Posted on May 7, 2010.
Positive uses of marijuana Marijuana has a long history of being used to treat common ailments, including nausea, pain, anxiety, glaucoma, and more - covering almost five millennia. In fact, the earliest records known to use marijuana as far back as 3727 BC, where it was commonly used in Chinese medicine practice.
Historically, marijuana has served multiple purposes to heal the body both physiologically and psychologically. In the early years of its medicinal use of marijuana crude was mainly used as an antiseptic and analgesic, as it has been very effective in treating burns. Its use as a psychotropic medication was almost exclusively in India until 500 AD, when it began to circulate throughout the Middle and Near East, before making his way through North Africa ( Egypt), Latin America, the Caribbean, and finally, the United States
As an analgesic and sedative, marijuana has helped some of the most famous armies and military leaders throughout history. For example, Napoleon and his army of marijuana for his painkiller and sedative effects.
Post-Napoleon, marijuana has become very popular among some of the greatest French philosophers as an intoxicant "intellectual classes." Dumas, Gautier, Baudelaire, and some of the famous philosophers who have used marijuana to increase their reflection.
The origins of the name "marijuana" are widely debated, but many believe it is derived from the Portuguese word "Marigu-ano" which means "intoxicant." In fact, marijuana has been hailed as an addicting drug that can have a tremendous impact on the human psyche and spirit. According to the U.S. House of Representatives hearings on the 1937 hemp, Indian hemp "has remarkable properties in revealing the unconscious, where it can be used for psychological, psychoanalytic and psychotherapy research. "Many of these qualities can not be replicated by other medications.
In the last century, the consumption of marijuana, the U.S. has been controlled by the government because of his alcoholism and psychotropic effects. However, in recent years, marijuana has become available for medical use in 13 U.S. states. While the smoking of marijuana to relieve side effects of a medical condition or disease has not yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The positive medical effects of marijuana are well documented and include: nausea relief, stimulation of hunger in chemotherapy and AIDS patients, vomiting relief, reduction of glaucoma, and as a painkiller. Many researchers also believe that marijuana can help relieve side effects and pain of multiple sclerosis and depression.
Much of the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes has been following the efforts of citizens and support. If you support the use of medical marijuana or leisure, where your tee GB Greene with pride and let your legislators know!