2019

Kratom Health Benefits: Understanding What Kratom Can Do for You

Kratom Health Benefits: Understanding What Kratom Can Do for You
Kratom is a substance that has had some controversy surrounding it, as many "official" sources or organizations have stated that the medical benefits are questionable while legions of those who have used it successfully for multiple ailments have praised it as literally the only thing that works. Then again the official stance of the U.S. federal government is that marijuana/cannabis has no medical benefits whatsoever , a stance proved wrong by thousands of studies.
Kratom has become extremely popular for an obvious reason: it's worked for so many suffering people who haven't found treatment or relief from anywhere else.

Keeping in mind that there are different strains of Kratom, and the best treatment can vary depending on the specific ailment being treated as well as the individual patient, but the following will go over the general kratom health benefits many thousands of treated patients swear by.

Kratom is an Alternative to Opioids?


One of the most interesting benefits that many people have reported from kratom use is as an outstanding alternative to traditional painkillers. There is an enormous number of reports of people using kratom to wean themselves off of opioid addiction. Studies have shown that kratom can interact in the human body with the same receptors that generally interact with opioids, making this a potential option to help deal with the current opioid crisis.



Among the many kratom health benefits, the breaking of addiction isn't the only part of this. Many individuals who lived with chronic pain from diseases, physical conditions, or post-accident issues reported that kratom worked as a treatment to help alleviate the pain in ways that no other treatment managed to do - including the dangerous and highly addictive opioids.

A Hail Mary Treatment for Severe Depression


There's no denying that mental illness can be especially tricky for modern medicine to treat, and the more we find out the less we feel like we really know. Finding a treatment for depression that works consistently had been a decades-long quest and a struggle for many. Severe depression, in particular, is based around a variety of internal factors that can change from person to person including chemical, hormone, and many others. 

One of the reasons kratom has really exploded onto the modern scene comes from online forums about depression , where a few stories started trickling in from people talking about how kratom had given people the ability to alleviate, manage, or outright overcome severe depression. This included reports from people who said they were more or less non-functional prior to first being exposed to treatments with kratom. 

Reduces depression

The early stories sounded too good to be true, but more and more came in until the Internet was loaded with many reports of how dozens or even hundreds of "hopeless" cases that had never responded to any other depression treatment before. While this was not a traditional use for plant-based natural medicine, it is worth noting that treating anxiety has long been an accepted use of this plant which could help to explain the connection.

For those with depression who have never found a viable treatment elsewhere, kratom offers a ray of hope.

Wide Array of Traditional Treatments


Traditionally in Southeast Asia kratom health benefits have been fairly widely accepted and because of that this plant and its processed derivative have been used for a wide variety of different health issues. This wide traditional use for certain ailments has sometimes been backed by proper medical testing and some have not but until recently many traditional treatments haven't been taken seriously enough for testing.

Few plants are held in as wide regard as kratom. There's a reason this treatment is so popular. Just a shortlist of

1 0 traditional kratom uses include, but are not limited to:



  1. Anxiety

  2. Digestive issues

  3. Pain relief

  4. Chronic pain relief

  5. Immune system strengthener

  6. Energy booster

  7. Recovering from addiction

  8. Sexual stimulant

  9. Treating nausea and vomiting

  10. Sleep aid


This shows just how many potential applications this healing plant has and makes it very intriguing as a modern natural solution to many potential health issues. The highest demand for it in modern times as it has resurged has been as a treatment for anxiety, severe depression, chronic pain treatment, and breaking addiction ranging from alcoholism to opioids.

kratom leaves

A Note on Usage


Like many potential medicines, kratom does have side effects and when improperly used or overdosed, some of them can be quite severe in nature. It is very important to proceed cautiously, pay attention to the effect that specific strands and types have on you, and to keep notes on all of it. By keeping this information and paying close attention you'll be able to track what works best on you, what doesn't work as well, and make adjustments if your body gets used to one strain but not another.

The potential that kratom is showing is remarkable, and it's important to continue to study the benefits it brings so more people can take advantage of its healing properties.



Guest Contributor


Joshua Gallo has been providing great information on CBD and kratom health benefits for over 6 years. He has been able to get his work on major platforms like estrohaze, Health Status and any more. To check out his latest work please check out Healthbizdecoded.com.



 
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