Traditional healers in Ecuador's capital Quito are offering energy cleansing rituals for pets to banish physical, emotional and spiritual blockages.
Ecuador ean curandera Amparo Lugmana performs a ritual of energy cleansing on the dog Lucas and its owner Ximena Tixi at the San Francisco market in Quito on May 17, 2026.
— AFP pic! Plus, enjoy an additional FREE RM10 when you sign up using code VERSAMM10 with a min. cash-in of RM100 today. T&Cs apply. In Ecuador’s capital Quito, traditional healers are tapping into a new market for herbal remedies: the anxious “parents” of pampered pets.
At the San Francisco market, dogs, cats, rabbits are all candidates for a “limpia” , an ancient Andean ceremonial ritual designed to banish physical, emotional and spiritual blockages. Ecuadorean curandera Amparo Lugmana, a performer of energy cleansing on pets, speaks with AFP at the San Francisco market in Quito on May 17, 2026. — AFP pic A “curandero” uses herbs, smoke and raw eggs to open the chakras of creatures great and small and furry.
Ximena Tixi says her one-year-old golden retriever Lucas hasn’t been himself since he had a run-in with a cat.
“He’s more active, he no longer shows that fear he had,” the 49-year-old architect told AFP. Ecuadorean curandera Amparo Lugmana prepares an egg and roses for an energy cleansing on a dog at the San Francisco market in Quito on May 17, 2026. — AFP picShe hugs Lucas and then rubs him with a bunch of medicinal herbs, including amaranths, rue, nettle and eucalyptus.
She chose these plants, she said, because they grow in ravines and therefore “hold the energy of water, air, and sun. ” Next door, fellow healer Amparo Lugmana treats Copito, her four-year-old mongrel who has been “feeling down” of late, by rubbing petals, an egg, and herbs over his white, curly fur. She finishes by hanging Amazonian huayroro seeds on a ribbon around his neck, to ward off evil spirits.
Ecuadorean curandera Amparo Lugmana rubs an egg and roses during a ritual of energy cleansing on the dog Copito at the San Francisco market in Quito on May 17, 2026. — AFP pic Lugmana has also worked on cats and rabbits and sends treatments to the countryside for owners of unproductive cows and chickens. The cost of the treatment ranges from US$5 to US$10 , depending on the size of the pet. — AFP
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