California [US], December 26 (ANI): In Peru, music is being used as an effective therapeutic tool.

Icaros, or traditional songs, are used as part of a man's drug and alcohol addiction recovery programme. These icaros are utilised during ayahuasca healing rituals at the Takiwasi Center for Drug Addiction Rehabilitation and Research on Traditional Medicines in Tarapoto, Peru, together with conventional Amazonian medicine and psychotherapy.