Kava is famous for its relaxing effects. It brings deep relaxation for both: body and mind.
It is a natural remedy for stress, helps you regain your inner balance and improves your mood.
How? Let’s start with the head!
Kava’s active ingredients – kavalactones – affect our limbic system, which is active in the processes of regulating behaviour and emotional states such as contentment, pleasure, satisfaction or even euphoria. Kava has a positive effect on the amygdala and can therefore reduce tension and inner anxiety.
Kava’s soothing influence is mainly due to the increased GABA binding. The GABA system is the body’s main neurotransmitter, which can reduce overstimulation (specifically excitatory impulses).
How does Kava relax the body? Kava reduces muscle tension and has a local anaesthetic effect. This makes it an ideal choice:
- for people living under constant tension
- for women seeking natural relief from painful menstrual periods
- athletes (recommended as body relaxation after training, with the added benefit of anti-inflammatory effects – kavaina)
- for back pain sufferers (skeletal muscle relaxation).
In addition, Kava has antiseptic properties. It also intensifies diuresis!
Kava and healthy sleep – this is one of the most widely known benefits of Kava: Kava not only helps us to fall asleep, shortens the latency of sleep, but enhances the deep sleep phase. As a result, our sleep can not only be longer, but also healthier – regenerating the body and bringing a sense of sleep! You can read more about the effects of Kava on sleep here.