Health benefits of Marijuana

Health benefits of Marijuana

 

In the past decades, marijuana was considered an illegal product in the US but with the present discoveries, marijuana is considered today to be one of the most important plants when it comes to health due to its health benefits. Recent reports have shown that many states like Washington D.C have legalized marijuana for recreational and medical purposes or both. 

The health benefits of marijuana are based on the following factors: 

• The dose, potency, and strain

• How often do you use the marijuana

• Whether you vape, ingest or smoke it, use it on your skin in a lotion oil, spray, or cream

• Your physiology, age, and gender

• Whether you take other drugs or you drink alcohol.

The health benefits of Marijuana include

Sleep management: Sleeping disorders like insomnia can be corrected using marijuana this is because marijuana helps to reduce pain which can intern make you sleep easier.

Reduce inflammation: The cannabidiol(CBD) found in marijuana has helped in reducing inflammation conditions like Crohn’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and irritable bowel syndrome, this tends to improve the health of the entire body.

Pain Management: Based on the actions of CB1 and CB2 receptors of the cannabidiol found in marijuana can help in reducing the pain symptoms in adults this could be pain related to cancer, migraines fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain

A neurological and mental disorder like posttraumatic stress and schizophrenia disorders: Doctors prescribe marijuana for neurological and mental health conditions like multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, anxiety,and Tourette syndrome.

Seizure Disorders: Since ancient times marijuana has been used to treat a seizure. Scientific research has shown that CBD is very effective against seizures. It is also approved by the FDA to treat certain types of seizures like epilepsy.

Eating Disorders: Marijuana helps in treating Anorexia Nervosa ( eating disorders) by acting as an appetite booster who is not in touch with their natural hunger cues. It has been proven that smoking marijuana can increase an individual’s caloric intake up to 40 percent this is due to the presence of THC which is a chemical component found in Marijuana that helps to stimulate metabolism in the body.

Wasting syndrome(cachexia): Marijuana has been used by many people for the treatment of wasting syndrome for centuries which is the involuntary loss of body weight this could be caused by altered metabolism, poor nutrients absorption and low food uptake. In order for wasting syndrome to be properly managed, patients must reduce vomiting and nausea to increase the rate of food uptake. According to anecdotal and scientific evidence, the THC component of marijuana is the best recommended to patients, this is mostly recommended to HIV/AIDS patients to help them combat severe weight lost

Glaucoma: Several medical studies have shown that the THC component of marijuana reduces intraocular pressure and psychological effectsespecially in elderly people. This happened when the heart pounds due to the anxiousness gotten after the uptake of cannabinoids. This is most effective when the cannabinoids are administered either by inhalations, orally orintravenously.

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