Hemp, cannabis, marijuana, drug, drug, CBD, THC ... It's easy to get lost in these terms. And it is worth knowing, because according to tradition, this legendary plant can heal almost anything. It relieves pain, nausea, increases appetite, and possibly also improves complexion, mood, and helps you sleep. More and more countries are deciding to legalize marijuana, and scientists have rushed to see how cannabis can be used. See what they've already established.
More or less at the beginning of our era, the Chinese published the first pharmacopoeia in history - a list of known medicinal substances with a description of the action, dosage and methods of obtaining. It is in this book, known as pen-ts'ao ching, that hemp seeds found prominence. According to Chinese doctors, cannabis seeds prepared in various ways were a remedy for ailments such as constipation, rheumatic pains or women's problems, and the famous Chinese surgeon Hua T'o gave patients wine laced with cannabis before the surgery to numb them. It all happened a thousand years before Mieszko I was baptized. It was then that in India, cannabis was used for all kinds of pain - from headaches, through rheumatism, to toothache; for controlling convulsions, as a sedative, for skin problems and even for parasites. Of course, they also found out that cannabis increases the appetite (they just didn't know the term "gastrophase").