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Especially in the US and Europe the demand for herbal and alternative drugs is in constant increase, mostly due to critical and well informed consumers with a very high awareness of potential drug risks.

In many states of the US and many countries in Europe THC was recently established as an alternative painkiller. Clinical studies have proven beyond doubt that THC, the active ingredient in certain hemp species, has a strong painkilling effect. The exact pharmacological mechanisms of THC are still researched, but could be similar to certain antidepressants, which also in some cases have strong painkilling effects.

Classical herbal household remedies like essential oils, cloves and especially capsaicin, the ingredient in cayenne pepper, recently enjoy increased and undebated popularity. They have the great advantage that they can be applied topically (right on the affected area) and have no systematic (on the whole body) effects at all.

A newcomer finally is Kratom , the leaf of South East Asia’s mitragyna speciosa tree. Kratom has been used as a painkiller for centuries in Asia and now slowly gains reputation in western countries as an alternative low risk painkiller. Until now it is not recognized by the FDA but widely available in the Internet trade. Kratom leaves contain up to 25 different alkaloids, some of which are very effective painkillers.

The exact properties of these alkaloids have been intensively researched during the laqst years especially in Japan. There seems to be a chance that a whole new generation of various drugs could be synthesized on the base of this Kratom research.