The mission of KamboFinder is to help those in need of Kambo find practitioners in their area by creating a cohesive and united network of Kambo professionals from all over the world. Our belief is that we are stronger together and that coming together to achieve a common goal of making Kambo accessible to those in need is of utmost importance.

KamboFinder believes in the power of diversity, innovation, and collaboration which is why KamboFinder strives to transcend politics and division amongst the Kambo community to focus on prioritizing safety, integrity and sustainability.a

Kambo contains dozens of identified compounds, many of which are peptides. Peptides are small chains of amino acids. Many of the peptides contained in Kambo have been scientifically studied. Although they show potent anticancerous, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and immune-modulating properties, there has been very little new research conducted on these peptides. Virtually no human research has occurred, and no research has been conducted on the Kambo secretion as a whole.

Though science is unlikely to ever truly uncover what makes Kambo so magical, it can help validate the effects and inform the development of standardized safety best practices. With the rise in popularity of Kambo as an alternative healing modality, the pressing need for research about the risks and benefits of Kambo has become apparent.

Conducting scientific research is timely and expensive. Many organizations will not fund research on substances that are not patentable and profitable as drugs. While KamboFinder pledges to support scientific research on Kambo by donating 50% of it’s profits to independent studies, this is only a drop in the bucket of the resources needed to pioneer the field of Kambo science forward.

Join us in our commitment to support the scientific research of Kambo and to ensure safety, available access and evidence-based implementation of best practices.

You can learn more about the science of Kambo and it’s peptides in laymans terms by reading this article. If you like to get into the nitty-gritty science, below is a list of kambo-related scientific resources that you can read to enhance your knowledge.

If you wish to read the full-text versions, we recommend using Sci-Hub to access it for free. Click the button below, and paste the DOI of the article you wish to read. For example, for the citation below, you would enter 10.1073/pnas.89.22.10960 in the box.

Daly JW, Caceres J, Moni RW, et al. Frog secretions and hunting magic in the upper Amazon: identification of a peptide that interacts with an adenosine receptor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 1992;89(22):10960-10963. doi:10.1073/pnas.89.22.10960