According to the Peruvian healers I worked with electrolytes (salts) + oils generate more "electrical" "resistance" in ones energetic body. The idea is that abstaining increase flow potential and further facilities the "straightening of your energetic body" which is, in one way or another, the end goal to all shamanic healing.

Endlessness, so true about the detoxing. With the amount of bad foods most consume it seems like cleansing your body a little bit is a logical thing to do before ingesting consistent amounts of such a tannic brew. The idea of making one strong brew is a great one! The original idea had kept room for making a weaker cold extraction that contained other plants I wish to diet then a stronger batch for ceremonies. I don't plan on dieting anything else at first so the one batch sounds good.

Antrocles, your absolutely right about the body as a temple. I have taken what you said about being "primed" to heart. It makes sense that you would need at least a decent level of nutrients to sustain a long sequence of ceremonies. It seems like doing an actual detox would be good to get clean then integrate back into a semi-stable non-deficient diet for the course of the dieta.  I typically fast before any ceremony but I have had mushroom ceremonies after fasting for a while and felt horrible for a couple of days....

LLB, awesome suggestions. I think asking the spirit of the Juerma to help plan the diet is essential. Local food is big here and fish in the US is mostly contaminated. I can see the benefit in dieting with local foods, I had never thought of that but will now definitely be dieting only local & organic foods.

Thanks for all the ideas! I will likely not be able to start a dieta until the summer but I hope to have some ceremonies before then to gain some clarity.