Soli Deo Gloria

What has Kambo
changed for you?

Create your Kambo Profile, it only takes 2 minutes: your journey becomes part of the first systematic Kambo field research. A passion project in the making, so that what people report after Kambo becomes visible, especially for chronic and severe illnesses.

Important: you sign up BEFORE your Kambo treatment.

Create my Kambo Profile I am a Kambo practitioner

Free · Anonymous · Automatic follow-up surveys

Your data is protected. Only anonymous average values become publicly visible. Your contact details are stored separately from your answers. Your individual entries are seen only by the research team and, if you take part through a practitioner, by that person.

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18 of 100 first Kambo Profiles in the pilot phase
Every entry makes the picture more accurate. Join in and become part of the first hundred.

This field research is dedicated to the people who carry chronic illness, people who hope for change, if they find a good practitioner who accompanies them safely. With this work, I want to honestly make visible what changes after Kambo and what does not, the helpful as well as the limits and risks. And I wish for Kambo to be offered safely in the West, within a protected framework and setting. This site is meant to contribute to that as well.

Michael Rüsel, founder

Process

Four steps.
Two minutes.

You log a treatment by email. Everything else happens automatically. Important: you sign up BEFORE your Kambo treatment.

1

Email + date

Your email, the treatment date, and the intensity beforehand. No account needed.

2

Confirmation

You immediately get a confirmation email from Kambo Research with your details.

3

Automatic follow-ups

We reach out to you on our own, with short questions, answered in seconds.

4

Your complete history

Over time, this builds your full progress, completely automatically.

Every treatment counts

Enter each Kambo treatment individually, always before the session. Whether it is your first treatment or one of many: every single one makes the research stronger. The automatic follow-up surveys after 1 week, 1 month, 6 months and 1 year are the same for everyone, keeping the data comparable, and the study simply continues as a long-term observation.

Try it right now

Your Kambo Profile.
10 sliders, live.

This is how you track your progress: before a treatment, then again and again afterward. Just drag a slider a bit, and your profile appears instantly above.

Move the sliders below, your profile responds instantly

Just a preview, nothing is saved.

Energy6

How much physical and mental energy do you have right now in daily life?

Sleep4

How restful has your sleep been lately?

Pain overall7

How severe is your pain overall, regardless of the cause?

Inner calm3

How calm or restless do you feel inside?

Mental clarity5

How clear or foggy is your thinking right now?

Mood6

How has your mood been overall lately?

Anxiety / Worry4

How much anxiety or worry is with you right now?

Joy in life7

How much joy do you feel in your everyday life right now?

Connection to nature5

How connected do you feel to nature?

Spiritual connection / Meaning8

How much meaning or spiritual connection do you feel right now?

Just set the sliders here, quickly fill in the next page, and you're already part of it. Takes only a few minutes and gets saved.

Create your real profile now
Live data

Public Dashboard

Pilot phase: here you see sample visuals of what the dashboard looks like with data. Once we reach 100 participants (currently 18) we'll switch on the real data, visible to everyone, worldwide.

Note on methodology: All values are self-reports from participants, not a clinical study. They show experienced change, not proven effectiveness.

Change trend Sample visual
24h 30 days 90 days 180 days

Y-axis: average improvement in points (scale 0–10 · 0 = no change, 10 = greatest possible improvement).

View the data →
Worldwide

Research partners worldwide

Kambo practitioners from all over the world take part. Every dot on the map represents an active research partner.

Enter your location and find a research partner near you where you can take part in the study yourself.

Practitioner directory

Annette Veitenhansl *
Ingolstadt, DE
View website
* Founding member
Antonio Caballero Prada *
Tulum, MX
* Founding member
Axel Haupt *
Lüneburg, DE
View website
* Founding member
Dagmar Civišová *
Prague, CZ
* Founding member
Eva Piperis *
Kirchberg/SG, CH
View website
* Founding member
Hans Hurler *
Marquartstein, DE
* Founding member
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Itamar Sayag *
Berlin, DE
* Founding member
Juliana Dey *
Ibiza, ES
View website
* Founding member
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Kathrin Wallner *
Hamburg, DE
* Founding member
Lena Schulte *
Almograve, PT
* Founding member
Michael Rüsel
Kassel, DE
View website
Nicole Horn *
Osnabrück, DE
View website
* Founding member
Nina-Fabienne Schust *
München, de
View website
* Founding member
Timo Riemann *
Hamburg, DE
* Founding member
Register as a partner

Are you a Kambo practitioner?

Sign up as a research partner. Your practice location appears on the world map, and you get a free tool to track your treatments and see exactly where each of your clients stands. The founding round comprises 15 practitioners, 2 places are still open. We limit the number because every profile is checked and supported personally. After that we keep a waitlist.

  • ✓ Access to the full dataset
  • ✓ Regular research report by email
  • ✓ Listed as a founding member with your name and practice link in the public directory
Your practitioner dashboard, free

All your clients and their progress at a glance. You see exactly where each one stands, from the very first treatment.

Sign up as a partner

Name and email. The rest takes two short steps.

Free · Activation within 24h

Your Practitioner Area · Preview with sample data
Your Practitioner Area · Preview with sample data

Your clients. Their progress.
At a glance.

