The Witch Doctor Will See You Now — Season 1, Episode 4: Hallucinogenic Healing
Documentary • 45 min • 1 season, 4 episodes
Episode synopsis
Piers Gibbon and two volunteer patients test a range of unusual remedies sourced from the Peruvian jungle in a bid to use shamanic medicine to cure ailments they’ve struggled to fix at home.
About The Witch Doctor Will See You Now
Document some of the world's most ancient and extreme medical practices, from the snake-soup healer in Hong Kong to the chicken-massaging witch doctors in the African country of Cameroon. Gibbon is joined by volunteer patients who are seeking cures to their own ailments, something Western medicine has failed to achieve.