Investigating Medicinal Properties of Kratom
Mitragyna speciosa is a tree, which belongs to the coffee family Rubiaceae that possess leaves of great medicinal value and grows in Southeast Asia. They are known popularly as kratom and the leaf veins of this tree come in three colors, red, green and white. Traditionally the kratom leaves were consumed by chewing them or in dried and powdered form. The leaves are rich in numerous alkaloids, of which mitragynine is the major alkaloid. This alkaloid acts as a muopioid receptor agonist, which means that they actively bind to mu-opioid receptors and result in a physiologic response. This is the reason for their activities in the brain that are similar to the opium drugs. Another alkaloid that supports the same activity of kratom is the 7hydroxymitragynine. Today, kratom is used all over the world and are available in herbal medical stores and in the online stores. The kratom sales are increasing day by day all over the world because of the user friendly nature of its products. Kratom shows many properties of coffee. The strength and mildness in the effects of kratom are in a similar manner to that of coffee. Kratom is found as an optimizer of metabolic processes in the body. This result in increased oxygenated blood supply throughout the body and thereby delivers a burst of energy. Stress and anxiety are common problems faced now a days. Kratom under this situation is used as an anxiolytic substance to relieve mood swings, anxiety and depression. Another valuable use of kratom is its use to cure addiction of opiate drugs. For those users who want to get out of the drug addiction, kratom leaves act as a tolerable solution. They also cover the opiate drug withdrawal symptoms in a smooth manner. Kratom is also found effective to control the blood pressure and thereby maintain the heart health, besides being an effective pain reliever All these medical properties depend on the dosage of kratom that the user need to analyze and find out,
which can be done online as a lot of information is made available to the user when they buy kratom online.