Kava Tea for Relaxation

What is Kava, and can it help you to relax? In this video, I'll be looking at Kava, answering 4 key questions. What is Kava? How does Kava work? Is Kava effective? And is Kava safe? So that by the end of this video, you'll know whether or not you should be drinking Kava to help with relaxation.

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What is Kava? Kava, also known as Piper methysticum, is a plant that grows on the pacific islands like Vanuatu, Fiji and Hawaii. It’s a distant relative of the pepper plant, and the roots of Kava can be ground up and combined with water to make kava tea, which has a sedative effect that helps people with pain relief and relaxation.

How does Kava work? Kava works to promote relaxation in 2 different ways. First, it promotes GABA activity, and GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter, so it calms down your nervous system. Second, Kava increases levels of Dopamine, which helps to boost your mood and make you feel great. Kava doesn’t just work in your Central nervous system, it also works throughout your body, within your muscles to help you relax physically as well as mentally.

Is Kava actually effective? Multiple studies in various subjects have proven that Kava is more effective than a placebo for the reduction of stress and anxiety. Below I have outlined two key research articles.

2003 Meta analysis Kava Tea Vs. Placebo for treating Anxiety
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/...

2013 Kava vs. Placebo Study
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper...


Does Kava have any side effects? Kava has been associated with minor side effects such as headache, lethargy, nausea, skin rash, indigestion, and in some more serious cases, liver toxicity. These effects usually only occur when somebody consumes too much Kava, so go easy...

More Kava Information Links

Kava Tea Safety
https://www.fao.org/3/i5770e/i5770e.pdf](https://www.fao.org/3/i5770e/i5770e.pdf

Kava Toxicity
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... U.S. FDA stated in,Four patients required liver transplants

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00:00 Kava For Relaxation
00:54 What Is Kava?
01:26 How Does Kava Work?
01:56 Kava Research
02:40 Kava Side Effects
03:15 Kava Benefits