Thursday 21 June 2018

Kava kava. Kader Kochi.

Synonyms


Piper methysticum.

 

Constituents

Perennial shrub. Height 2 meters. Root contains kavalactones and pipermethystine. Bitter. 


Therapeutics

This is medicine for pain, anxiety, and sleeplessness.

It is medicine for tachycardia, and hypotension.

It is medicine for dementia, and aphasia.

It is medicine for impotence.

It is remedy for sleepiness, fatigue, headache, polyphagia, and sour eructation.

It is remedy for chronic fatigue syndrome.

It is remedy for myasthenia, and rheumatic pain.

It is remedy for chronic hepatitis.

It is remedy for burning urethritis, cystitis, and enuresis.

It is remedy for ichthyosis, and psoriasis.

Root is used commonly to prepare kava beverages.

Root had been used as fish poison.

The name kava comes from word “awa” means bitter.


Dose 

5 to 10 drops.

Dilution.



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