I Speak for the Trees! - Kratom Forum. A journey finding pain relief and other benefits from the leaves of the Kratom tree and my reasons for working to keep it legal.
By Susan Ash, MS "I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees! " For anyone not familiar with The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss, it pretty well describes my former life as a professional, paid "Tree-Hugger". Yes, I was paid to save trees. Born and raised in Virginia, I began my career 25 years ago as a Park Ranger in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. I moved to Oregon in 2000 to run wilderness, old growth forest and endangered species campaigns. By that time my case was so severe I had surgery to insert a chest port (like for chemotherapy; that's me in the picture, too) and I began a 10-month journey giving myself intravenous antibiotics an hour and a half every day. This doctor neglected to give me proper directions for the Suboxone. I still suffer many symptoms from the Lyme disease. Kratom.net - List of alkaloids identified in Mitragyna speciosa Kratom, and their known or potential activity. Kratom Strains. Kratom. Kratom.
Kratom forums. The Internet Turned Kratom, a Medical Plant, Into an Oxy-Adderall Lovechild. In January, an Oklahoma City TV station warned viewers about kratom, a new drug said to be rapidly taking hold in the community.
“Users say it’s the legal form of heroin, with hallucinogenic effects like LSD,” reported KOKH-TV, Oklahoma City’s Fox affiliate. At low doses, kratom has a stimulant effect, the station reported, but users had begun taking “high doses, two to three pills at a time, several times a day” and were experiencing the opposite result—something comparable to taking “a fistful of very strong painkillers,” according to an Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics spokesman quoted in the report. Another source, identified as “a man on YouTube,” apparently took “several of the pills” and said it felt like he had taken “40 to 60 milligrams of OxyContin.” Kratom, which is the ground-up leaf of a tree native to Southeast Asia and typically either consumed in capsule form or brewed into a tea, had already “sent one Oklahoma [sic] to the hospital,” the station reported.
Via KXAN. All You Need to Know About Kratom. Kratom is an herbal leaf from a tree of the Rubiaceae family.
It was first documented by Pieter Korthals, a Dutch colonial botanist. Korthal gave the genus Mitragyna due to the similarity of the stigma of the plant to a bishop's mitre. The Mitragyna speciosa or kratom trees grow as tall as 12-30 feet and 15 ft wide. Its dark green colored leaves can grow up to 7 inches long and 4 inches wide. All through out its flowering stage, the growing florets are completely surrounded and covered by copious overlapping bracteoles. Kratom contains alkaloids including mitraphylline, mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine. Kratom, due to its effects is a controlled substance in some countries including Thailand, Australia, Bhutan, Denmark, Finland, Poland, Lithuania, Myanmar and Malaysia. In certain South East Asian countries including Malaysia and Thailand, a certain tree is very abundant and has always been available. Kratom contains alkaloids that said to have effects on the brain.
Results of My Kratom Experiment — David DiSalvo. This post is a follow-up to an article I wrote on Forbes entitled, The Kratom Experiment Begins.
First, I should explain why I am publishing this piece here instead of Forbes. When I wrote the original piece, I mentioned that I would be using Lucky Kratom brand capsules for the evaluation. This set off a cascade of comments and emails telling me that I was making a mistake limiting myself to that brand, for a variety of reasons. At the same time, several Kratom distributors contacted me offering free samples to use during my evaluation.
I decided to accept samples from three of these companies: The Kratom User's Guide. The Kratom User's Guide Version date: October 12, 2016 ( The most recent version can always be found at: ) Created by Daniel Siebert and "Sage Student" The statements below have not been evaluated by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA).Information regarding the use of kratom in folk medicine is provided for education purposes only, it is not intended as medical advice.
Important News Update: Kratom remains legal, for now! Introduction This guide was created as an educational resource to provide accurate information about kratom. Preparing and using Kratom. Kratom can be ingested in a number of ways.
While making a tea out of it is the most widely used method, alternatives method can help you get more out of your kratom. Types of Kratom There are different types of kratom on the market: leaves, powder and resin. Resin and powder are usually stronger than leaves, but the strength of each product also depends on the age and quality of the plants it was made from. Some sites offer what is called ‘commercial leaves’, meaning that these are a blend of leaves of different quality. You will also find selected, high quality leaves or powder (which is usually just grinded leaves).
Dosage The dosage also depends very much on the strength of the kratom used. Preparation.