Posted by TSA West on January 22, 2002, at 23:05:52
In reply to ANXIETY IS KILLING ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!, posted by crazychickuk on January 22, 2002, at 10:36:45
I wonder if Kava preparations are available in your country and if you have tried it.
1. ***A few small, placebo-controlled, double-blind studies have
shown kavalactones to be significantly better than placebo in patients
suffering from anxiety of nonpsychotic origin***2. ***Kava is believed to improve the quality of sleep in humans,
with deep sleep increased and rapid-eye-movement sleep unaffected***3. ***Kava(lactones) have potent skeletal muscle relaxant
properties***
{1. Effect of a special kava extract in patients with anxiety-,
tension- and excitation states of non-psychotic genesis.
Arzneimittelforschung. 1991
2. Kava drug monograph. Denver: Micromedex. Updated 1998 Sep.
3. Kava: an overview. Distribution, mythology, botany, culture,
chemistry and pharmacology of the South Pacific's most revered herb.
Herbalgram. 1997.}
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