Sources and Further Reading: Kava

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The episode draws primarily on Lebot, Merlin, and Lindstrom (1992), the definitive ethnobotanical study of kava across the Pacific, along with peer-reviewed and market sources and published collections of Pacific oral tradition.

References

Grand View Research. (2023). Kava root extract market size, share and trends analysis report. https://www.grandviewresearch.com

Lebot, V., Merlin, M., & Lindstrom, L. (1992). Kava: The Pacific elixir. Yale University Press.

Singh, Y. N., & Singh, N. N. (2002). Therapeutic potential of kava in the treatment of anxiety disorders. CNS Drugs, 16(11), 731-743.

World Health Organization. (2023). Traditional medicine strategy 2014 to 2023. https://www.who.int

Tongan oral tradition (proverbs as commonly recorded).

Carolinian oral tradition (as documented in Pacific maritime ethnography).

Fijian oral tradition (as documented in ethnographic collections).