Description

Puyanawa Rapé Murici – Healing/ Invigoration

Murici (Byrsonima crassifólia (L.) Rich) is a plant found throughout Latin America, where about 130 species of muricis have been identified. The name of this tree is of Tupi origin and means ‘small tree’. The species that exist in Brazil can be found in a wide range that includes areas of the Amazon Rainforest, states of the Southeast, Center-West, and also in the Northeast. In this region, more specifically in the Caatinga, the flowering period is right after the rains.

The bark of the Murici tree is rich in tannins, anti-inflammatory, astringent, expectorant, antipyretic, and laxative; it is used for gastrointestinal disorders, including indigestion, diarrhea, and dysentery; it is used to treat lung diseases (such as cough), as well as snake bites (as an antidote); it helps with female problems – period and vaginal discharge.

Murici Rapé is extremely grounding, brings warmth, cleansing, and relaxation to the lower abdomen. 

When cleansing the energies of the lower abdomen there is a harmonization of the Root and Sacral chakras, thus occurring an activation of much shared telluric energy between them.

Murici is so extraordinary that it is known for returning life to places where there was none, reviving some spaces that seemed to be empty or dead. It has incredible healing properties.

It is also good at working on relationships with others and builds social connections.

This Rapé works by bringing healing to the body, mind, and spirit, unblocking stagnant energies, bringing bodily relaxation; reducing stress, anxiety, anguish, and depression.

It is extremely strong on its effects, so one must have much respect and appreciation when using it, so that it can come in and do its work beautifully.

The Puyanawa Tribe

The Poianauas (Puyanawa) are an indigenous group that lives in the far west of the Brazilian state of Acre, more precisely in the Indigenous Land Poyanawa, located in the municipality of Mancio Lima. The Puyanawa live in two villages: Barão do Rio Branco and Ipiranga. 

A permanent road is their main access route, which connects the village Ipiranga to the downtown area over a distance of 28 km. Another access option is via the Moa River.

The first record of contact between the group and non-indigenous dates back to 1904.

The Puyanawa spoke a language of the Pano language family. The language is called Ûdikuî by the speakers, which means “true language”.

Since the reconquest of the territory, homologated in 2001, there has been a revitalization of traditions, language, and population growth among the Puyanawa indigenous people.

Our Rapé is carefully packaged in glass jars in an act of respect for sacred medicine, thus also ensuring the greatest purity and original preservation of its physical, energetic, and vibrational characteristics.

 

What is Rapé ?

Rapé, a legal sacred shamanic medicine from Amazon, which is pronounced ‘ha-peh’ in English, is a fine powder prepared from a blend of herbs, other plants, seeds, and tree bark. These are very rare, sacred, powerful, and profoundly healing and cleansing miracle medicines, and are made in a very sacred and labor intensive process.

Rapé has healing and ritualistic effects when blown. 

Traditional Rapé has been used for thousands of years by South American indigenous groups. Unlike other substances that cause hallucinogenic effects that alter the senses and awareness, is an entheogen, a term used to describe substances with symbolic and cultural aspects. 

As an entheogen, Rapé produces feelings of lightness, energization, and spiritual cleansing when used. It can trigger reactions like extreme sweating, vomiting, and weakness exactly because it performs this deep cleansing.

The substance is regarded as a sacred medicine, and when used properly and under guidance, it is not addictive, and can help the healing of diseases such as sinusitis, as well as spiritual healing. 

Indigenous peoples believes that the preparation of Rapé must have a purpose and only allow shamans and shaman apprentices to make the Rapé because they are trusted members of the tribe.

The effects of the medicine might be good, such as healing and wellbeing, or negative, such as illness and even spiritual harm, depending on the intention of the people who apply and receive the Rapé. 

In other words, the Rapé ritual is an act of bravery and trust between the Rapé-applier and everyone else involved.

The Benefits of Using Rapé

Exactly because of its benefits for the mind and for the treatment of illnesses, Rapé use has been gaining popularity worldwide. Here are some of the main benefits of Rapé medicine: 

• It has a calming effect and allows you to control your emotions for an extended period of time. 
• Its properties have the ability to sharpen the mind as well as help in concentration. 
• It can be used to treat chronic diseases like sinusitis and migraines
• as well as to detoxify and cleanse the mind’s and body’s energy fields. 
• It is an ally in the treatment of mental illnesses and some dependencies on controlled medication;
• It helps in the combat of respiratory diseases and colds since it cleans the path the air takes between the lungs, trachea, nasal cavities, pharynx, mouth, larynx, bronchioles, eliminating bacteria and mucus, the famous phlegm.

How is Rapé used? 

There is a hierarchy in indigenous tribes, and only the Shaman (in Tupi language: Pajé), the Shaman’s apprentice, or someone trusted by the tribe can prepare Rapé because there is a technique that must be followed. 

After being prepared, the Rapé becomes a powder that is blown, first through one nostril and then the other, it is always recommended to blow out one nostril at a time, so that the user creates a connection that allows the substances can act. 

To properly blow the Rapé, there are two tools that can be used: a tool known as Tepi (Tipí), a type of pipe with a long handle or a Kuripe, a tool for self-application.

When Rapé is blown, the substance found in the bark of trees, herbs and other plants is inhaled, causing it to rise automatically into the airways. Hapé clears the airways as it passes through them, and once in the brain, causes a sense of well-being as well as an expansion of consciousness and senses. 

When Rapé is blown, a smoke is formed, that spreads throughout the environment. 

It is critical for Rapé to fulfill its medicinal and ritualistic functions that the user’s thoughts are in sync. 

In some rituals the Tepi, is passed between people, and for this reason it is worth pointing out that everyone is subject to the same effects, since when the Tepi is passed, energies are also exchanged.

Sacred Blend Rapé

Our Rapé (the true pronunciation is Hah-peh) are made through a combination of natural or organic ground tobacco and ash from sacred trees with medicinal properties. You will buy here a 100% natural and high quality Amazon Shamanic Rapé.

The medicinal properties of Rapé make it helpful in healing the ailments of the physical body. Each one has its own healing properties.

Our Rapé are made with great respect to the native peoples, pioneers of this knowledge, our making is based on empirical knowledge with medicine, modern phytotherapy, botany, ethnobotany, the learning of native tribes of the Amazon, of contemporary makers, shamans and more experienced txais, bringing all our dedication, intentions of love, and faith. 

It goes through a sifting process to make it extra-fine to the aspect of talcum powder, facilitating the reception of Rapé in the body, spreading and expanding it more efficiently.

Its spiritual and sacred connection part is very intense, with the intent of the spirit of the Rapé to identify the needs of the body and spirit.

Rapé helps to enhance the Ayahuasca power plant and also in spiritual cleansing.

To use it, it is very important that the person be prepared to receive the spirit of the forest through the Rapé. It is necessary to have a “clean” body, a favorable environment, and especially a high intention to consecrate this Sacred Medicine. 

The person who will apply it also requires preparation, concentration, purpose, faith, and breath technique. In this way, you will get the most from the Medicine.

Traditionally among the tribes there is a belief that Hapé promotes the release of illnesses from the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies. 

In addition, it is believed to help open the third eye, decalcify the pineal gland, and eliminate mental fog and confusion.

Rapé also facilitates the opening and cleansing of the chakras, leading to a sense of grounding and connection to the Earth, breaking us out of negative thought patterns, connecting us to our breath, and thus expanding our connection to Spirit. 

-Use: Ethnobotanical curiosity. Exclusive use for scientific, historical and ritualistic study.