Kava Kava Root
Posted on 13 March 2009
Kava is a drug or a cure?
Each major meeting begins in Samoa Kava.
Why Samoans and other countries in most Pacific islands, including Papua New Guinea kava is considered so important and why they use so long?
What is Kava?
Kava is a shrub or bush growth of about 2 meters high in a loose soil with plenty with air to the roots that are never 60 cm depth below the surface. Kava likes hot, humid climate found in the Pacific.
The root is removed after 18 months – 4 years and beans, then dry or ground in a small fiber.
In Samoa, kava powder or fiber is generally placed directly in water in a container or kava first placed in a tissue which is then dipped in a cup of kava water (like a tea bag large).
In the traditional way, kava should be prepared by a virgin girl to get good quality but not always easy to find quickly a virgin, kava is now established by the person with the best experience.
Relax
Kava has the effect to calm people and open the mind to think clearly, so all the important meetings in Samoa to launch a kava (or Ava Samoa) ceremony.
People all over the Pacific (especially men) are instead of drinking kava alcohol after a long day of work, making them feel relaxed, but not out of control. After taking kava will always have a clear mind that many people sleep better and wake up still fresh.
Kava is used not only for relaxation, is also a remedy for healing analgesic.
Many churches also support the consumption of kava instead of alcohol.
Kava, the curative remedy
The active ingredient in kava root are called kavalactones, which has the following effects:
* A killer pain without side effects or drug
* Beginning in the treatment of leukemia
* Effective in the treatment of rheumatic
The negative
Many supplements Food has been created with the kava in the Western world and some of them were reported to develop liver damage.
A also confirmed that all the people who use supplements Kava is also used in combination with other drugs and alcohol. This does not allow what has caused the liver problem.
Another factor was that the European food supplement producers also used elsewhere in the root of the kava plant which could have negative effects, which was probably the reason for the ban kava in Europe in 2001.
Union EU lifted the ban in November 2008 because of the scientific examination of facts.
The peaceful people use only the root and have never had these problems, while using kava every day.
UNAMI (health)
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