I’ve tried Chameleon and Valyrian root tea blends before thinking they might make good sleep aids, but I’ve never had any luck with them. A lot people say they find those very relaxing, but I wasn’t even catching a placebo effect.
So for a while I just assumed all this herbal tea bullshit I see in stores and pharmacies must be just a step above homeopathic products. They’re probably pretty good if you like the taste of the herbal blends and find sipping a warm beverage relaxing in itself, but otherwise a waste of time. Clearly if they really worked they wouldn’t be sold in large supermarket chains. Instead they’d be relegated to the weird, near grey market status that Kratom seems to exist in, right?
Today at the store I just happened to notice something very alarming. A box of Kava blend tea was the absolute one and only herbal tea variety on the shelf to include a warning asking you to consult your doctor before use, and stating that minors and pregnant women should not consume this product.
Well, that warning instantaneously lit up the junkie addict center of my brain like a Christmas tree, and I impulse bought two boxes. This might have major negative health consequences? Wow, must be the fucking good stuff. I got home and brewed six of them into a single mug of tea, and yep, this shit is psychoactive all right. Subtle, but definitely not placebo subtle. It quite honestly feels similar to a moderate dose of Gabapentin, and it’s making me sleepy.
I sure wish I knew this before I most likely took 15 years off the lifespan of my kidneys by using 200mg of Diphenhydramine every night for years just to have a fighting chance at falling asleep more often than every two days.
just don’t overdo it and fuck your liver
Chameleon
Do you mean Chamomile?
Also it’s valerian.
Valyrian is the civilization from Game of Thrones lol
Sorry I’m a botany nerd.
What do you mean?
me gently dipping a lizard into a hot cup of water a few times before putting it back in its terrarium
Kava is really nice! Now that I’m off the booze, I’m asking my partner to grab me a bottle of a product called Kavahol I’ve been seeing advertised. Even if it isn’t great on the kava front, it’s ginger tumeric orange flavored so will probably taste nice.
$37 for 10 shots, seems a bit steep. Like not so bad if you’re just trying out, but way back when, I used to buy powdered kava from nakamalathome.com for like $45 and get twice as many servings. Idk, maybe if it’s super potent and hits you hard.💁♂️ Despite tasting like dirt it is a very social drink tho that you want to take slow, because if you do too much at once it’ll just put you to sleep. It was a pretty nice warm cozy feel, made me very talkative like I’d been drinking. But still lucid and present with all my faculties, unlike alcohol.
Real kava root tastes like dirt but makes you feel even better than the tea. You basically put a bunch of it in panty hose and kneed that in cold water for a few minutes.
I had Kava once and it made me very sick
Best to listen to your body on it then. A very small percentage of people get liver issues with kava. Its also a natural neuro-inhibitor so if you are on any other medications, especially psycotropic or hormonal, it might screw with those.