Misc Anyone ever try Kava?

[Jube18]

I used to use this in the past for my anxiety and it really helped. Has anyone else ever tried/enjoyed kava?

 

[Chaurus]

Yes, but I didn't enjoy it.

They were small pieces of wood/root. I chewed them.

 

[Jube18]

Ahh I gotcha. What didn't ya like about it?

 

[cycloprop]

I tried it and kinda enjoyed it a few years ago but it was shitty Chinese kava that gave me a headache.

 

[Chaurus]

Ahh I gotcha. What didn't ya like about it?

Just got a glowing face and some slight confusion.

 

[fuckabout89]

I used to use this in the past for my anxiety and it really helped. Has anyone else ever tried/enjoyed kava?

Yeah if you can source good quality Kava its alright cost me 300 dollars for a bag though, add some coconut oil too it your skin will thank you too hahaha. Makes me itch though after it wears off dont like that effect

 

[placebonaut]

I've just started playing around with it, trying to get the dosage right atm, just looking for something to take the edge off life that's not beer

Yes, but I didn't enjoy it.

They were small pieces of wood/root. I chewed them.

I got some micronised, drinkable without all the fucking around kneading and filtering.

I'm not chewing this shit, it tastes god awful, didn't think that was a common ROA though?

I tried it and kinda enjoyed it a few years ago but it was shitty Chinese kava that gave me a headache.

Kava is a pacific islands thing, no clue what chinese is??

you need to make sure you're getting nobel Kava from what I've read, this summary is from a seller so need a better source, but I'm sure I've read similar things elsewhere

Kava and Liver Damage: The Truth Behind the Myth

The 2002 German kava ban was reversed after research proved noble kava root is safe. FDA confirmed kava as conventional food in Dec 2025. Here is the full story.

drinkwavo.com

 

[fuckabout89]

I've just started playing around with it, trying to get the dosage right atm, just looking for something to take the edge off life that's not beer


I got some micronised, drinkable without all the fucking around kneading and filtering.

I'm not chewing this shit, it tastes god awful, didn't think that was a common ROA though?

Kava is a pacific islands thing, no clue what chinese is??

you need to make sure you're getting nobel Kava from what I've read, this summary is from a seller so need a better source, but I'm sure I've read similar things elsewhere

Kava and Liver Damage: The Truth Behind the Myth

The 2002 German kava ban was reversed after research proved noble kava root is safe. FDA confirmed kava as conventional food in Dec 2025. Here is the full story.

drinkwavo.com

Nah if you want potent drink you gotta do the work lol! I didnt di much from the bottles or that brand I assume you got, well the the kneeding stuff is alright but hard on your stomach stuff I got from New Zealand was powder and had a smokey flavor and creamy look. Hear none of that compares to the stuff straight from the ground though from Fiji like if you were sitting with the tribes.

 

[4DQSAR]

It got banned in a lot of places because when harvested properly, only part of the plant is taken. But idiots seeking fast money ripped and chipped root and branch and if memory serves there's a toxin in the root.

 

[cycloprop]

I've just started playing around with it, trying to get the dosage right atm, just looking for something to take the edge off life that's not beer


I got some micronised, drinkable without all the fucking around kneading and filtering.

I'm not chewing this shit, it tastes god awful, didn't think that was a common ROA though?

Kava is a pacific islands thing, no clue what chinese is??

you need to make sure you're getting nobel Kava from what I've read, this summary is from a seller so need a better source, but I'm sure I've read similar things elsewhere

Kava and Liver Damage: The Truth Behind the Myth

The 2002 German kava ban was reversed after research proved noble kava root is safe. FDA confirmed kava as conventional food in Dec 2025. Here is the full story.

drinkwavo.com

It can also be grown in China

 

[fuckabout89]

It got banned in a lot of places because when harvested properly, only part of the plant is taken. But idiots seeking fast money ripped and chipped root and branch and if memory serves there's a toxin in the root.

You think it could be grown in a place like Florida?

 

[CfZrx]

I used to use this in the past for my anxiety and it really helped. Has anyone else ever tried/enjoyed kava?

yeah I've gone as far as to order The whole roots from Kona Kava! I recall that I would put the chunks in my coffee grinder until it broke lol. The feeling it gives is quite small iirc. Prob not worth the supposed liver damage they say it can cause.

 

[drewbocop]

I used to use this in the past for my anxiety and it really helped. Has anyone else ever tried/enjoyed kava?

