Kava and Insomnia

 

Kava, or kava kava as it is usually referred to, is a well-established herbal remedy for insomnia. It has been around for a few thousand years. You don't need a prescription for kava. You can buy it at your local herb store or at hundreds of places on the Internet.

The beautiful thing about kava is that it will shove you right over the edge of wakefulness into dreamland, and you won't be even the least bit groggy or "hung over" the next day.

Kava is a natural herbal relaxant. Relaxation is the key to sleep. Kava will relieve your stress and act like a tranquilizer. Kava sort of shifts the body into relaxation mode. Most of us live in a mental state of "flight or fight," and that is perfectly normal. It is one that helps to keep us motivated and performing at top speed. It's a great way to live until it comes time to go to sleep, and then we need to shift down into a mental state of relaxation and tranquility so we can sleep and recharge our batteries.

The active ingredients in kava are a group of chemicals known as kavalactones. When these chemicals have been tested on animals, they prove that they act on the limbic system. That is the part of the brain that controls emotions. Kava stays effective in the same dosage for as long as you take it. Increasing dosage to achieve results is not necessary, and kava is not addictive. If you take it for several years and stop, there won't be any withdrawal symptoms.

Kava is the natural answer for insomnia for those people who object to taking synthetic drugs that have too many adverse side effects and are habit-forming and additive.