kava in English

noun
1
a narcotic sedative drink made in Polynesia from the crushed roots of a plant of the pepper family.
In many cultures, men and occasionally women retire each evening to the nakamal to prepare and drink kava , an infusion of the pepper plant.
2
the Polynesian shrub from which the kava root is obtained.
The first version portrays him as parting the sea with a cycas leaf, the second adds soil enclosed in a wild kava leaf and a bamboo flute to the ritual paraphernalia of departure.

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1. Kava , also known as kava kava , is an herbal remedy that 's used for stress and anxiety relief and insomnia .

2. Kava acts by way of a different mechanism .

3. Is kava a safe natural sleep remedy ?

4. Every night he staggered home from the kava bar drunk.

5. Willie, a native of Pentecost Island, drank kava heavily from his youth onward.

6. Ascaricide: Digenea simplex (wireweed) Kawain: Tranquilizer: Piper methysticum (kava kava) Kheltin: Bronchodilator: Ammi visaga: Lanatosides A, B, C: Cardiotonic: Digitalis lanata (Grecian foxglove, woolly foxglove) Lapachol: Anticancer, antitumor: Tabebuia species (trumpet tree) a-Lobeline: Smoking deterrant, respiratory stimulant: Lobelia

7. There are several herbs thought to help sleep , including chamomile , valerian root , kava , lemon balm , passionflower , lavender , and St. John 's Wort .

8. An oneirogenic materia medica highlights some major dream-inducing herbs: mugwort, kava, the Betonies, bittergrass, diviner's sage, ubulawu, and snowdrop