Sceletium has been used for centuries without any notable side effects. Sceletium or kanna as the locals call it stem from the Southern Most tip of Africa. Although it is found in many African countries, the species tortuosum tested and recorded to date is the one we are focusing on. South Africa governs export of the species as a protected plant and there are rumors that it might be added to the CITES list. Luckily our cultivated plants have been around for more than 11 years ensuring you get only the highest and best possible quality Sceletium available in the market today.
Kanna’s first introduction to the “civilized” world was when Jan van Riebeeck discovered South Africa April 6, 1962 and set up base there. They noticed that the locals was very jovial and that nothing could get them down. After†interrogating†them it was found that the source of their happiness was due to the chewing of the Sceletium plant. Since its introduction to the West, countless mention of its mood elevating properties have surfaced in the medical world. Not once in any article has there been any mention of side effects or adverse effects. It is simply amazing how natural plants predate the modern pharmaceutical era and that as in so many cases have no side effects in comparison to the approved pharmaceutical medicine of our modern day and age.
Slight nausea is experienced when dosages are increased. This is easily corrected by lowering the dosage. Because Sceletium is similar in action to SSRIíS we suspect the possibility that it is in fact SSRI related. An existing patent on one of the actives in Sceletium, namely mesembrine is patented as a possible SSRI and SSRI related activity.
Due to its possible SSRI activity we recommend that it should not be taken in conjunction with any SSRI related drugs or any prescription medicine. Some clinical applications for Sceletium have been proposed and some medical doctors from South Africa have used it as an alternative to prescription drugs with desired results from their patients.