More efficient methods of medicating than smoking.
Marijuana is one of the oldest recorded plants used for the treatment of countless ailments. Although people have been sparking up this herb for centuries to medicate themselves, research demonstrates safer, and potentially more efficient ways to use cannabis.
It isn’t until recently that doctors have returned to old remedies and began represcribing cannabis to treat symptoms such as severe pain, nausea, persistent muscle spasms, seizures, anorexia, cachexia and weight loss. However, doctors are not educating their patients on the safest ways to use this medicine as they do other medications that they describe dosages, how to take it, and how not to take it. Infact many cannabis users have had trouble obtaining this type of information even upon request.
Smoking anything will make a person feel different. A lack of oxygen to the brain is bound to make one feel light-headed, dazed and or confused and filtering the poisons of smoke would slow any healing process. Smoking of cannabis has been so widely accepted due to the instant relief is can provide. This method of inhalation brings the active medicinal ingredients to the blood stream faster than eating it, drinking it or applying topical ointments. This is not however, the only method of inhalation.
A vaporizer uses heat to evaporate the medicinal properties from the plant without burning any of the plant matter. Vaporization has been practised for thousands of years and can provide the same instant relief as smoking, without the carcinogens of the smoke. Because it is so much easier for the human body to absorb vapors than smoke, vaporisation tends to cut ones usage in about half. This tends to leave patients feeling clear-headed as oppose to the “foggy” head that is often tied in with cannabis as oppose to the smoke itself. For patients using cannabis to treat nausea, this is one method of inhalation that is undoubtedly more efficient as a treatment than adding smoke to the mix.
Feeling effects of cannabis via eating compared to vaporization is prolonged but also seems to have longer-lasting effects. For muscle spasticity, the long duration of the ingested cannabis often proves more successful. Although this form of medicating takes longer to initially take effect, if doses are timed properly, this waiting period is eliminated. It is efficient for people with sleeping problems as well as the slow absorption will allow them to stay rested instead of waking up every couple of hours to medicate.
Tinctures are also available as a method of medicating. As the medicinal properties of cannabis can be absorbed in high percentage alcohol, some people prefer to let their herbs soak in their favorite booze before ingesting it. This may be a quick way to feel the effects of the medicine , however, it is adding a workload to other organs that may not even be strong enough to filter the alcohol from the body. Because of this, as a treatment, this may not be the most efficient way to heal ones body.
Topical ointments do exist and although they can be difficult to find, many people insist that they help with pain management, as well as stopping and even reversing the growth of skin cancers. Topically, the cannabis oils are absorbed into the body via skin, and can then soak in around muscles allowing them to relax, thus eliminating pain. As cannabis is an anti-inflammatory, muscles spasms, and chronic inflammation of joints from injury or movement disorders such as arthritis can be controlled and more easily managed with its aid. Some users believe this is less invasive than other methods of medicating and gives more localized results.
Different methods of using cannabis effect people differently. While eating cannabis is not an option for someone with severe nausea, it may be the most beneficial for someone with persistent muscles spasms. Discovering the most efficient way of treating oneself comes from trial and error of personal experience. However, knowing ones options in the first place is an important starting point. Understanding how different methods could help different ailments is information every doctor should be able to provide, but unfortunately, very few have even considered learning about.
HeadShopCanada is here for users across the world to discuss what treatment methods are working best for them as well as what methods are not. Discussions on dosages vs. methods vs. efficiency are very important in moving this medication forward in today’s world. With 1 in every 2 people being expected to have cancer sometime in their life, the demand for this type of information continues to increase. Please become a part of this research by joining HSC and sharing your story with others across the world.
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Don’t forget the etiquette of keeping yourself and your friends healthy by not passing on colds and flus. If you need to roll one up for you and another up for your buddy, do it. Sharing doobies is a bonding experience but it can make it easier to get many people sick instead of only one. Don’t let the thought get ya paranoid, but do consider it.