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Piper Methysticum

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Kava
A broad-leafed shrub native to Oceania, which contains alkaloids, lactones, kawain, methysticin, mucilage, starch, yangonin
Ethnomedicine Kava plays a central role in tribal life of Oceania; it is ground and fermented to produce a hallucinogen, used to celebrate birth and marriage, mourn death, placate the gods, cure illness, and remove curses
Herbal medicine It is antiseptic and diuretic; it is used by Western herbalists for prostatitis, urinary tract infections, rheumatic complaints, gout, anxiety, depression, insomnia, muscle spasms
Toxicity Chronic use is associated with dermal, hepatic, ocular, and spinal cord damage
Piper methysticum,
n See kava.
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