Hemp or Cannabis is the oldest plant that is cultivated by man
In Nepal, cannabis is a wild plant.
It can be found all over the mountain area up to the 4000 meters above sea level. There it is used for all sort of things. From cannabis fibers they make ropes and cloth and by extrusion of cannabis seeds they make oil. Female flowers are used for medicine and pleasure.
Wild Cannabis in Nepal
Female flower Male Flower
All parts of cannabis can be used for medical purposes in many areas. For Tibetans hemp is a holy plant because Buddha, during the six years of ascetic, before he experienced the enlightenment, fed himself exclusively with that plant.
Cannabis is Shiva’s favorite plant
Cannabis is used primarily as a remedy for disturbances and diseases caused by faulty operation of bile. It also stimulates the liver function and therefore the digestion. In Nepal it is used for treatment of the digestive organs, nerve diseases, respiratory tract, skin, lymph nodes and genitals. Tibetan list of the cannabis treated diseases includes rheumatism, inflammation, cramps, diarrhea, cholera, problems with urination, cough, animal bites, scorpion stings, roundworms, purulent inflammations ...
Although the oldest finding of cannabis flowers is in Germany, botanists believe that hemp found it’s way to the rest of the world from Himalayas.
As food, medicine and as a material for various products it is used for more than 6000 years. Ancient Egyptians, in their scrolls, left the recipe for the medicine that is used for glaucoma treatment. Glaucoma occurs due to increased pressure in the eye and can lead to blindness. Pharmacological studies have shown that cannabis reduces this pressure, and patients tolerate it better than chemical drugs for the same purpose. That is the reason why, in America, people with glaucoma can buy marijuana in drugstore.
Romans used cannabis extracts for the herpes treatment. Studies in Switzerland showed that cannabis extract act against cramps. For that cramps there are a lot of medications, however all of them have side effects, which hemp do not have.
Cannabis was holy plant with Germanic people, too. It was dedicated to Freya – goddess of love. Healing characteristics of hemp Germanic people were using in the middle age.
Medical - Pharmacological research started in the 19th century. Over the time, someone brought up the conclusion that cannabis is “dangerous” and that it is the first step toward the consumption of heavy drugs. This damnation which was thrown on a Holy Plant from AMERICA, led to prohibition of use otherwise useful cannabis extracts, and, in the end, the plant itself was declared illegal. What a sick world we live in.
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