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Dr. Andrew Weil on Cannabis and Integrative Medicine

Project CBD

He is the author of several bestselling books, including Spontaneous Healing (1995), Eating Well for Optimum Health (2000), and Healthy Aging (2007). Some years ago, our government allowed the use of Marinol, which is synthetic THC, especially for cancer patients. Cannabis sativa literally means “useful hemp.”

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Terpene Spotlight: Eucalyptol

FloridaMarijuana.net

The healing cannabis plant is most notably known for the compounds THC and CBD. As researchers dive into the depths of the cannabinoid system it is becoming clear that cannabis terpenes are just as vital to a plant’s efficacy as are THC and CBD. Typically, the essential oil Eucalyptol is used to treat: Anti-inflammatory.

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Cannabis & sex: a woman’s guide

The Cannigma

Cannabidiol (CBD) boosts the production of this trauma-soothing molecule, and THC mimics it, interacting with the same receptors. Determining this will help you choose between intoxicating, THC-dominant cannabis, non-intoxicating, CBD-dominant options, or perhaps a balanced ratio that combines the two. How does it work?

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ElleVet Sciences Publishes Safety Study On CBD For Animals

Cannabis Law Report

“The PK data on cats shows there are differences in absorption between cats and dogs and that dosing may be different between these two species and that our chew form is likely to be more absorbable than oils in general. This data gives us confidence in the use of both the chew and the oils as effective means for delivering CBD to your pet.”.

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Perfecting cannabis with Michael Backes

The Cannigma

The thing was, is that I found that a little bit of cannabis and it could be, it’s really interesting, because it seems to work equally well with THC and CBD. CP: Essential oils. What you’re really feeling is you’re feeling the cannabinoids, in particular THC. I think limonene is pretty pharmacological.

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Shemshemet: Cannabis in Ancient Egypt

SpeedWeed

As noted in The Mummy Congress: Under the reign of the pharaohs, Egyptian traders had bartered avidly for seeds of Cannabis sativa. sativa—the flowering tops and leaves that yielded marijuana or the dark resin that produces hashish. des Hanfs und reines Öl.Leaves of hemp and pure oil. Pringle, 2001). Ìf the hieroglyph ‘smsm.t’

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The Immortality Key: Lost on The Road to Eleusis

SpeedWeed

Carl Ruck, “Since the wine of Dionysus is a mediation between the god’s wild herbal ancestors and the civilized phenomenon of his cultivated and manufactured manifestation in the product fermented from the juice of the grape, it is most probable that this was the way in which the Greeks incorporated hemp into their pharmacopoeia” (Ruck, 2007).