`` Traditionally , the shaman drinks [ ayahuasca ] , he accesses other realms of reality to find out where the dissonance is , that if the shaman corrects , will eliminate the [ symptoms ] -- could be physical , could be emotional , could be bad luck , '' Gorman explains . Ayahuasca , or yage , is a drink made from a plant in the Amazon . Some believe it can help with mental trauma and depression . But there have been some deaths associated with it . Go inside an ayahuasca ceremony on ` ` This Is America With Lisa ' '' at 10 p.m . ET on CNN .
Ayahuasca , or yage , is a drink made from a plant in the Amazon . Some believe it can help with mental trauma and depression . But there have been some deaths associated with it . Go inside an ayahuasca ceremony on ` ` This Is America With Lisa ' '' at 10 p.m . ET on CNN .