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Her and coffee, perfect morning. ♡
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"I ship them because of their canon interactions!" "I ship them because of the dynamic!" "I ship them because they're my favorites!" WRONG I ship them because they are aesthetically pleasing to look at on screen together
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"In New Zealand, Pacific Island scientists have just been given a large grant to run a study trial on the use of the traditional kava preparation and kava ceremony for treating PTSD.
Believing it could help treat PTSD and other trauma in soldiers and veterans, police officers, and corrections facility staff, the two scientists want to revise the reputation of kava, which was damaged by a pharmaceutical rush into the product some years ago.
Dr. Apo Aporosa of Fijian descent on his mother’s side, and Dr. Sione Vaka from Tonga, have received $1 million from the Health Research Council to combine kava drink with the traditional ceremony of conversation.
“I’m so stoked that Health Research Council has faith in us as a team to do this critically important work,” Dr. Aporosa told the NZ Herald. “It’s likely we’re going to spend a million dollars to prove what traditional Pacific knowledge has been trying to tell Europeans for the last 200 years.”
Kava comes in many traditional names, all relating to the root of the Piper methysticum plant. Across the islands of the Pacific, the root was stirred in water and drank for its subtle euphoric, but also sedative properties. Accompanying the drink was a Talanoa or what Dr. Aporosa is referring to as “talk therapy,” but what was essentially a heart-to-heart conversation.
Their study will take two groups of people and give them both the whole kava drink plus the talanoa, referred to as “the full package” while another group will receive just the talanoa, and another group just the kavalactones—the active ingredient in the plant.
In 2009, the Cochrane Institute confirmed that kava was probably more effective than placebo for treating anxiety. At the time, pharmaceutical and supplement companies had quickly isolated kavalactones and sold them as a natural relaxant.
Like most indigenous populations, New Zealand’s Māori population suffers from higher rates of stress, trauma, and anxiety than the national average, and the Health Research Council believes that the Kava ceremony is the most sensible way to fulfill this unmet need.
“We do know that… talk therapy works for some PTSD cases,” Dr. Aporosa said, adding that talanoa is basically talk therapy, done while sitting on the floor rather than in chairs.
“We know that kava has relaxant properties, that kava is a natural anti-anxiety medication, so we combine those two elements in a culturally influenced space, and we’ve got something here that’s unique.”
Aporosa understands the situation better than most. Not only is he from Pacific stock, but he was a police officer who had to leave the force due to PTSD from the line of duty.
His experience traveling the world speaking with former military and police got him the Fulbright Scholarship to study the kava ceremony in Hawai’i, another island culture that uses the plant.
His hope is to show that it works significantly in the trial, and then release a free e-book about how to perform the ceremony and intervention, in order to ensure the largest number of people can access the knowledge of this traditional Pacific medicine."
-via Good News Network, July 5, 2023
#kava#traditional medicine#indigenous#pacific islander#ptsd#trauma#anxiety#therapy#talk therapy#medical research#alternative medicine#new zealand#pacific islands#fiji#tonga#good news#hope#mental health
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vintage postage stamps featuring various psychoactive plants/substances
#stamps#postage stamps#stamp collecting#drugblr#drugs#pharmacology#psilocybe#datura#shrooms#kava#opium#flickr#morning glory#mescaline#vintage#artwork#drug blog#botany#psychedelyc art#psilocin
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Kava.
Kava.
Kava!!!!!!
They’re real to me 😔💔💔💔
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nemoj da propustiš život zbog toga što nemaš sa kim otići na kavu,na more,u Pariz. Idi sama ženo bre, i ne trebaš da brineš šta kaže svijet.
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[F] Single Kava Sitting Posespack (T2)
Here we have a a Singlepack for a Sim, you can also combine it with others :)
7 Poses for YA-A-O
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It will be free at 1.11.2024
Thank you for all your lovely support !
