An actress, identified as Marcela Alcázar Rodríguez, died after she consumed frog venom at a spiritual retreat in Mexico. As ...

The Kambo ritual in which the actress participated involves participants drinking more than a litre of water before small burns are created on the skin and the frog's mucus applied to the open wounds.

Small burns are then created on their skin, following which frog mucus is applied on the wounds. The mucus, which contains venom, increases blood pressure and induces vomiting, reported the outlet.

Silicon Valley elites are employing an ancient Amazonian frog-mucus ritual to rid themselves of stress. The practice, called kambo, involves burning the skin with a smoldering vine or wooden stick ...

The ritual involved ingesting Amazonian frog venom, which caused severe diarrhea ... Reportedly, the said mucus has venom, which increases blood pressure, leading to vomiting, and in some cases ...