Yes, I'm drinking some FVK Vanuatu right now via an AluBall. I drink it nightly, but my medium-heavy consumption has given me horrific side effects with my eyes. I developed a stye, which then turned into a chalazion. Now I have a chalazion in my other eye too. It seems kava can suddenly turn on you when used habitually, due to the way it interacts with the skin and oils in the eyes. It's gotten better, but I'm afraid I will have to halt all usage after I finally get into the ophthalmologist and get some new answers. This will likely require surgery as compreses, drops, antibiotics, and all the other usual treatments have helped but not resolved the issue.

Use it in moderation or you risk kava dermopathy. I recommend not using ANY instants, even good green instants, micronized, or extracts/shots/drinks. Only true, noble, medium-grind kava root. I know quite a lot about the plant. If you have any questions, let me know. It's a great anxiolytic, but can also go the other way if you use a "heady" strain rather than "heavy". Also do not drink with or close to caffeine as it causes it to metabolize much slower and you will be up all night.

It got banned in a lot of places because when harvested properly, only part of the plant is taken. But idiots seeking fast money ripped and chipped root and branch and if memory serves there's a toxin in the root.

The entire plant other than specific parts of the root is toxic.

yeah I've gone as far as to order The whole roots from Kona Kava! I recall that I would put the chunks in my coffee grinder until it broke lol. The feeling it gives is quite small iirc. Prob not worth the supposed liver damage they say it can cause.

The liver damage thing is grossly over-hyped and not really linked to proper use of the plant. If you use the aforementioned noble medium-grind cultivars, you will be fine.

 

[placebonaut]

It seems kava can suddenly turn on you when used habitually, due to the way it interacts with the skin and oils in the eyes.

I didn't know about this, that sounds really shit, hope they can treat your condition ok

I recommend not using ANY instants, even good green instants, micronized, or extracts/shots/drinks. Only true, noble, medium-grind kava root.

Do you know what the issue is with instants, is it ingestion of the kava fibers themselves? or is it that these instants might contain other parts of the plants/non-noble kava?

I quite liked the few samples I've had of Kava so far, but honestly if I've got to fuck about kneading and sieving it I most likely won't bother with it, too much faff

 

[4DQSAR]

You think it could be grown in a place like Florida?

I think so, but I don't think it's fast growing.

Hence it used being limited to special occassions in the cultures who first discovered and used it.

 

[drewbocop]

I didn't know about this, that sounds really shit, hope they can treat your condition ok

Do you know what the issue is with instants, is it ingestion of the kava fibers themselves? or is it that these instants might contain other parts of the plants/non-noble kava?

I quite liked the few samples I've had of Kava so far, but honestly if I've got to fuck about kneading and sieving it I most likely won't bother with it, too much faff

Yeah, it's ingesting the plant matter itself. Bad shit. I also hate traditional prep because it takes so long and you have to wear gloves because it is highly irritating to the skin over time and will lead to dry, cracked, bleeding hands. I bypass this entire process by using an "AluBall" (on Amazon). You just plop 2 tablespoons of traditional-grind in, put it in a protein shaker cup, shake like a muthafucka for a minute or so, DONE. It's a gamechanger.

 

[placebonaut]

Yeah, it's ingesting the plant matter itself. Bad shit. I also hate traditional prep because it takes so long and you have to wear gloves because it is highly irritating to the skin over time and will lead to dry, cracked, bleeding hands. I bypass this entire process by using an "AluBall" (on Amazon). You just plop 2 tablespoons of traditional-grind in, put it in a protein shaker cup, shake like a muthafucka for a minute or so, DONE. It's a gamechanger.

just looked at the aluball, not sure why you wouldn't just protein shake it (or whisk it in a bowl), and then just sieve it with a coffee filter - filters are easy to come by...or even a normal sieve

 

[4DQSAR]

@fuckabout89 - BTW be really careful if someone offers some sort of extract. It would require careful harvesting and ideally preparative chromatography as well.

With 7OHM, if you end up with some unreacted mitragynine and some mitragynine pseudoindoxyl then since all are active, while preparative chromatography was claimed to be used, I am suspicious.

Suspicious because the three should seperate reasonably well. My best guess is that the differing solvent properties were actually used to increase the ratio of 7-OHM (for example). Stating that after preparative chromatography, a product is 92% pure just sounds odd. I would be wondering what that other 8% was as it shoudn't be either of those two other actives.

I had to (very slowly using crayons) show someone that kratom grown in SE Asia often had high-levels of heavy metals because it was often grown on land considered unfit for food crops and was clear that while I never had the need to test for heavy metals, I noted those dubious 'third party' laboratories that only seemed to test kratom offered tests for heavy metals (for $100 extra).

My point is that in both cases, it's CHRONIC rather than acute toxicity one needs to be careful of.

 

[ageingpartyfiend]

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