No Kambo practitioner today can see where their clients stand months after treatment. As a registered partner, you can: every follow-up survey from your clients lands automatically in your area. Completely free.

kambo-research.com/practitioner
Sample data
Good morning, Anna.Anna Muster Practice · Berlin
Today · 3 clients in active follow-upAM
Active clients12+3

3 of them new this month

Avg. change+2.4

strongest area: energy

Follow-up surveys28

87% response rate

Next survey4 days

J. W. · Vienna · 6-month point

Progress · A. K., Berlin
Treatment on 03/12/2026 · 3 of 5 checkpoints
Energy Sleep Pain
Change since treatmentA. K.
Energy +3
Sleep +2
Pain −2
Mood +3
Clarity +2
Next checkpoint: 6 months · Reminder goes out automatically
Client
Treatment
Checkpoints
Last update
AK
A. K. · Berlin
03/12/2026
Energy +3Sleep +2
LB
L. B. · Zurich
01/19/2026
Energy +4Clarity +3
MS
M. S. · Hamburg
04/28/2026
Pain −2Mood +3
JW
J. W. · Vienna
06/02/2026
Follow-up survey in 4 days
New follow-up survey receivedM. S. · Hamburg · Pain −2 · Mood +3

Checkpoints: before treatment · 1 week · 1 month · 6 months · 1 year. Every reminder goes out automatically, you don't need to do anything.

Become a partner for free now Free · Approval within 24h · Participation is voluntary for your clients
Stories

Experience reports that were sent to us.

Personal accounts from participants and from practice, documented, approved, organised by topic and searchable. These reports do not come from Kambo Research and are not included in the scientific analysis.

Read the stories Share your story
New in the Kambo profile

Your condition, measured precisely

Not just "do you feel better?": in your Kambo profile you pick your exact condition and rate its typical symptoms one by one, before the treatment and at every check-in. That makes visible what really changes, symptom by symptom.
Step 1 · Choose your condition

From migraine to Lyme disease: you select what affects you.

MigraineLyme diseaseLong CovidRheumatismAsthmaDepression…
Step 2 · Rate your symptoms (0–10)

Each typical symptom of your condition individually, before the first treatment.

Pain intensity
8
Attacks per month
7
Light sensitivity
6
Fatigue
7
Step 3 · Progress at every check-in

After 1 week, 1 month, 6 months and 1 year we ask the same symptoms again (dark = before, gold = after).

Pain intensity
−5
Attacks per month
−4
Light sensitivity
−2
Fatigue
−5

Sample values for illustration. Every check-in also records short standardised mood questions (PHQ-2/GAD-2) and possible side effects. The result is an honest overall picture, not a brochure.

Trust

How we protect data quality

Research is only worth as much as its data is honest. That is why this platform is deliberately not an open portal but a curated registry:

Every practitioner personally vetted

We admit practitioners in stages. The reason is not scarcity but capacity: every profile is reviewed personally, and the support has to grow with it. The founding round has 15 places. The next stage opens once the infrastructure reliably carries the existing round, planned for 1 January 2027, again with application and personal review. A profile only appears after approval.

Every entry confirmed

Only participations confirmed by e-mail (double opt-in) enter the analysis.

Practitioner countersignature

If a practitioner is named, they confirm that the treatment really took place.

Side effects count too

We record improvements AND unwanted effects. Collecting only the positive is advertising. We do research.

Honest methodology

All values are self-reports, not a clinical trial. That notice sits under every chart, and it stays there.

Ethics council in formation

An independent ethics council is being formed: a few people who review the study design and consent practice solely from the participants' perspective, with no ties to the project. We say openly where we stand.

Stored separately, like a registry

Contact data and research data live in two separate data areas. The research data carry only a participant number (for example KR-00023), and the two areas are never analysed together. The large medical registries handle it the same way.

Safety comes first

Kambo is not a harmless substance. Whether someone is treated is decided by the practitioner. Caution applies with cardiovascular disease and with prior mental illness. Do not drink excessive amounts of water around the treatment. Please report serious incidents promptly to forschung@kambo-research.com.

Where Kambo comes from

Kambo is the secretion of an Amazonian frog, handed down by Indigenous peoples. We honour the people and the knowledge this practice comes from, and we stand for a respectful, animal-sparing treatment of the frog.

Independent and disclosed

The founder also runs a Kambo training. To keep this from becoming advertising, the expert advisory circle may correct statements on this site, and we publish all results, including neutral or unfavourable ones.

Read the full methodology: field research as PDF
What people use Kambo for

The most common concerns

For orientation, not as a question in the form.

Chronic illness or allergies?

In the Kambo Profile, look up your exact condition, from Lyme disease to migraine.

Body pain

Chronic pain, joints, back, muscles.

Energy & exhaustion

Burnout, fatigue, vitality, zest for life.

Emotional

Depression, anxiety, trauma, emotional stagnation.

Addiction

Substance dependency, behavioral addictions.

Other

All other concerns and conditions.

Why this site exists

A matter close to my heart.

Michael Rüsel

Michael Rüsel

Founder of Kambo Research · Naturopath · Kambo practitioner since 2014 · Tai Chi teacher

I want Kambo to reach the people who could benefit from it most, many hold back out of fear or uncertainty. This site is my contribution to that. It's completely free, for participants as well as for practitioners, regardless of which organization, country, or background they belong to. My wish is that one day thousands of treatments will be documented here, so that it becomes visible how symptoms develop after Kambo and where the limits lie.

I am a licensed alternative practitioner (Heilpraktiker) and have been working with Kambo since 2014; since 2020 I have been training practitioners myself, now more than 150. I'm also a Tai Chi teacher and have had a daily meditation practice with intensive retreat experience for over twenty years, and I also work with acupuncture and Chinese medicine. In this time I have accompanied thousands of treatments and thousands of clients, and have seen very different courses, helpful ones as well as difficult ones. That is exactly why I want to measure it instead of claiming it.

Disclosed: I train Kambo practitioners myself and therefore have a commercial interest in this field. This conflict of interest is named in the study protocol under section 11. That is why all results are published here, including neutral and unfavourable ones.

Launched · July 2026