{"id":1644,"date":"2018-07-03T01:44:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T01:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=1644"},"modified":"2020-12-03T02:55:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T02:55:58","slug":"kratom-and-mental-health-can-it-treat-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=1644","title":{"rendered":"Kratom and Mental Health \u2013 Can It Treat Depression?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kratom has been making rounds on the market as the new natural hotshot herb that\u2019s touted as an all-around solution for a variety of conditions. Presently, it\u2019s most prominent benefit is its ability to alleviate pain on the same level as opioids \u2013 minus the addictive properties. But science has found that there might be much more to this herb than just the being a pain reliever.<\/p>\n<p>About 40% of those who use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hometownstation.com\/news-articles\/kratoms-legal-status-in-the-united-states-339099\">kratom<\/a> claim that they leverage the herb\u2019s benefits versus depression, anxiety, and other mental health problems. But how true are these claims, and does kratom really have an effect on mentality? Here\u2019s what you need to know.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How Does Kratom Work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Kratom comes from a plant called <em>Mitragyna speciosa<\/em> which is native to Southeast Asian countries.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.letsbegamechangers.com\/health\/kratom-and-mental-health-can-it-treat-depression\/\">Lets Be Game Changers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kratom has been making rounds on the market as the new natural hotshot herb that\u2019s touted as an all-around solution&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vitamins-supplements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1644"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1755,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1644\/revisions\/1755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}