Natural Allergy Relief with Kratom

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Allergy relief is a big concern every Spring. More and more, people are seeking natural methods of producing relief without the drowsiness (and other side-effects of antihistamines and anticholinergics) caused by many of the OTC and prescription medicines.

 

Consumption of the herb kratom is reported to reduce the symptoms of allergies. This we know. What we don’t know is how it works to provide allergy relief. This would be nice to know for the purposes of this article, but not essential.

 

What we know about kratom is that it has been used safely as a traditional medicinal herb and social lubricant for centuries in Southeast Asia. With 40 or more compounds making up this complex herb, most of them alkaloids, we shouldn’t be surprised that people continue to find unexpected benefits in this user-friendly tree leaf.

 

It has been said that “People tend to find what they are looking for.” Another way to put it would be: Our expectations determine our outcomes. Perhaps this partially explains how kratom’s many alkaloids contribute to allergy relief in those who seek it.

 

Those who know and love this plant — and who use it wisely — find little to complain about and much to celebrate, as they learn to effectively use this botanical. Many find kratom in their search for a better pain reliever that doesn’t incapacitate them in the way that opiates do. As they experience it, they find many added benefits, such as allergy relief.

 

To learn how kratom may provide allergy relief, we need to look at what is known about the alkaloids that make up kratom.

 

Ajmalicine is — among other things — a smooth muscle relaxer. (This alkaloid was used as the basis for creating a pharmaceutical, designed to reduce blood pressure.)

 

Ciliaphylline is an antitussive, as are 7-hydroxymitraginine and mitragynine.

 

Corynoxeine is a calcium channel blocker, which relaxes the blood vessels, increasing the supply of oxygen-rich blood to the heart and other part of the body, which might have an effect on allergies.

 

Epicatechin: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, also found in Green Tea

 

7-Hydroxymitragynine: Analgesic, antitussive

 

Isomitraphylline, isopteropodine, isorhynchophylline: immunostimulants

 

Mitragynine: antitussive

 

Mitraphylline: vasodilator, antihypertensive, muscle relaxer, possible immunostimulant

 

Paynantheine: smooth muscle relaxer

 

Rhynchophylline: vasodilator, antihypertensive, calcium channel blocker, anti-inflammatory

 

Speciogynine: smooth muscle relaxer

 

Relaxing smooth muscles, such as those that line the bronchial tubes, might be helpful in reducing the congestion commonly caused by allergies. Antitussive effects of kratom would reduce the tendency to cough. Kratom’s proven ability to reduce blood pressure by calcium channel blocking, vasodilation and antihypertensive action might also be helpful in reducing the discomfort of allergies.

 

The anti-inflammatory nature of Rhynchophylline and Epicatechin might contribute to reducing inflammation in areas affected by allergens, such as pollen in nasal passages, etc.

 

The immunostimulants and the antiviral/antibiotic qualities could help to explain the increased resistance to colds, flu, and allergies that some consumers report.

 

The gentle pain relief and feel-good qualities of the mitragynines in kratom also would contribute to allergy relief.

 

All-in-all, kratom is reportedly working for many people, offering allergy relief. It would be refreshing if the medical establishment could investigate the many benefits this herb is giving those who consume it, rather than saying kratom has no medicinal uses (while researchers feverishly seek to patent new painkilling drugs, based on its alkaloids).

 

Author Paul Kemp writes frequently about kratom, natural health strategies, and other health-related topics

 

To obtain high-quality kratom for research purposes, visit OnlineKratom

 

Free Full Study PDF: “Evaluation of Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of Aqueous, Methanolic and Alkaloid Extracts from Mitragyna Speciosa (Rubiaceae Family) Leaves”

 

Paul Kemp
I am a writer with a passion for freedom within a libertarian philosophy. I claim my rights and I accept personal responsibility for the consequences. I have watched the same mistakes being made time after time in our country and I hope to point these errors out and hopefully help to change a few of them. We have, as a society, turned too much control over our lives and diet to self-proclaimed experts, who have an agenda that is not in our best interest. To regain our health and freedom, we need to give these "experts" the boot and become knowledgeable about the crucial details of our own lives.