(Newswire.net — March 1, 2021) — Kratom is a tree that is used as a non-narcotic traditional medicine. Kratom benefits range from mood-boosting to helping with chronic pain.
If kratom is new or foreign to you, don’t worry, it has been around for hundreds of years and there is a lot of information out there on the benefits of taking it.
Are you curious as to how kratom could help your life? Let’s take a closer look at the top 9 benefits.
1. Supports The Immune System
One of the biggest health benefit selling points for Kratom recently has been that it helps to support the immune system. Immune boosting alkaloid- Isorhynchopylline may help to fight off infections.
Another way that Kratom helps the immune system is that when taken instead of pharmaceuticals, it doesn’t weaken the immune system unlike taking handfuls of pills every day can.
2. Helps Depression and Anxiety
Controlling depression and anxiety is usually done with prescription medications. However, many people have started taking their mental health treatment into their own hands by taking a low dose of kratom, instead, or in addition to their prescriptions.
Kratom is often preferred over pharmaceuticals because it is a natural herb with minimal side effects. Do not stop taking your depression or anxiety medication without talking to your doctor, first.
3. Anti-Inflammatory Properties
Inflammation is an underlying factor in many illnesses. It does not always show that there is an infection, but it does show up as a warning sign that there is something wrong. Ingesting kratom can help to reduce any inflammation in the body, and can help to keep it away with regular doses.
4. Gaining Energy
Most adults complain of being tired or lacking energy throughout the day. We are all looking for ways to increase our energy, typically turning to things such as coffee and energy drinks in a can.
Taking kratom for energy is sugar-free and low in calories which is beneficial to those that are health conscious. Users report a “burst” of energy, but when taken in a tea form and sipped over the course of the morning/afternoon the energy should come less dramatically.
5. Cough Relief
Relieve your cough quickly and easily, often with one or two doses of Kratom. Chronic coughs from smoking or bronchial irritations can be soothed by mixing a dose of kratom with water and lemon juice and slowly heated to a hot tea temperature.
When a cough is from smoking, using kratom to soothe the cough may also soothe the urge to smoke as it naturally eases anxiety and boosts the mood.
6. Mood Booster
Are you looking for a way to boost your mood from your current one to something happier, lighter, and more make you feel more sociable? Kratom helps almost instantly change your mood for the better.
Even a small dose of kratom has been reported to give euphoric effects which could contribute to easing a bad mood. Focus is also a benefit of kratom, helping to distract you from the negative and focus on the positive things in life.
7. Sexual Performance Enhancement
Many people will experience a low sex drive or sexual dysfunction at some point in their life. And rather than suffering from it, they can do something proactive about it. Sex is a pleasurable thing, but not being able to perform to have the desire to do it can create anxiety and depression over what should be a good experience.
Adults can take kratom daily to help increase sex drive and improve sexual function, or one dose can be taken an hour before having sex.
8. Chronic Pain Reliever
A popular reason for taking kratom regularly is for the relief of chronic pain. Chronic pain is persistent, could last for months, years, or a lifetime, and may come from old injuries, or an illness. Kratom can also act as a mild muscle relaxant.
Kratom elements mitragynine and 7-hydroxy mitragynine may help by attaching to the opioid receptors in your body that relay the pain signal.
9. Opioid Withdrawal Treatment
Statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse say that nearly 128 people die from overdosing on opioids every single day. And that fact is only from the United States. Kratom works with the opioid receptors in a similar way as taking opioids and can be a natural alternative to prescription opioid pills.
In addition to Opioid withdrawal treatment, Kratom can also be used to treat morphine withdrawal.
Reaping the Kratom Benefits
Historically chewing kratom leaves or smoking it was how it was consumed. Now it is being made into powder, capsules, extracts, and tea. The best way to consume kratom powder could depend on the effect you are looking to get from the herb.
Potentiating your Kratom dose means enhancing and prolonging the effects of kratom. To do this, take with citrus juice that is the same temperature as the kratom powder.
Kratom is sensitive to temperature change, so if you are going to mix it with a warm(not hot) drink then the powder should be warm. Whereas mixing with a cold drink, the kratom powder should be cold. To make kratom tea, mix the powder into warm water to dissolve, and allow it to slowly cool, then refrigerate.
More on Kratom
Dose recommendations for kratom for healthy adults are recommended to start with a low dose (50 mg) and work your way up (max 10 grams) after seeing how it affects you since everyone is different. The average dose is approximately 2.4 grams. The effects are typically felt within 15 minutes, and last for up to 2 hours.
Types of kratom are broken down into strains of a red, green, and white vein. Nutritional values will vary with each type of kratom with most having 15 calories per gram, and 1 gram of protein per gram of powder.
Get a Dose of Herbal Medicine
The kratom benefits are exciting and the use of the herb is becoming more common by people of all walks of life that are interested in improving their physical and mental health. You may even see a kratom “bar” pop up near you!
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