Research is progressing and hardly a week goes by without any news from countless kratom trials going on, be they clinical or private.

Once it has been established more precisely how some of the kratom alkaloids act in the human body we can expect that kratom will gain reputation in the pharmacological industry.

Drugs developed on the base of specific kratom alkaloids may find wide use in the relief or treatment of conditions like chronic fatigue, specific forms of acute or chronic pain.

Other kratom alkaloids could prove helpful in the treatment of mental, social or behavioral problems such as depression, fear, inability for establishing close relationships and so on.

If we look at the historical use of kratom it also does not seem far-fetched that kratom or mitragyna speciosa alkaloids in the future could play a role in the treatment of substance dependence and substance withdrawal symptoms. Kratom has the proven ability to block certain receptors in the brain that react on opiods. This way kratom effects three things at the same time: it reduces the efficacy of opoids in the human body, it reduces the craving for such opiods and it reduces the pain resulting from withdrawal of opoids.

Besides such obvious benefits of kratom just in the very recent past kratom has found use in the cosmetic industry. Topically applied kratom can rejuvenate skin, relax facial muscles and this way reduces wrinkles.

Indeed everybody would benefit from a hot kratom bath or hot kratom footbath: it is highly relaxing and refreshing.