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Kratom Usage: Why People Use It

Kratom or Mitragyna speciosa is a native plant to Southeast Asia regions such as Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Malaysia. This tree is characterized by the ovate-acuminate-shaped green leaves and globular yellow-clustered flowers. A kratom tree can grow to 12-30 ft of height and 15 ft of width. There's two various kinds of the plant: the White Vein and Red Vein varieties. Around Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, the plant can also be known with the name thom, krathom, ketum, kakuam, ithang, or biak biak. Natives of Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia have always been while using plant traditionally even before the Western discovered its properties in 19th century. Kratom products are available in the type of the guarana plant extract, fresh leaves, dried leaves, powdered, paste, or small pellets.

Besides used as painkiller and for curing diarrhea, much like other alkaloid-containing plants, kratom is usually employed for therapeutic and recreational purposes. Taken at low to medium dose (around 2 to 20 grams of kratom leaves), the herb can reduce fatigue in addition to elicit euphoria and stimulant-like effects. The stimulating effects of the herb include increased sexual and physical energy, more alert mind, improved capability to do hard monotonous physical works, and improved personality for example more talkative, sociable, and friendly. Meanwhile, higher dose of 21 to 50 grams the plant's leaves bring sedative-like effects; making its user resistant against emotional and physical pain, maintain pleasurable feeling, look and feel calm, and also have pleasant daydreaming. However, a kratom user can also get unpleasant negative effects for example constricted pupils, sweating, itching, nausea, and vomiting.

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Kratom can also be found to possess properties in treating opiate addiction. Because the plant has cross-tolerance with opiates, it's employed for opiate detox treatment particularly in New Zealand. For around 6 weeks, patients are let to smoke kratom when opiate withdrawal symptoms occur. Within the time range, the kratom dosage will be gradually reduced. Therapeutic utilisation of the plant should be controlled by authorized party as regular use of kratom alone may cause addiction although not as severe as opium or heroin addictions. Actually, in some countries such as Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Nz, Denmark, and Myanmar using kratom is controlled and illegal possession of the herb can lead to strict penalty.

More studies on kratom also revealed that the herb contains antioxidants and for that reason is recognized as to have essential benefits much like those present in Green tea extract. The herb is also found to contain fiber that is helpful in relieving constipation.