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Detail of the plant

 

 

 

  Common noun: Hemp  
Scientific noun: Cannabis sativa L.  
Family:Hemp family - Cannabaceae-  
Habitat: Cultivated in almost everywhere but native from Asia.  

Characteristics : Dioecious herb of the Hemp family - Cannabaceae - up to 3,5 m. Down leaves opposite, upper ones, alternate; palmately-diveded with 3-9 toothed leaflets.Small flowers, greenish. Female ones with two distinctive stigmas; male ones with two stamens. Inflated fruits with black seeds- hemp seeds. Cultivated in almost everywhere but native from Asia.

     

Components:

  • Cannabinoids: D- 9 tetrahydrocannabinol, cannabinol, cannabinodiol, etc.
  • Acids: Linoleic, oleic and isolinoleic ( seeds)
  • Niacin (seeds)
  • Orientin (plant)
  • Minerals: phosphorus oxide, magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, potasium oxide and sulphur oxide, calcium ,iron and phosphorus (seeds)

 

 

 

     

 

 

Medicinal properties:

Internal use:

Antiemetic:It protects the stomach and favours it to get rid of vomiting. It has been proved the use of this plant lowers the tendendy to vomit patients of cancer have after being treated to chemioterapy. Antiemetic properties are attributed to the presence of tetrahidrocannabinol, the use of it has been aproved in the United States by the FDA- ( This chemical is obtained by synthesis as well as by inhaling the dry plant with the smoking method.)

Analgesic: Having strong pains, specially those related with malignant tumours, the use of this plant has proved to be a good pain reliever. The same virtue has been tested positively for rheumatic and articular pains.

Appetite stimulant: In case of utmost lost of appetite- patients with hard anorexia- it has been proved the power of this plant as an appetite stimulant.

Ocular relaxant:Using it in patients with glaucoma it diminishes ocular pressure.

Bronquitic: It has been demostrated to be a good bronchial relaxant in asthma, when inhaling the dry herb.

Ansiolitic: It eliminates anxiety and reduces nervousness. The presence of orientin it its composition may prove influential in this case ( Inhale the smoke of the dy plant.)

Toxicity: Growing or possessing this plant is punished by law. The degree of guilt depends on the legislation of every country. By no means " Botanical " pretends to encourage the use of this plant. It only exposes scientifical data, leaving to personal decision the responsibility of using it.

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Cultivo:

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