Tu Dai Kava Dangerous?

[kl.trevorlay]

As Sourced from this website: http://www.kavasideeffects.info/ (found this page linked from the Vanuatu Kava Store)

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Tu Dai Kava vs NobleNone
Recently Tu dai (two-days) kava Piper Wichami0 has become popular due to its potency. However whilst  potent
there are strong concerns over potential hepatotoxic issues with
drinking this wild/non-noble strain of kava. In Papua New Guinea it‘s
what’s called "Isa", and it’s called "Tuday" in Hawaii. In Vanuatu it is
considered a type of "Tapu" kava, pronounced as "two-day" because it is
said to have negative effects lasting two days and a increase hepatotoxicity enzymes in the liver. Some dubious exporters have even been known to mix kava stems (the Kavalactone in the stems have a detrimental or opposite effect from the Kavalactone in the kava roots) with milled kava and also saw
dust. Its was said that the two-day kava was the resend that the banned
was put in place. In Vanuatu there are strict laws over the exportation
of Kava. Only strains that by their lactone composition are deemed as
"noble" are allowed to be exported. In Vanuatu, Tu dai kava is seen as
weed and isn’t recommended for drinking.

Thoughts? Wondering if this includes Kavas like Chiefs jungle or other kavas people refer to has weekend kava?

 

[Kojo Douglas]

No, Chief's Jungle is Piper methysticum. I don't think Piper wichmanni is dangerous in and of itself. Kava is bad for the liver when inappropriate parts of the plant are used in preparation, particularly the leaves, stems, etc.



You have to remember that there are hundreds if not thousands of varieties of Kava. Methysticum and wichmanni are actually pretty empty labels, as most kavas float around between the two. Some have even argued that there is no difference between methysticum and wichmanni. You'd have to ask a Kava farmer or hybridizer if you wanted better info. But no, wichmanni is not dangerous.

 

[Kojo Douglas]

That being said, good luck finding a distributor who sells Piper wichmanni. If they do, they probably don't know and thus aren't telling us, lol.

 

[kl.trevorlay]

ah, just thought I would ask , thanks for the info