Description

1. The known active ingredients in kava are phytochemicals called kavalactones. These kavalactones give kava its stress fighting, muscle relaxing effects. Kavalactones are responsible for kava roots calming, anxiolytic, and in some cases euphoric effects. The kavalactones are concentrated in the rootstock and roots rather than in the aerial parts of the plant which include the stems and leaves. Each kavalactone produces a somewhat different physiologic effect in the body and all of them working together are better than any one of them acting alone.