pdf?sequence=1&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0sFlVBAO37Q0DE6Y2sCtBvp2B0SvnFEXsEgU_6FoHxDLS6YbY48UJDyQU_aem_inqxzHpGygWv8aY_87E2cw

An Internet-based survey on Kambô, the secretion of the Amazonian Giant Maki Frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor)

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269881121991554

https://psychiatrie-psychotherapie.charite.de/forschung/suchterkrankungen/ag_psychotrope_substanzen/forschungsprojekte/saapo_studie

International Journal of Psychology and Psychoanalysis

Kambô: A shamanistic ritual arriving in the west - description, risks & perception by users

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330021177_Kambo_A_Shamanistic_Ritual_Arriving_in_the_West_-_Description_Risks_and_Perception_by_the_Users

Kambô: A Shamanic Medicine - Personal Testimonies

https://juniperpublishers.com/jojcs/pdf/JOJCS.MS.ID.555739.pdf

“Use of Phyllomedusa bicolour poison during kambô ritual: Observational responses, dosage and risk of adverse events.” 

Retrospective data analysis published January 2022 in Toxicology Communications

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24734306.2021.2006524#d1e296

“Psychoemotional outcomes of the Kambo ritual in humans” Observational study (started July 2021) by Caitlin Thompson.

“The physiological effects of Kambo: A comprehensive review of the peptides found in Phyllomedusa bicolor skin secretion” 

Literature review published March 2022 in Sage’s Toxicology Research and Application

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23978473221085746