The Blessed Herb medical cannabis users in their own words

Author: Hendrik Geels
Language: ENG
Paperback, 184 pages

The Blessed Herb, medical cannabis, users in their own words.
In this book, patients suffering from a wide range of illnesses share their experiences of using cannabis as a medicine. Recipes and guidelines on the medical use of cannabis are also included.

Cannabis is the oldest recognised medicinal plant known to mankind. Cannabis Sativa, its official Latin title, was first mentioned in the Chinese dynasty in the year 6500 BC. In Europe, Dioscorides, Emperor Nero’s military doctor, was the first to mention it in the 1st century AD in his work Materia medica. Pliny, his contemporary, mentioned it in his thirty-seven-volume encyclopedia, Naturalis Historia. Solinus reffered to it in his work Medicina Plinii in the 4th century AD. Nearly all medieval academic studies make frequent reference to the works of Pliny. In every herb book published before 1930, you can find recipes for tinctures, compresses, teas, ointments etc. After that time, cannabis came under the Opium Act and knowledge of this herb evaporated.

In the sixties, the hippies rediscovered it as a mind-expanding drug. People who smoked it used to get high. Among the latter were also persons who were suffering from chronic or terminal disease and, to their suprise, the symptonms of their illness were alleviated.

Cannabis is a relatively cheap and effective herb that should be classified as natural medicine. In this book, patients suffering from a wide range of illnesses share their experiences of using cannabis as a medicine.