Kratom ( Mitragyna speciosa Korth.) is a tree in the Rubiaceae family native to the Southeast Asian countries of Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea. Kratom has been used for centuries as traditional medicine to treat common ailments such as hypertension, diabetes, cough, diarrhea, and pain (Warner et al. 2016 ).
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