Does Kava actually do anything - Or is it fake and gay like salvia and kratom and chamomile

[Stoneheart]

Salvia works, you just need to smoke it hotter than weed.

 

[donksmanSupreme42]

if u really want a plant that gets u high, chew khat

if it's good enough for the houthis, it's good enough for you

 

[qoop]

Kratom can definitely fuck you up, not in a good way

 

[Otterly]

I tried the Tongan stuff when I was there. Fresh, the people we stayed with made it for us. They drank bucketloads of it. apparently there’s different types, this was the strong stuff, whatever that meant.
It tasted like dishwater, made my lips numb, made me feel sort of slightly buzzed but nauseous and I needed to pee all night, which was awful because I had to get out of bed and go to the giant-spider and mosquito infested toilet in the dark. When I did finally sleep I had hardcore nightmares. I felt sick the next day.
Interesting cultural experience, wouldn’t touch it again.

 

[crushedrocks]

From what I've read about Kava, I'm not sure why anyone would choose it over alcohol? It sounds like it does the same thing, but not as good. As in, the whole appeal is "it's basically like booze but not actually booze". The whole thing reeks of hipsterism. "Oh, you're drinking beer like a common shmuck? I'm drinking Kava, not that you'd know what that is". It's like the drug equivalent of riding around on a unicycle or something.

It's probably a better alternative for people who are violent drunks

 

[PhoBingas]

Tastes like mud. Very slight numbing of the lips if you can get it down. Mild relaxing effect (I'd describe it as about the same as a soak in a hot bath levels of relaxing).
I wonder if it effects the islanders more than the white man. Was available everywhere fresh where I used to live.

Now chewing coca leaves, there's something I can get behind

Tastes like wet dirt and the like 4 times I've tried it I got absolutely nothing other than sick to my stomach because it tasted so bad.

 

[VargReallyDidNothingWrong]

Is it fake and gay like salvia

You've never tried salvia huh?

 

[Funkmaster]

No, it's retarded.

 

[Super Mario Brothers]

Only had the pill form. Like other people have said, it gives slight euphoria, like a very weak psychedelic without any hallucinations or anything. If you have anxiety before bed I guess it works, I've just found that it doesn't completely clear your mind like DXM.