Sceletium Tortuosum
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Other Names: Sceletium, Skeletium, Canna, Canna Root, Channa, Kanna, Kaugoed, Kauwgoed, Mesembryanthemum tortuosum, Phyllobolus tortuosus, Poudre de Sceletium, Racine de Kanna, Racine de Sceletium, Sceletium Powder, Sceletium Root, Sceletium tortuosum.
Sceletium tortuosum is a small groundcover plant native to Southern Africa. For hundreds of years the Hottentots of Southern Africa used Sceletium tortuosum as a mood enhancer, relaxant and empathogen.
Special Precautions of Sceletium Tortuosum
- Little is known about the interactions of S. tortuosum, although it should not be combined with other SSRIs, MAOIs, or cardiac medications.
- Headache in conjunction with alcohol have been noted with kanna use.
- Some reports suggest a synergy with cannabis.
- Some people who have used it report side effects including headaches, loss of appetite, and depression.
- There have also been reports of intoxication in people who use too much or who chew it shortly after fermentation.
Benefits and uses of Sceletium Tortuosum are
Sceletium tortuosum has been used by hunter-gatherers and shepherds as a mood-enhancing substance for millennia, and is far more effective and rapidly acting than the well-known European plant Hypericum (St Johns Wort).
- uplifts the mood,
- gives you energy,
- decreases anxiety, stress and tension.
- Improves cognitive and mental health.
- Reduces high blood pressure.
- It can also help with post-traumatic stress disorder, social phobia, and irritability.
- The plant is not hallucinogenic, contrary to some literature on the subject.
- Muscle relaxation
- Tingling sensations
- Sense of well-being
- Narcotic sedation
- Relaxation
- Euphoria : According to some anecdotal reports kanna may potentiate the euphoriant effects of cannabis.
- Empathy
- Appetite suppression
- Analgesia
