• For over 4,700 years, hemp as a plant has been used for many purposes, including for medicine.  As more and more people decide to leave pharmaceutical drugs, in the search for natural and whole-plant based products without the slew of side-effects, it is fun and energizing to remember that this plant has been around for quite some time, without any dangerous or negative implications for the users. From the Journal Article “History of cannabis as a medicine: a review”: The use of cannabis as a medicine by ancient Chinese was...

  • Plants have been used to help heal people for thousands of years - way before pharmaceutical companies were able to manipulate molecules with technology - plants were held in high esteem for not only the nutrients that allow the human body to thrive, but also the thousands (maybe millions) of precious plant compounds that aid in the healing of our bodies and minds. From the Journal Article “History of cannabis as a medicine: a review”: The use of cannabis as a medicine by ancient Chinese was reported in the world's oldest pharmacopoeia, the...

  • Plants are incredible.  Most of us are very busy and have become extremely detached from our food (and medicine) supply - it is easy to forget about the amazing nature and being of plants. Plants defy gravity and raise up into the air to try and touch the sun.  They feed people - they feed animals.  Plants clean the air and provide countless environmental functions.  They are symbiotically attached to everything else - and humans are a part of this eco-system. There’s something called ‘plant intelligence’ - a whole area of...

  • For over 4,700 years, hemp as a plant has been used for many purposes, including for medicine.  As more and more people decide to leave pharmaceutical drugs, in the search for natural and whole-plant based products without the slew of side-effects, it is fun and energizing to remember that this plant has been around for quite some time, without any dangerous or negative implications for the users. From the Journal Article “History of cannabis as a medicine: a review”: The use of cannabis as a medicine by ancient Chinese was...

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