Kava and Kava for Anxiety
Each entry’s own grades, side by side. A grade says how strong the evidence is for one outcome — it does not rank one entry over the other.
Compound or practice
Kava
One of the few genuinely effective anxiety botanicals — shadowed by a real (if debated) liver-safety history.
Grade B2 graded outcomesrevised Jul 10, 2026
A structured monograph in Prometheus's bundled library. Its grades are the monograph's own reading of the evidence, not a peer-reviewed review.
Evidence brief
Kava for Anxiety
Evidence grade B — Meta-analytic vs placebo
Grade B1 graded outcomerevised Jul 10, 2026
Assembled by the app from other entries in this library. It adds no evidence of its own — follow the links to the entries it draws on.
Graded in both
Outcomes are matched by name. Two entries can describe the same outcome in different words, so one listed further down may still be graded in the other.
| Outcome | Kava | Kava for Anxiety |
|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | Evidence grade BModerate effectmixedMeta-analytic vs placebo | Evidence grade BModerate effectmixedMeta-analytic vs placebo |
Graded only in Kava
- Liver injury (rare) Small effectEvidence grade C
Graded only in Kava for Anxiety
None — every outcome it grades is graded in both.
Conditions
Only in Kava
- Anxiety ImprovesEvidence grade B
Only in Kava for Anxiety
None.
What each entry says about the other
- Kava for Anxiety’s entry · Goes with: Read the full Kava monograph
Both columns are read from the entries as they stand in this library. A comparison is not advice to take either one, and it is no substitute for a clinician who knows the person.