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Kava. It is not a pleasant tasting root.I have a blend of stevia, mango powder and cinnamon that I came up with that tastes good and has a strong effect. aweso

• pasbesoin 15y ago
  It's been speculated, perhaps determined, that kava can challenge the liver. (I'm recalling particularly a flurry of press, oh, 5 - 10 years ago.) If the grandparent poster is recovering from inflammation (and a possible infection?), they should exercise due caution with respect to use of kava.
  • noduerme 15y ago
    acute pancreatitis is unrelated to liver damage. It's triggered by long-term alcoholism in about 1% of the population, for unknown reasons. It's acute in the sense that it makes you very, very, sick and puts you in unbelievable pain. It goes away if you stop drinking. If untreated, it can kill you. The only way to stop it is to stop drinking, and believe me no matter how much an alcoholic you are, a single round of that shit will scare you off the booze for a long, long time. I still can't look at wisky. It's really truly that bad. But it has nothing to do with liver problems or anything else, it's an abnormal reaction of the pancreas to extended periods of alcohol abuse.
  • wturner 15y ago
    From what I've come to understand the press cases regarding liver problems came from consumers of leave-based manufactured kava pill "products" instead of direct root-based kava consumption. The botany of the leaves is different than the roots. The liver issues appear to emanate from the leaves.
    • pasbesoin 15y ago
      Thank you, that's good to know. I had one friend who relied on kava significantly to combat anxiety. They were rather conflicted when the concerns started to surface. (We've lost touch, since then -- albeit for unrelated reasons.)
• daralthus 15y ago
  Yeah that was the first thing that come up, but I am not so sure about the side effects. But probably I will give it a try sometimes.