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At ETHA, your safety is not an afterthought, it is the foundation of everything we do. We know that contaminants, including heavy metals, can sometimes be found in plant-based products if they aren’t carefully sourced and tested. That’s why our Research & Development team works tirelessly to ensure EVERY batch of ETHA kratom meets the highest standards.
7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) is a naturally occurring alkaloid found in the kratom plant (Mitragyna speciosa). Interestingly, it's not present in large amounts in the raw leaf (or in its natural, unadulterated form) usually less than 0.01%. However, the body can convert another compound found in kratom, mitragynine, into 7-OH during digestion.
7-OH is believed to contribute to the analgesic (pain-relieving) effects of kratom. However, it does NOT seem to produce the same dangerous respiratory depression associated with classical opioids when taken in NATURAL (unadulterated) kratom form.
Naturally occurring alkaloids in kratom may help calm restlessness, ease stress, and support focus without additives, chemicals, jitters or a crash. We have bundled some of our products into what we call the ETHA Mood & Sociability Collection a selection of premium products formulated with specific kratom alkaloids to naturally support mood, energy, and overall wellness.
At Etha Natural Botanicals, we don’t believe in "good enough." Our R&D team never stops working, pushing itself further, and reaching for new heights. Even a good thing can usually be better! The ETHA R&D team have spent the last half year or so, heads-down, taste-testing, tweaking, and testing again and again, to bring you something truly exciting: revamped formulas for three of our most loved products: ReFresh Brewed Kratom, Kratom Mints, and Hazelnut Kratom Shots.
What’s changed? Only the parts that make a great thing even better.
Why? Because we want even better than the best for our ETHA customers.
On this episode of Heal Podcast Alexander opens up about the debilitating back injury he suffered during his freshman year of high school. He tried various conventional treatments, including physical therapy, muscle relaxers, and inversion therapy, but unfortunately they offered little help. In 2016 he found kratom and it was only then, with kratom's help that he experienced dramatic relief. When he consumes kratom, Alexander experiences his pain going from from a 10 to a 2–3. Kratom literally gave him his life back.
