What ibogaine really is?

Despite of various researches and trials, a successful way of combating withdrawal and physical dependency on substances such as heroin, opiates and similar ones had not been discovered, until now. However, in the recent past, ibogaine treatment, through extensive research by leading facilities, has shown a promising path for the same. 

An isolated active alkaloid, ibogaine is obtained from the shrub Tabernathe Iboga’s root bark. Ibogaine’s medicinal and healing properties are not a recent discovery- it has been for thousands of years used as a rite of passage into adulthood and also for spiritual development. Ever since 1960s, ibogaine’s quality as a helpful agent in the treatment of opiate-related withdrawal symptoms has been known. For many years, a lot of research has been dedicated in the same which have proved its effectiveness as an addiction interrupter for substances such as methadone, cocaine, heroin and even alcohol. 

What is Ibogaine’s mechanism of action? 

The mechanism of Ibogaine’s working is what makes it a comparatively effective as well as a safer option than other such agents. Ibogaine alleviates the symptoms associated with withdrawal of opiate detoxification by refreshing or resetting the opiate receptor sites. Its working for other such substances is just the same. 

What makes ibogaine a safer and a unique treatment?

Ibogaine treatment has been widely trusted and used primarily due to the fact that once the course of treatment is complete; the use of ibogaine is no longer required. It is also non-addictive meaning no continuous consumption of the same is required, unlike other substances. Ibogaine’s action mechanism and how it does so, has not been understood yet, since no other treatment path shows this mechanism. 

Plants have been used by humans for treatment purposes for more than thousands of years. They have evolved with humans and are used for healing our mind, soul and body. Plants such as Iboga are sacred medicines that can heal the spiritual aspects of our being. Any treatment as safe and effective such as Ibogaine treatment surely shows promise of being a boon for humanity, and a cure for a problem that is close to becoming a menace to the society.