Health benefits of Cannabis
Controversial in many ways, it is not a new fact that cannabis seeds have their own medicinal properties. As many as 20 states around USA have legalized the medicinal use of the seeds, which only goes on to show the important role it might play in the future of medicinal science if utilized properly.
Over the years, medical researchers have found out that there are two important chemical compounds in those seeds and leaves that can have immense medicinal properties. The CBD or cannabidiol, which impacts the brain cells without leaving the sense of high, and THC of tetrahydrocannabinol, which helps in pain relief from headaches, muscle cramps and nauseous feelings.
Most of the positive properties of marijuana are medical, and here we have listed some of the many usages of the cannabis seeds.
1. It can help control epileptic seizures
Originally experimented on rats by Robert J. DeLorenzo of Virginia Commonwealth University, it showed that the cannabis kept the animals safe from any seizure for up to 10 hours straight. This happens because the THC present in the seeds helps the affected brain cells to relax and keeps the excitability under control.
2. It helps treat cancer
It is a popular concept that cannabis oil or marijuana seeds help to treat cancer. There have been some instances before, and some of them became famous, for example, the story of Mykayla or Rick Simpson, who became even more famous for introducing his cure of hemp oil to the market. When the THC connects to the cannabinoid receptor site of the affected cancerous cells, it triggers a synthesis of ceramide which kills the cell. Unlike chemotherapy, cannabis does not affect the non-cancerous cells as they do not produce the chemical ceramide when met with THC.
Another way cancer is treated by marijuana is by turning off a gene called Id-1, which is produced faster by cancerous cells than usual ones, thus helping it to spread. It has been seen in lab experiments on breast cancer cells that marijuana cuts down the synthesis of Id-1 significantly.
3. It helps in relief from pain, nausea, depression and anxiety
Pain and anxiety are the side effects of almost all critical disease. When taken in proper, prescribed dosages by a marijuana certified physician, it can be really helpful to help anyone get relief from the pain and associated nausea, anxiety and depression.
4. It slows down the process of Alzheimer’s disease
The killer disease for older people, Alzheimer’s can be treated by THC by blocking the enzymes in the brain cells which create amyloid plaques. These plaques are the ones that kill the brain cells once produced and cause Alzheimer’s.
5. It helps in preventing blindness from glaucoma
Glaucoma gives pressure to the eyeball damaging the optic nerves and ultimately causing blindness. Marijuana lowers the intraocular pressure, thus slowing down the process of loss of vision to a large extent.
Abuse of marijuana for recreational purposes or abuse or overdose of it can certainly lead to negative consequences, but that can be said about a whole lot of drugs readily available over the counter.
