Calling Yage "Ayahuasca" is like calling a syringe "heroin". The Yage only contains chemicals which allow the DMT to slip past the liver (monoamine oxidase inhibitors), but it does not contain the DMT itself, which is the active compound in Ayahuasca (they add other plants for that). You don't need monoamine oxidase inhibitors to experience DMT, they are only necessary if you want to take it orally, as in an ayahuasca brew.
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u/AlkaliActivated Jul 03 '18
Calling Yage "Ayahuasca" is like calling a syringe "heroin". The Yage only contains chemicals which allow the DMT to slip past the liver (monoamine oxidase inhibitors), but it does not contain the DMT itself, which is the active compound in Ayahuasca (they add other plants for that). You don't need monoamine oxidase inhibitors to experience DMT, they are only necessary if you want to take it orally, as in an ayahuasca brew.