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Cannabis and Medicinal Properties.

The religious and medicinal uses of Cannabis in China, India and Tibet.

The earliest trace of cannabis use is an archaeological find of hemp textile in China dating from 4000 B.C. (Li & Lin 1974). Hemp thread and rope from 3000 B.C. have also been found in Chinese-occupied Turkestan (Fisher 1975). The Rh-Ya (500 B.C., but pointing back many centuries earlier) mentions its use for fiber (Bouquet 1950), as do the Shih-Ching (lOth-7th centuries B.C.), the Li-Chi (100 ...

Medicinal Uses of Nullo Overview

1. For six months, Young and Beregi(1) studied the effectivenss of chlorophyllin copper complex among 62 female patients, aged 65 or older, in a large geriatric hospital. One subgroup of 32 incontinent patients had foul fecal odor. A second subgroup of 30 patients had problems with constipation, hypochondria symptoms, and excessive flatus. Dosage was 100 mg. Three times daily for the first seve...

The Medicinal Uses of Pepper

Members of the botanical family Piperaceae were among the first cultivated plants1. Black pepper (Piper nigrum) and long pepper (Piper longum) are the best known species in this family and are probably among the most recognized spices in the world. Black pepper alone accounts for about 35% of the world’s total spice trade. In addition, black pepper and long pepper have been used medicinally for...

Pharmacology and potential therapeutic uses of cannabis.

Throughout history, cannabis has been used as a natural therapeutic herb. Indeed the discovery of the remains of a young girl in Jerusalem who died in childbirth sometime around the third century AD, revealed residues of cannabis in the pelvic region. This strongly suggests that cannabis was used in medical practice in early human civilizations. Cannabis was first used as a medicine in Britain ...