Intoxicating pepper, or kava kava

Pharmacy name: Kava-kava rhizome – Kawa-Kawa rhizoma (formerly: Rhizoma Kawa-Kawa).

Botanical description. Densely leafy shrub 2-5 m tall, with a powerful rhizome, which reaches 10 kg of weight. Its homeland is the islands of Micronesia and Polynesia.

Active ingredients: resin with a large number of tonic substances, flavocavins, starch.

Application. In the form of finished products, modern medicine uses this plant as a sedative and hypnotic during menopause, with a decrease in work capacity and mental imbalance in old age. In addition, it finds application as an antispasmodic, especially in neuropsychotherapy. It seems to help with fungal skin diseases.

Pepper – Piperaceae.

Pharmacy name: Kava-kava rhizome – Kawa-Kawa rhizoma (formerly: Rhizoma Kawa-Kawa).

Botanical description. Densely leafy shrub 2-5 m tall, with a powerful rhizome, which reaches 10 kg of weight. Its homeland is the islands of Micronesia and Polynesia.

Active ingredients: resin with a large number of tonic substances, flavocavins, starch.

Application. In the form of finished products, modern medicine uses this plant as a sedative and hypnotic during menopause, with a decrease in work capacity and mental imbalance in old age. In addition, it finds application as an antispasmodic, especially in neuropsychotherapy. It seems to help with fungal skin diseases.

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