Kanna Suku (2024)

FAQs

What does Kanna herb do? ›

Kanna is an indigenous South African plant that's been used for centuries as an herbal remedy and natural mood booster. Today, some people take kanna for its euphoric and anxiety-reducing properties as an alternative to party drugs. More research is needed to understand the risks of long-term use.

Trivia. Kanna is based off of the Ainu Kamuy (goddess) of thunder and lightning, Kanna Kamuy. Her cover story at school that she comes from Ushishir is a reference to this.

May Help Relieve Anxiety or Stress

The most well-known benefit of kanna is promoting relaxation and helping relieve anxiety symptoms, feelings of stress and depression. It seems capable of promoting a sense of well-being in healthy individuals and also helping treat clinical anxiety and depression.

Besides being empathogenic, Kanna is also an aphrodisiac⁵ and has many other health benefits. Studies on Kanna have demonstrated its ability to lower stress and anxiety⁶, lift mood⁷, improve focus and cognitive function⁸, and enhance physical performance⁹.

Powers and Abilities

Like all dragons, Kanna's physical strength is superhuman as she is strong enough to throw Tohru several miles up into the air and was able to stand toe-to-toe against Lucoa and Fafnir in their game of dodgeball. Kanna can generate and manipulate electricity.

Some people who have used sceletium report side effects including headache, loss of appetite, and depression. When inhaled: There isn't enough reliable information to know if sceletium is safe or what the side effects might be.

Kanna appears as a stoic girl who rarely changing her facial expression or raising her voice, but she is actually very emotional. While young by dragon standards, she is more mature than her apparent age would suggest, and when angry she can be foul-mouthed and rude.

Powers and Abilities

Kanna can generate and manipulate electricity. Unlike Tohru, who can generate her mana to sustain her frequent magic usage, Kanna has to absorb mana from her surroundings.

Historically, the plant was used by native San hunter-gatherers and Khoi people to quench their thirst, fight fatigue and for healing, social, and spiritual purposes.

Kanna also acts as a monoamine releasing agent, increasing dopamine, and adrenaline levels. Another benefit of Kanna is its ability to act as a phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor(PDE4i), where PDE4 regulates mood, long-term memory formation and wakefulness.

What are the ingredients in kanna? ›

Kanna is the colloquial name for Sceletium tortuosum, an indigenous medicinal succulent plant from South Africa.