Hemp Marijuana Facts

Hemp and medicinal treatment

Cannabis extract used to be available in the United States until 1937, and it still has numerous medicinal qualities. It used to be sold under the guise of “nerve tonic”. However, we know that this type of “relaxer” has been used by civilizations for centuries. Wise men and ancient scholars have written about the benefits of marijuana for as long as books have been around, often falling under the category of “panaceas” or cure-all. If you are wondering which diseases cannabis extract can help treat, here is just a short list: cancer treatment, glaucoma, dystonia, pruritis, severe pain, migraines, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and AIDS. Now keep in mind this is just a list of diseases that people will either eat or smoke marijuana for and does not include medicines made from marijuana directly. Over 60 different chemicals found within the marijuana plant have medicinal qualities. It is not a difficult process to extract these chemicals into different foods or beverages, and may even help people with insomnia.

A chemical derived from premature marijuana buds, called “cannabidiolic acid”, is also a powerful disinfectant. People suffering from herpes can help control the sores that appear on their skin by dissolving marijuana into rubbing alcohol. A salve similar to this mixture was known to be a very early medicinal use of cannabis. Marijuana leaves used to be placed inside bandages and even a mild herbal tea created from tiny stems of the cannabis plant has been helping people for centuries. Nausea with or without vomiting is also able to be controlled by marijuana use.

Scientists have found a correlation between being able to eat well and responding well to AIDS medications AZT and Foscavir, and the same goes with chemotherapy patients. The ability to sustain the body with food can make a difference between living through the treatments or dying from them. Marijuana use has been found to be incredibly effective when fighting back nausea. The success of this method has prompted some to create a “buyer club” giving patients access to a steady and reliable supply. Some municipalities within California openly look past these clubs as a way to help these patients cope. The same goes with glaucoma patients and multiple sclerosis patients because the marijuana can help control the pressure within the eye, avoiding blindness, and the spasms that multiple sclerosis creates, helping patients not deteriorate further.