First, it causes a giant reduction in the signs of drug withdrawal, allowing comparatively painless cleansing. Secondly, there is a marked lowering in the desire to make use of drugs for a time period after taking Iboga/Ibogaine. Usually between a week & several months. This has been confirmed by scientific studies. Finally, the drug’s psychoactive nature is reported to help plenty of users understand & resolve the issues behind their addictive behavior.
Iboga root is also used in West African folk medicine as a stimulant. Or as a tonic, & aphrodisiac in case of nervous weakness. And to treat fever & hypertension. In the Congo, iboga is used to treat tropical sleeping disease. The Italian in equatorial Africa one time praised an iboga extract called lambarence as a cure-all & recommended it in the treatment of neurasthenia & syphilis. In homeopathic medicine, a brother tincture & various dilutions obtained from the fresh root are used in accordance with the medical descriptor.