At Chacruna: Curing an Incurable Disease in the Amazon Jungle

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Lynne Nardizz

Eight years ago, I was diagnosed with an incurable autoimmune disease.  Two years ago, I went to the Amazon jungle in Peru for shamanic healing as a last resort.  After two months of shamanic dieting and ceremony, I am cured. Western medicine says that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is incurable, but my blood tests are now normal. I’m symptom-free, pain-free, and I’ve been off all my meds for over two years now... continue reading.

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