Sceletium Tortuosum

Kanna, Kougoed, Channa, Kanna

• Nootropic & psychoactive benefits
  • Promote relaxation, reduce stress, and relieve anxiety.
  • Inflammation & Depression
  • Increase serotonin levels in the nerves.
  • Enhance mood by helping the brain maintain its natural levels of serotonin.
  • Enhance euphoria, happiness & a sense of unwinding.
  • Libido enhancer – By alleviating anxiety, stress, and low mood.
  • Enhance cognitive activity and memory. Improvement in learning, analysis, and thinking skills.
  • Alzheimer’s disease – Kanna nay alleviate early symptoms of Alzheimer’s
  • Assist in the treatment of psychological & psychiatric disorders by improving mood and promoting relaxation.
  • Alcohol & drug addiction withdrawal

• Digestive support – Alleviate colic, abdominal pain & decreased appetite.
• Pain relief – Toothache & headaches
• Suppress hunger

Detailed Benefits

• Nootropic & psychoactive benefits
  • Promote relaxation, reduce stress, and relieve anxiety. – By increasing serotonin levels in the nerves. Kanna may also reduce anxiety and stress through its impact on the amygdala.
  • Inflammation and depression – Depression and 9nflammation are closely linked. Some cases of depression may be caused by high inflammatory molecules called cytokines. Sceletium increases the expression of IL-10, a unique cytokine that lowers inflammation and reduces the expression of other inflammation-promoting cytokines.
  • Enhance mood – Kanna’s mood-lifting benefits can be attributed to a group of alkaloids in the plant that help the brain maintain its natural levels of serotonin, the chemical that nerve cells produce to regulate moods. It doesn’t take much Kanna to maintain serotonin levels. A little goes a long way, making it a great herb to bring cheer and perspective on a tough day. It uplifts low mood, including grey weather syndrome.
  • Enhance euphoria, happiness & the ability to unwind. 
  • Libido enhancers. Alleviate anxiety, stress, and low mood. Kana may also enhance sex by making sensations more pleasurable.
  • Enhance cognitive activity and memory – Improvement in learning, analysis, and thinking skills. Improve brain function.
  • Alzheimer’s disease – Kanna nay alleviate early symptoms of Alzheimer’s
  • Assist in the treatment of psychological & psychiatric disorders by improving mood, promoting relaxation, and evoking a sense of happiness.
• Digestive support – Alleviate colic, abdominal pain & decreased appetite.
• Pain relief – Toothache & headaches. The membrane in Kanna acts as an effective natural pain killer. High doses ok Kanna activate opioid receptors in the brain.
• Alcohol and drug addiction withdrawal are excellent for rehabilitating from drug addictions as it is not addictive.
• Suppress appetite & hunger. Kanna’s active compounds bind to the receptor for cholecystokinin-1. This receptor, when activated, reduces the sensation of hunger and may stop people from overeating.

What is responsible for Kanna’s psychotropic effect?

Mesembrine & tortuosamine – Euphoria, happiness, chill. Enhance sex by making sensations more pleasurable.

“The natural and gentle MDMA” What is the difference between MDMA & Kanna? MDMA makes your brain release more of the neurotransmitter serotonin. Kanna binds to & inactivates serotonin transporters, preventing body cells from absorbing serotonin. This means the serotonin you’re already producing stays available longer.

Kanna & cannabinoid receptors – Kanna, particularly if it is smoked, activates cannabinoid receptors.

Acetylcholine – It inhibits the breakdown of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which could enhance cognition.

Properties: Antimicrobial, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antidepression, anxiolytic. It may have anti-HIV and free radical scavenging potential.

Phytochemical compounds: Prinsipleactive ingredient is Mesembine. It produces indole alkaloids, for instance, mesembrenol, mesembranol, mesembrine, and mesembranone. Anthraquinones, polyphenols, terpenes, anthocyanin, alkaloids, tannins, glycosides, coumarins, and carbohydrates.

Psychoactive compounds – Mesembrine, the archetypal psycho-active Sceletium compound. Binding assays have revealed that mesembrine is a more potent serotonin transporter inhibitor (SERT) than fluoxetine (Prozac).

History

As hunter-gatherers, the San and the Khoi would travel long distances by foot, and by chewing on fermented Kanna, they could curb their thirst and digestive discomfort.

San and Khoi warriors would also take Kanna to help them overcome fear and stress. And during healing dances and ceremonies, participants would ingest it, sometimes blending it with other herbs to lift their moods.