Ethnobotanist Chris Kilham: The Ayahuasca Experience

Amber Lyon joins ethnobotanist Chris Kilham to discuss their ayahuasca experiences while on an ayahuasca research trip in the Amazon rainforest at the Temple of The Way of Light. The two also discuss the healing power of plant medicines and why Kilham believes plants hold the cures for nearly all our ailments. Chris Kilham is a medicine hunter, author and educator. The founder of Medicine Hunter Inc., Chris has conducted medicinal research in over 40 countries. Chris is The FOX News Medicine Hunter and is also on the Medical Advisory Board of The Dr. Oz Show. Chris works with companies to develop and popularize traditional plant-based food and medicinal products into market successes. These include kava, maca, rhodiola, schisandra, tamanu oil, cat’s claw, dragon’s blood and dozens of other plants. Chris is the author of fourteen books, including Hot Plants, The Five Tibetans, Psyche Delicacies, Tales from the Medicine Trail and Kava, Medicine Hunting in Paradise. His latest book, The Ayahuasca Test Pilots Handbook, releases in November 2014. Chris lives and works in Massachusetts with his wife, artist/activist Zoe Helene. Chris and Zoe travel the globe on Medicine Hunter expeditions, and work together to promote plant medicines, environmental protection and cultural preservation.