Master Plant Diet: Bobinsana

Bobinsana is a very powerful plant, traditionally dieted by ancient shamans to become strong and to live a long life. Bobinsana strengthens everything for the dieter including the body, the spirit, the heart and the mind. It also helps to relieve the dieter of doubts, and boost the self-esteem and energy levels.

The Bobinsana plant will grow wherever it is planted but naturally grows in high, rocky terrain near flowing water. Because of this, Bobinsana’s world is everything of the water and of the mountains, with a lot of flowers and beautiful spirits. Bobinsana’s resilient nature helps the dieter become less sensitive to the cold, since Bobinsana is adapted to growing in cold weather.

A Bobinsana plant in bloom outside of the Nihue Rao maloca.

Surrounding our ceremonial maloca you will find many Bobinsana plants, planted for protection of the space.

Bobinsana is good for strengthening and maintaining the physical body, as well as helping the dieter to live a long and healthy life. Bobinsana also helps to strengthen the immune system and make the dieter less susceptible to illness. Ancient shamans who dieted Bobinsana lived to be older than 100 years old. Bobinsana can also help with sexual potency.

Bobinsana is also a very strong teacher for learning the medicine.

TypeHealing or learning diet
Duration11 days minimum for healing; 3 months or more for learning
Best forStrengthening and maintaining the physical body; longveity

Bobinsana is one of the many master plant diets we work with at Nihue Rao. You can find more about the master plant diets we offer here: Nihue Rao Master Plant Diets. If you are interested in dieting a particular master plant that you do not see listed, please contact us for more information.

Learn more about what a master plant diet is and how one can help your healing process in our Guide to Master Plant Diets.

About Nihue Rao Centro Espiritual

We are a traditional Shipibo ayahuasca retreat center, located about 1-hour outside of Iquitos, Peru in the small village of Llanchama. Nihue Rao is led by our head shaman, Maestro Ricardo Amaringo, who has over 40 years of experience with ayahuasca and plant medicine. Our center is built rustically and traditionally, and is surrounded by the Amazon Rainforest. We hold 4 ayahuasca ceremonies per week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

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We offer flexible retreat lengths, with a minimum of 7 days (4 ceremonies). 

Our retreats package together everything you need to have a powerful healing experience: medicine, guidance and shamanic treatment in the form of ícaros. Whether you stay with us for a week or a month, our mode of work is intended to help you get to where you need to be next—mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

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