Canabis S. in Shen Nong Ben Cao & Ben Cao Gan Mu

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To Whom It May Concern:

 

Canabis S. In Shen Non Ben Cao, Chief compiler: Ma Ji Xing, 1995

Da Ma (whole plant) is not listed.

Ma Fen: a.k.a. Ma Bo. Taste: Spicy, Flat, and Poisonous. Treats Five Fatigues and Seven Injuries, and benefits Five Organs. Descends Blood and Cold Qi. Eating lots causes person to see a scavenger running madly. Long term usage lets the person communicate with God and lightens the body.

Ma Zi: Taste Sweet, Flat, and Not poisonous. Controls Supplementing Center and Benefits Qi (bu zhong yi qi). Long term usage leads to weight gain and health.

 

Canabis S. in Ben Cao Gan Mu, 1885 edition.

Da Ma: Qi and Taste: Spicy, warm, and not poisonous.

Mainly treats: One hundred twenty kinds of bad wind. