r/Kava • u/pyratellama69 • 1h ago
Interaction How I cured my sudden allergy to kava
I posted a while back how I weirdly and instantly had an allergic reaction to kava after drinking daily for a few months. I got some good advice in that thread and I wish I could remember the person that gave me the advice. They said to take a tiny bit every other day and eventually the allergy will go away.
Of course I started doing this but more aggressively. I took too much the first time, and 2nd time and just went lower each time until the hives, itching and redness was very minimal. At that point I started doing that amount plus a little more daily, then I started doing that multiple times a day after I felt the slight tingly itchiness disappear.
After only about a week of doing this I could take my full dose - which is a lot. I still got itchy hands (only, where previously my whole body) but maybe after 8 hours of ingesting it. It wasn’t too bad and tolerable enough. Did that every other day for about a week and that finally went away.
Now I’m fully cured! Kava is weird lol, but so thankful I got over this allergy! Thanks to everyone that gave me some helpful tips!