There is a diet that goes with San Pedro, just as there is for ayahuasca. But with San Pedro it is easier.
All teacher plants require some ritual precautions prior to and during the ceremony. This is what we call the diet or dieta. It refers not just to restrictions around food and drink, as the name might suggest, but to other behaviours as well so we approach the plant with a pure intent. When we talk about the "diet", it is really more like the ancient Greek understanding of "dieta": a change in lifestyle, not just in what we eat.
San Pedro does not ask for major changes. Nevertheless, for at least one and ideally 3 days before it is drunk, food and drink should be as simple as possible and contain no alcohol, meat, oils or fats, spices, citrus fruits or juices, and there should be no sex. All drugs and alcohol should, ideally, be abstained from for at least one week, and the longer the better.
That is really all the diet requires, although there are some specific conditions where a consultation with your shaman and medical doctor is recommended in advance of drinking San Pedro. These include problems with the colon, high blood pressure, heart conditions, diabetes, or mental illness. None of these will necessarily prevent you from drinking since the condition itself may be the very thing that you want San Pedro to cure. However your shaman and facilitators must know, to ensure everyone's safety.
A general rule with plant work is: the purer your body and spirit, the more powerful the medicine and its teachings. The dieta is a critical part of this.
All teacher plants require some ritual precautions prior to and during the ceremony. This is what we call the diet or dieta. It refers not just to restrictions around food and drink, as the name might suggest, but to other behaviours as well so we approach the plant with a pure intent. When we talk about the "diet", it is really more like the ancient Greek understanding of "dieta": a change in lifestyle, not just in what we eat.
San Pedro does not ask for major changes. Nevertheless, for at least one and ideally 3 days before it is drunk, food and drink should be as simple as possible and contain no alcohol, meat, oils or fats, spices, citrus fruits or juices, and there should be no sex. All drugs and alcohol should, ideally, be abstained from for at least one week, and the longer the better.
That is really all the diet requires, although there are some specific conditions where a consultation with your shaman and medical doctor is recommended in advance of drinking San Pedro. These include problems with the colon, high blood pressure, heart conditions, diabetes, or mental illness. None of these will necessarily prevent you from drinking since the condition itself may be the very thing that you want San Pedro to cure. However your shaman and facilitators must know, to ensure everyone's safety.
A general rule with plant work is: the purer your body and spirit, the more powerful the medicine and its teachings. The dieta is a critical part of this.