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What is Kratom?

Kratom, or Mitragyna Speciosa, is a tropical evergreen tree in the coffee (Rubiaceae) tree family. This plant grows naturally in Southeast Asia and is indigenous to Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Papua, New Guinea, and Myanmar. Kratom is available in several strains, primarily green vein, white vein, and red vein. Each strain type is associated with a slightly different alkaloid profile. Green vein and white vein Kratom strains tend to contain more stimulating alkaloids, whereas red vein Kratom strains tend more opioid-agonist type alkaloids. Kratom has been traditionally consumed in the form of fresh leaves (chewing) or in the form of tea. More recently, it has become popular to consume Kratom in the form of finely ground leaf powder, or capsules containing finely ground leaf powder.

The Mitragyna Speciosa tree can grow up to 25 meters high. It has circular leaves that show a heart-shaped base. When the Kratom leaves are fully grown, they are very large.

Kratom leaves contain a myriad of alkaloids, all exerting different effects based on their relative concentrations between the different strains. These alkaloids include mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine, as well as about 25 other alkaloids including rhynchophylline, mitraphylline, ajmalicine, mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, raubasine, and corynantheidine, which is similar to the alkaloids present in Yohimbe bark, and is particularly stimulating in subjective effects.

Kratom has long been used as a traditional medicine in the Southeast Asian countries where it originated. Aside from red vein Kratom strains which are predominantly relaxing, sedating, and pain relieving, there is a unique bell-curve effect with green vein and white vein Kratom strains. Based on available subjective use-case reports and data, this bell-curve effect suggests that stimulation occurs when consumed in lower amounts, whereas calming, pain relieving, and reported euphoric effects occur when consumed in larger amounts.

As Kratom has become more popular and available across the world, many people report to use it in place of prescription pain medications or to assist with opioid withdrawal.

Kratom leaves have been utilized by Southeast Asian people and specialists for a very long time. The stimulant effect was sought after by laborers who required increased energy, stamina, reduced fatigue, and elevated mood to assist in their demanding physical work. Currently, some Southeast Asian nations prohibit Kratom possession and consumption.

To summarize, Kratom is said to provide many benefits. The strain chosen and its relative alkaloid profile help determine what effects that particular Kratom strain will have.

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How to Use Kratom?

Traditionally, the leaves of the Kratom tree were either chewed fresh, or dried and formed into tea. More commonly now, Kratom is consumed in finely powdered dry leaf powder, or encapsulated dry leaf powder.

Modern technology and research into Kratom have allowed companies like ELV Bioscience to produce a precision full spectrum alkaloid extract from Kratom dried and powdered Kratom leaves.

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