Dose - How much is a dose of Kava-Kava?

[Jesus.T.Parker]

How many grams of dried Kava powder would, on average, be considered a "dose"?

[Alfa]

Approximately 4 cups of powdered root. Makes 4 gallons of beverage.

To prepare one quart of Kava drink:
1) Place 1 oz of powdered Kava root in the blender.
2) Add one pint of cool milk, fruit juice, coconut milk, soy milk or water.
3) Blend at medium speed for five minutes, creating an emulsion.
4) Strain with a very fine strainer or cheesecloth.
5) Pour the remaining pint of cool liquid through the strained powder.
6) Press the strained powder to wring out the remaining liquid.
7) Add whatever flavorings you like - bananas, cocoa, honey, coconut, strawberries, ginger, cinnamon, vanilla - and blend one more time. Kava really needs flavorings - really.
8) Enjoy! Kava is a first-rate sedative, muscle relaxant, analgesic and mood enhancer - but don't be surprised if your lips and tongue go numb! Kava is a powerful local anesthetic with potency similar to that of cocaine and procaine.
9) Since kavalactones are destroyed by heat, and are slowly released in cool liquid, pouring the strained powder back into the blend to sit in the fridge overnight will make a stronger drink, which will, of course, need to be strained again. Keeps for days in the fridge.
10) To make a yet stronger kava drink, add 4 tablespoons of olive oil and two tablespoons of liquid lecithin or coconut milk to the original blend of powder and liquid. Some of the kavalactones are more oil-soluble than water-soluble. Milk, with natural fats, is actually a better medium for kava than water.

[RoboCop]

Hmm I have looked for Kava and havent been able to find it maybe i just havent been looking in the right places. I was wondering if Kava would be in Wal mart or stores like it if so what area would it be in?

[lindsey5522]

Try your local health food store!

[RARFE]

if taking as a capsuled standardised extract what sort of dosage of kavalactones should you ingest to get a good effect?

[RoboCop]

Can you get these desired effects from the kava gelcaps? its all i can find.

[Pinkavvy]

robocop - eat as much fresh powdered root as possible, or preferably make it into a tea. dont waste your money buying kava root dietary supplement pills. those are dry, old, and stale and will not give you the desired effects.

[tomiie]

Do you mean you can use coconut milk instead of lecithin, or olive oil? or both? Can I just use half coconut milk half real milk at the start of the recipe? Will the coconut milk make it as strong as it would be if I used lecithin and oil?

[oggy]

Bump for the last question.

[chilliker]

what would be the way to make the strongst kava drink? also is the olive oil befor the blender or after?

[DrMuffy]

Well Robocop and RARFE, the answer is yes the gelcaps work just as well as the normal pills or roots, if not better. The pills contain a certain amount of Kava root in them (120mg per pill) and usually they are in between 15-30% Kavalactones. So to get a nice buzz going you would prolly have to take 5-8 pills.

[Bajeda]

Originally Posted by DrMuffy

Well Robocop and RARFE, the answer is yes the gelcaps work just as well as the normal pills or roots, if not better. The pills contain a certain amount of Kava root in them (120mg per pill) and usually they are in between 15-30% Kavalactones. So to get a nice buzz going you would prolly have to take 5-8 pills.

The whole pill thing confuses me. I've seen capsules with up to 80% Kavalactone or whatever. What exactly does that mean, and how would it pertain to dosage?

[Pan]

I personally take my kava by the 2 tablespoon dose. If it's good kava, that's a pretty stout dose. My favorite cultivar is PNG. A very up kava.

[DrMuffy]

Originally Posted by Bajeda

The whole pill thing confuses me. I've seen capsules with up to 80% Kavalactone or whatever. What exactly does that mean, and how would it pertain to dosage?

Yeah they do kinda get confusing, but see different pharmasuetical companies use different parts of the plant, and sometimes extract. The root is where the most kavalactones are, but alot of the companys use only a certain amount because it saves them alot of money. So one pill could have 500 mg of "Kava Plant" and it could be almost all leaves and sort, so they have to specify just how good the pill is, ie 13% 20% and so on. So a 500 mg Kava pill with 15% kavalactones would only contain 75 mg of kavalactones. I suggest you just pay attention to the lactones, because thats the good part. All you have to do is multiply the "Kava mgs" by the potency percentage (.15 for 15%, and so on) so just to make this rock solid, i will give you yet another exaple. Lets saya bottle of Kava pills has 300 mg of kava, and its 30% kavalactones, then all you do is 300x.30, which would equal 90 mg of kavalactones per pill. And dosage wis i would suggest somewhere between 150-300mg of kavalactones NOT "Kava plant material mgs". And also just look on erowid.org if you are unsure about any thing. Also one last thing, one might not want to use this on a daily or even semi-daily basis, because regular use can "sopposedly" cause liver damage. I hope i helped

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Answered the question fairly well, thanks

[acolon_5]

The BEST by far is waka grade kava powder (SWIM prefers Vanatu over Figi). Do an internet seach for it. Get the real stuff man. With that, one or two tablespoonfulls will do you wonders. It has an almost instant effect on SWIM and his SO. Good stuff for sure. SWIM has had much less effect from extracts and pills. Much more bang for your buck with the powdered root. MUCH MORE.

[Bajeda]

^^^^^^

Ok thats somewhat helpful, thanks. The retailer is quite reputable and says its all from the root material. Also I believe the liver damage thing was fraud perpetrated by the US government to try and stop use of the substance, so I'm not too worried.

[Nagognog2]

Yes, the "evidence" on liver damage was from tests done on late-stage alcoholics. Their cirrhosis was blamed on Kava~Kava. Just like the brain-damage that was caused by MDMA - in rats injected with no MDMA - just huge amounts of methamphetamine.