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RE: Why Is Cannabis Called “Santa Maria” In Medicine Circles?

in #cannabis8 years ago

A true art his drawings, as for marijuana is effective for the treatment of pain. Especially in the case of chronic pain, opiate narcotics such as codeine, morphine, oxycodone and methadone are often used, which are highly addictive and to which patients can develop tolerance to their effects.

Although there are non-addictive synthetic analgesics (for example, acetaminophen), these are not strong enough to relieve this type of pain, and some of these drugs pose a serious risk of liver damage in excessive doses.

It seems that smoking marijuana can completely eliminate the need for the most harmful drugs such as narcotic opiates.

Cannabinoids such as THC induce sleep and extend the time in which you are in deep sleep. Deep sleep occurs during the third and fourth sleep cycles, and it is at the moment when the body is repaired. That is why it is called a restorative sleep, in which the immune system is revitalized and recharged.
Eating: Sometimes people when they are not well have less appetite. Marijuana, by stimulating receptors improves appetite. Although the entire mechanism is unknown, it is known that there is a high density of CB1 receptors in the paraventricular and ventromedial nuclei of the hypothalamus, brain areas involved in the regulation of appetite, greetings