Supplement × Supplement·a caution·Emerging evidence
Both can cause sedation, and both have rare liver-injury concerns in case reports.
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What is happening. Both can cause sedation, and both have rare liver-injury concerns in case reports.
Mechanism. Additive sedative burden and overlapping hepatic safety uncertainty.
Recommendation. Avoid high-dose or long-duration combination; stop for liver symptoms or unusual fatigue.
Effect on the composite score
If both Ashwagandha and Kava are in the same stack, this pair applies −5 to your Stack Score (per scored caution row).
The full algorithm, the clamping rules, and four worked stacks are at /methodology/stack-score.
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