Find your extract by what you’re looking for

Calm & balanced mood

Traditionally used to help support a sense of calm and emotional balance.

Pure Being — B. Caapi Extract
Pure Heart — Bobinsana Extract

Both contain harmala alkaloids. Read the cautions below before use.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Restful sleep & dreams

Traditionally taken in the evening to help support restful sleep.

Pure Dreams — Piñon Colorado Extract

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Focus & everyday clarity

Traditionally used to help support focus and everyday mental clarity.

Pure Clarity — Piñon Blanco Extract

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Joint comfort & mobility

Traditionally used to help support healthy joints and everyday mobility.

Pure Vitality — Chuchuhuasi Extract

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Immune support

Traditionally used to help support the body’s normal, healthy immune function.

Pure Immunity — Cat’s Claw Extract

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Monthly comfort

Traditionally used to help support monthly comfort and cycle balance.

Pure Moon — Uvos Colorado Extract

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Sananga eye drops

A traditional Amazonian preparation applied to the eyes. Intense and brief; not a sterile ophthalmic solution, not a drug and not a medical device. Read the full usage guide on the product page before first use.

Pure Vision — Sananga, Eye Drops

What is a traditional Amazonian plant extract?

A traditional Amazonian plant extract is a single plant — bark, vine, leaf or root — slowly brewed in water over several days, then reduced and preserved, following methods used by Peruvian curanderos for generations. Unlike a tincture made by soaking plant matter in alcohol for a few weeks, a slow water brew is cooked down over a wood fire until it concentrates. Ancestral Herbs makes eight of them, one plant each, in 30-gallon batches stirred by hand, reduced to 40:1 and preserved with pure cane alcohol. Sananga, our eye preparation, is plant and distilled water only, with no preservative, and ships cold. Each bottle lists the plant, the part used, the serving size, and what to know before taking it.

Grown in the Amazon. Brewed over a wood fire. Bottled in small batches.

Our plants are grown and wild-harvested in the Peruvian Amazon around Pucallpa, in partnership with Shipibo and local communities. Harvesting is regenerative — for every B. caapi vine we harvest, two are planted.

How each batch is made

Each batch is brewed for several days in 30-gallon pots over a wood-burning fire and stirred by hand, the way it has been done in Peru for generations, then reduced to a 40:1 extract. Slow brewing is why our extracts are dense with plant matter — you can see it in the bottle. Every batch is small, and every bottle is filled by hand.

A living tradition

In Peru these plants are respected as teachers, part of a living tradition that goes back thousands of years. We’re proud to bring them north with that tradition intact — and to tell you plainly what each one is, how it is traditionally used, and what to know before you take it.

Our Mission

As guardians and gardeners of this planet, we value integrity: fair partnerships in Peru, regenerative harvesting, small batches, and honest information about what each plant is and isn’t. Our mission is to serve these plants and the people who use them with love, care and respect.

What to know before you take any plant extract

Read each product’s page for the plant, the part used, the serving size and its cautions.

B. caapi (Pure Being) and bobinsana (Pure Heart) contain harmala alkaloids, which act as reversible MAO inhibitors. Do not combine them with SSRIs, SNRIs, other antidepressants, or other serotonergic medications or supplements without talking to your doctor.

Sananga is applied to the eyes and produces an intense, brief burning sensation. It is not a sterile ophthalmic solution, not a drug and not a medical device. Follow the usage guide on the product page.

Not for use by anyone under 18, or if pregnant or nursing. Consult a healthcare professional before use if you take medication or have a medical condition. Keep out of reach of children.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.