Botanical Index No. 656

Marijuana

cannabis sativa

Medicinal Actions

Aldose-Reductase Inhibitor, Alterative, AMP Inhibitor, Analgesic, Anesthetic, Antiasthmatic, Antibacterial, Anticonvulsant, Antidote, Antiemetic, Antiglaucomic, Antiinflammatory, Anti-MS, Antipyretic, Antiseptic, Antiserotonin, Antispasmodic, Antitumor, Antitussive, Antiviral, Anxiogenic, Astringent, Cardiotonic, anticonvulsant, antiemetic, antiglaucomic, antistaphylococcic, antistreptococcic, antitumor, hypertensive, hypotensive, orexigenic, antiinflammatory, Cataleptic, Cholagogue, CNS Stimulant, Convulsant, Diuretic, Emmenagogue, Estrogenic, Euphoriant, Hypertensive, Hyperthermic, Hypnotic, Hypotensive, Immunodepressant, Inebriant, Intoxicant, Laxative, Myorelaxant, Narcotic, Psychotropic, Respiradepressant, Sedative, Soporific, Stimulant, Stomachic, Sympathomimetic, Teratogenic, Tonic, Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

Abortifacient Anaphrodisiac strychnine Aperitif Aphrodisiac Bronchodilator Pertussis Phthisis Polyuria Prolapsus Puerperium Pulmonosis Rabies Respirosis Rheumatism Senility Snakebite Sore Spasticity Staphylococcus Streptococcus Stroke Tetanus Toothache Tourette Syndrome Trigeminal Neuralgia Tumor Ulcer Uterosis UTI Virus Vomiting Water Retention Weaning Worm Wound bactericidal bronchodilation vasodilating Demulcent Emollient Exhilarent Hallucinogen Poison Vasodilator Vermifuge Abortion Alopecia Angina pectoris Anorexia Anorexia nervosa Anthrax Anxiety Arthrosis Asthma Ataxia Bacteria Beriberi Blackwater Fever Bleeding Blood Poison Bot Fly Bronchosis Cachexia Cancer alimentary lung Chemotherapy Childbirth Choking Cholera Cold Congestion Constipation Convulsion Corn Cough Cramp Dandruff Delirium Depression Dermatosis Diabetes Diarrhea Dysentery Dysmenorrhea Dyspepsia Dystonia Dysuria Earache Emphysema Enterosis Epilepsy Eruption Fatigue Favus Fever Flu Flux Gastrosis Glaucoma Glossosis Gonorrhea Gout Gravel Headache Hemorrhoid Hiccup High Blood Pressure HIV Huntington’s Disease Hydrocele Hysteria Infection Inflammation Insanity Insomnia Itch Leprosy Low Blood Pressure Malaria Mania Migraine MS Myospasm Nausea Nervousness Neuralgia Neurasthenia Neurosis Obesity Pain Paralysis Parturition

General Dosage

1–2 g ganja; 2–4 g 1–5–20 g powdered herb; 0.5 g resin; 0.1 g; 1 joint contains 0.5–1 g drug with at least 5–10 mg THC; 2.5, 5 or 10 mg dronabinol, 1–2 ×/day, as aperitif as antiemetic in chemotherapuetic. 1–2 g ganja; 2–4 g 1–5–20 g powdered herb; 0.5 g resin; 0.1 g; 1 joint contains 0.5–1 g drug with at least 5–10 mg THC; 2.5, 5 or 10 mg dronabinol, 1–2 ×/day, as aperitif as antiemetic in chemotherapuetic.

Safety & Contraindications

“Smoking cannabis causes bronchosis and can induce squamous metaplasia and bronchial tumors.” A cannabis cigarette generates ca. five times more carboxyhemoglobin than a tobacco cigarette. Cannabis is fetotoxic. Exposure to cannabis in utero may cause a 10-fold increase in childhood leukemia risk. It can trigger acute psychotic reactions in schizophrenia, and increases risk of new schizophrenia 6-fold. Cannabis smoking impairs learning and short-term memory, persisting for perhaps several weeks. Cannabis has been implicated in many road accidents and some air and rail accidents. “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”. Smoking quickly leads to euphoria with exaggerated sensuality, with alterations in space and time perception, and acoustical, sensory, and visual hallucinations, lasting 2–3 hours in higher doses. Although rarely reported, there are occasional acute poisonings with symptoms including cardiop-athy, hacking cough, lacrimation, nausea, numbness, and vomiting. Chronic abuse may lead to apathy, bronchosis, impotence, laryngitis, and psychic decline. Instances of death “are very rare”. Smoking suppresses the luteinizing hormone in women.

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