Open the properties of "Khut" after leaving the drug list.

after Ministry of Justice has unlocked "kratom" from being a narcotic drug. After the entry into force of the Narcotic Drugs Act No. 8, 2021, today (24 Aug. 64) is the first day, assuming that people can grow Kratom freely. or can be consumed

The essence of law enforcement is that people who plant huts can buy, sell, or crush them. and can plant more cottage trees It also extends to being able to sell them for commercial or industrial purposes without requiring permission.

And after this there will be a secondary law to follow. There will be additional provisions such as prohibiting the sale to children under 18 years of age, who are youths. including pregnant women and prepare to designate places where sales are prohibited, such as in schools, temples.

Kratom (Kratom) or Mitragyna speciosa (Korth.) HaviL. is a perennial plant in the family Rubiaceae that has been used as a home remedy for hundreds of years in Southeast Asia. south of thailand to the border area Popular chewing fresh leaves or boiled into tea to stimulate work without fatigue. Which in Thailand has been used as a remedy for dysentery, diarrhea and abdominal pain.

Some areas were later said to be able to alleviate diabetes. Farmers consume it by chewing on fresh leaves. Or take the leaves to be charred and pounded with chili paste and eaten as a meal. In order to have energy to work and be able to withstand being in the sun for a long time outdoors without feeling tired

while the Malays used kratom leaves to pound the wound and use the whole leaves to be burned to heat, placed on the stomach to treat enlarged spleen as well as using the huts to replace the local opium where opium cannot be found. Kratom leaves are often used to control opioid addiction. especially in New Zealand today.

There are 3 varieties of huts found in Thailand, namely Cucumber (green stem), Yaksa (large leaf shape) and Red stem. They have different names in different places, for example, in Thailand, the northern region is called E-Dang, E-Dang, Krauaam, and the southern region. Call Thom or Thom, in Malay call Kutum or Ketum Bia or Biak, Laos call Neithum, Indochina call Kodam.

The hut is found in Thailand in some provinces of the central region, such as Pathum Thani, but is found in natural forests in the southern regions such as Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trang, Satun, Phatthalung, Songkhla, Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat.

important substances found in the leaves of the Kratom It contains approximately 0.5% of all alkaloids, of which methaginine. (Mitragynine) 0.25 percent, the rest is speoginine (Speciogynine), pinenthine (Paynanthine), specioceliatine. Speciociliatine, respectively, in which the type and amount of alkaloids found differed according to the location and time of harvest. which can be divided according to the structural formula into 4 types of compounds:

1. Indole Alkaloids

2. Oxindole Alkaloids

3. Flavanoids (Elavanoids)

4. Other groups such as phytosterols (Phytosterol), tannins (Tannins).

kratom benefits for health

Studies have shown that kratom leaves interact with the body, affecting certain nerve cells in the body that sense pain, and are used to treat these symptoms.

- Helps relieve pain in various parts of the body such as unwanted pain resulting from injury to the body, tissues, back pain, nervous system, muscles or tendons, pain caused by chronic conditions such as multiple sclerosis, cancer, diabetes, arthritis. etc. Regardless of the origin, pain affects the body both physically and mentally.

- Helps treat cough

- Helps reduce acid secretion

- Reduces the peristalsis of the small intestine

- Kratom leaves help to concentrate and calm the nerves.

- Cure diarrhea, diarrhea, pain, strain, cure dysentery

- Relieve toothache

- Induce sleep and sedative

- Relieve body aches

- Helps to work hard, not hungry easily

- Use Kratom leaves to suppress muscle spasms.

- is a muscle relaxant

- Used to relieve pain instead of morphine It is about 10 times lower in strength than morphine and has many advantages over morphine, for example kratom does not depress the respiratory system. Does not cause nausea, vomiting, can be used to treat opiate or morphine addiction.

- Used to treat drug addicts

Side effects of taking too much kratom

- decreased appetite or weight loss

- Constipation

- frequent urination

- dry mouth

- Anxiety and restlessness

- Sweating and itching

- Sun allergy or the skin is darker than normal pigment

- Nausea and vomiting

- Insomnia or the body is awake all the time

- abnormally fast heartbeat

- Feeling anxious, confused

- hallucination

Precautions and avoidance of using Kratom leaves

- Pregnant and lactating women

- People with alcoholism or alcohol dependence

- People with mental disorders

- Do not use in people with heart disease.

- Eat kratom with mushrooms to cure constipation. If there are symptoms of drunkenness, dizziness, lethargy from eating too much kratom. To drink water or eat sour food. and immediately taken to the hospital.