2023-05-18 22:42:24
The case of Teresa Lazo, a Hispanic mother, has been in the spotlight, after the result of the autopsy revealed that on May 6, someone poisoned her.
Univisión reported that the victim’s family in Los Angeles demanded to stop the supposed shaman who applied kambó to him, a frog poison against depression.
As they point out, Lazo was a first-time mother and he applied kambó causing his death by poisoning.
According to a sister of the victim, at the hospital they were told about more cases.
Now, they are waiting for irrefutable evidence to confirm it was with kambó, as they call the poison of an Amazonian frog, which some people attribute healing properties against depression and anxiety.
The case of Lazo
The publication added that Lazo, 34, gave birth to her first child, Julián, in December 2022; however, a month later she was diagnosed with postpartum depression.
The patients sought natural alternatives and accepted the invitation of a “new” friend, reported Justin Johnson, now a widower and Julián’s father.
It was presumed that they would go to an ‘Expo’ of holistic treatments, but Teresa Lazo’s body had marks on her calves and the back of her thighcompatible with the kambó application.
At this, Elizabeth, one of Teresa’s sisters, warned: “The emergency room nurse informed us that she is the fifth girl who has died from this.”
“Enough, this should not happen anymore. We ask for justice, that this does not happen to anyone else, ”she demanded, referring to the treatment that shamans would offer in the San Bernardino mountains.
The San Bernardino police as well as the Poison Control Centers are investigating the death of Teresa Lazo, but they still have no information to make public.
The application of poison from the Phyllomedusa bicolor frog, the scientific name of the kambo frog or big monkey, as it is known, became popular a few years ago after preliminary studies that attributed probable healing properties against depression and acute anxiety.
Some people claim that it changes their lives, but the scientific community insists that it there is not a single study that validatesscientifically, the supposed benefits.
How they extract the poison
To extract the poison, people immobilize the frog and scrape the poison out of it. Then, they mix it with water and put it to dry on a wooden board, where it remains as a whitish paste.
In the process, the shamans make superficial burns, as if they were points, depending on what the client needs.
Men generally apply it to the chest or arm. In the case of women, it is on the calves or the back of the thigh.
In the case of Teresa Lazo’s “new” friend, the woman assured that the treatment worked for her, which could be true.
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Misuse can be deadly
Univisión added that shamans with extensive experience have defended that before this treatment, they take into account the physical constitution of the person, their weight, height and if they have received a dose of kambó before, a misapplied dose, though, has the potential to be deadly.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) considers kambo a controlled substance, class I. Its illegal possession is one of the most penalized.
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