Early Access: CLICK ME- PATREON
#kava#drink#drinking#thesims4#sims4#posepack#poses#fenrir77#fenrir#floor#sand#sulani#sims4poses#ts4#sims#2024#sims 4 posepack#thesims
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Turn of the Century AU Delnoris! (Left to Right)
Arna, Lawyer, Assimar. Friends with Delnoris' mom and keeps Delnoris out of Prison. She is a former angel from a plane of law attempting to "fall" into hell to meet her old lover.
Vree Delfossier, Drow. Adopted into the Delfossier family, and is technically Delnoris' great aunt. A young(?) elf who acts as Delnoris' driver in order to "play commoner" to avoid the scrutiny that Delnoris faces in her life. Could throw her weight around if she wanted.
Detective Dame Delnoris Delfossier of Dossimer Night Security. Yall already know her, but if you don't. Shes a tiefling noble, daughter of an assimar, who was herself the daughter of a half elf. For a traditionally elvin family this made her a misfit among her family.
Kava Dossimer, Moon Elf. Assigned to Delnoris as her partner with Dossimer Night Security, and she is also her secret lover. She tries to be a good influence on Denoris.
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warming up my new tablet
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I just came across this super interesting article about some fascinating plants and their potential benefits. It's all about how different varieties can help with things like relaxation, focus, or just feeling balanced. 🌈
If you're curious about how nature might support your daily routine, you’ve got to check this out. It's an easy read and really eye-opening! 👀
💡 Give it a look and let me know what you think!
#NaturalWellness #PlantPower #RelaxAndFocus
#herbs#kava#kratom#medicinal herbs#natural herbs#healing herbs#fresh herbs#flowering herbs#dried herbs#organic herbs
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ships that have a chokehold on my brain as of today
gweather + duntrent pref together but apart also works
bridgney
kava
noco (when does it not)
aleduncan
courkatie and lindsadie but only as a package deal (???)
deather (my rise in love for duncan seems to be taking effect on shipping)
jock.
nichaxel (i'm so late to the party it's upsetting but I want to write a fic abt them)
primien (brainrot returned after the fall of prileb)
and mkulia just like the rest of us
#td#total drama#gweather#duntrent#bridgney#kava#noco#aleduncan#courkatie#lindsadie#deather#jockjockjock#nichaxel#primien#mkulia
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#2407 - Piper excelsum - Kawakawa
AKA Macropiper excelsum. The name kawakawa comes from the Māori kawa meaning bitter, and while it certainly is, probably refers to the related Kava (Piper methysticum) which can't grow in New Zealand's cooler climate but is widely used in the Pacific Islands to produce a ritual drink with medicinal, anesthetic, euphoriant, and entheogenic properties. The Māori word kawa also means "ceremonial protocol"
A small tree endemic to New Zealand; the subspecies P. e. subsp. psittacorum is found on Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and the Kermadec Islands.
Kawakawa was used as a medicinal plant by the Māori. An infusion made from leaves or roots or chewed leaves were used to relieve toothache, and wounds were often bound in kawakawa leaves. The edible yellow berries were eaten as a diuretic. Traditionally, leaves with holes chewed by caterpillars of the kawakawa looper moth (Cleora scriptaria) were considered the best to use - not implausible, if the plant increases production of bioactive molecules in response to insect attack.
In cultural contexts, host people of a marae wave leaves of kawakawa to welcome guests. At a tangi, both hosts and guests may wear wreaths of kawakawa on the head as a sign of mourning.
Early European settlers to New Zealand used kawakawa in teas, and experimented using it as a flavouring agent in beer. Since the contains the deliriant myristicin, this was probably a memorably bad idea.
New Plymouth, Taranaki Ringplain, New Zealand
#kawa#kawakawa#piper#piperaceae#new zealand plant#medicinal plant#new plymouth#taranaki ringplain#macropiper#cleora#kava
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Atlantis belongs to @panpumapaints21
Mimi and Marigold belong to @pokemon22551
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Oh boy more D&Ds!
I'm about to join a new campaign, gonna be playing this very excitable Artificer Kava! She has a grumpy fire chicken steel defender known lovingly as BONC.
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