What is Zembrin Kanna?

What is Zembrin Kanna?

One of the most interesting new product launches at Supply Side West last week was stress-buster Zembrin, the first patented, standardized and clinically studied extract of Sceletium tortuosum, a succulent plant known by the San people of South Africa as ‘Kanna’.

Can Sceletium make you high?

It has a long history of use as a traditional medicine by native peoples of South Africa. Some people also use sceletium to get “high.” People use sceletium for anxiety, depression, and many other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses.

What kind of drug is Kanna?

Kanna is also reported to be an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor and cannabinoid agonist.

What is fermented Kanna?

Fermented Kanna (Sceletium Tortuosum) Kanna (sceletium tortuosum) is a groundcover succulent with tiny, thread-like petals that is native to South Africa and has been used medicinally and culturally for centuries.

How does Zembrin make you feel?

Zembrin can help give people power over their lives by introducing a sense of calm serenity or alert focus. Clinically-studied, it has been shown to start working in as little as 2 hours and is safe enough to be used every day for months. Zembrin is not an anti-depressant, but it helps with calmness and serenity.

What are the effects of Kanna?

The plant is traditionally known for its ability to elevate mood, reduce stress, tension, anti-anxiety and its tranquilizing properties [10]. Furthermore, it is used for illnesses such as abdominal pains, toothache, and some people chew, smoke, or use it as tea or snuff mostly for pressure.

What is sceletium good for?

Sceletium is a plant from South Africa. It has a long history of use as a traditional medicine by tribes of South Africa. It has been used to enhance mood, cause relaxation, and euphoria. Traditionally, the roots and leaves were fermented and then chewed.

Is sceletium Tortuosum safe?

Zembrin has been found to be safe and well-tolerated at doses of 8 and 25 mg taken orally once a day in a randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled clinical trial, supporting the ethnobotanical record of safe use of S. tortuosum (Nell et al, 2013).

How long does Kanna stay in system?

Chewing kanna makes the effects last longer, about two hours. When snorting kanna, effects last for an average of thirty minutes.

Can Kanna cause serotonin syndrome?

A serotonin syndrome can occur if Kanna is associated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or MAO inhibitors (MAOIs) (80,87,136).

How do you ferment Kanna?

One such technique involves mixing some kanna with a piece of chewing gum and swallowing the saliva. The recommended dosage for this method is around 50-150mg in order to produce a subtle effect. If you desire more of a potent effect, you can experiment with dosages of up to 1g of the plant.

How do you make fermented Kanna?

1. Step 1: Gather your plant material from a Sceletium plant (Sceletium emarcidum or Sceletium tortuosum).
2. Step 2: Crush the material with your fingers or cut with scissors/knife.
3. Step 3: Place the crushed Sceletium in a glass jar, or a zip-lock bag if you don’t have one.
4. Step 4: Fermentation is underway.

What do the roots of a kougoed plant do?

Native to South Africa, Kougoed is a potent plant of which the roots and leaves are often dried and/or fermented in order to create a potent powder that offers a variety of applications. From vision-inducing to anxiety relief, from aiding in meditation to increasing sensory perception (and sexual prowess).

What happens to your body when you take Kanna?

Whilst Kanna isn’t particularly well known for its halluciogenic properties (and there are many other herbs available that offer a better alternative), higher doses have been known to produce mild visions, especially when combined with alcohol and cannabis sativa. When chewed after the consumption of cannabis, Kanna can enhance its effects.

Where did the Kanna get its name from?

Kanna, or channa as it’s often referred to, was first reported to have been smoked, sniffed and chewed as an inebriant by the Hottentots of southern Africa about three hundred years ago. However, until the end of the 19th century, its botanical source remained undocumented and therefore largely unknown.

What kind of alkaloids are there in Kanna?

Its four psychoactive alkaloids: Mesembrine, Mesembrenone, Mesembrenol and Tortuisamine, are part of only the 1.5% alkaloid content that Kanna contains.