A strange, tingling sensation follows after it goes down. Tea is exactly what you order. Kava root and kratom are medicinal herbs, according to Dr. Stephen Dahmer, director of the Andrew Weil ...

It's made from the powdered root of a pepper tree called piper methysticum strained through a wooden bowl full of water. Kava is always accompanied by a ceremony where people gather around the ...

The liquid in question is kava, which is a mixture of water and the crushed root of the kava plant. "You have to drink it all in one go..... your mouth and tongue will start to go numb," explains ...