====== Kava-Kava ======
<div #singlebox>
---- dataentry herbs----
latin_names: Piper methysticum
folk_names: Ava, Ava Pepper, Ava Root, Awa Root, Intoxicating Pepper
gender_tags: Feminine
planet_tags: Saturn
element_tags: Water
deity_tags: Lono, Kane, Kanaloa
effect_tags: Visions, Protection, Luck
----
</div>
<ifauth @user>
===== Ritual Uses =====
Long used in rites in Hawaii and Polynesia.
===== Magical Uses =====
This Polynesian plant's root is infused and the resulting tea is drunk to offer protection against evil and to invite in good luck.

Infused and left to steep overnight in the refrigerator, it is then drunk to enhance psychic powers and to induce visions. Too much of the infusion, however, may be damaging to the kidneys.
</ifauth>