African Happy Plant Relieves Hunger-Reduces Stress-Sedates and Elevates Moods

The sceletium tortuosum or the African Happy Plant Relieves Hunger-Reduces Stress-Sedates and Elevates Moods, when you chew it.

It sounds like pot, but pot gives you the munchies, it does not relieve hunger.

On Friday, October 1st, 2010, A pharmaceutical company, Halls-Gericke and Hofmeyr (HGH) Pharmaceuticals intends to market the little African happy plant internationally.

HGH states that, “they want to develop it to sell internationally and sell it over-the-counter. The plant has great potential and few downsides.”

For more years then people can remember, indigenous South Africans have chewed a plant which they say is the African Happy Plant that Relieves Hunger-Reduces Stress-Sedates and Elevates Moods.

And South Africa’s government state that, “it will make locals happy too, by giving them a cut of the profits.

Further proof of the plants benefits, Ben-Erik Van Wyk, a professor of botany and plant biotechnology at the University of Johannesburg, states that, “I have extensively researched the plant and found no ill effects or evidence of dependency.”

The plant, known by locals as Kanna, Channa or Kougoed, has been used to reduce hunger, thirst and fatigue and is said to have sedative, hypnotic and mood-elevating effects. It is commonly chewed, but also can be made into tea or smoked.

Where can I buy some seeds to grow some?

The Sceletium tortuosum plant grows in dry regions and when chewed, the plant gives a slight head rush.

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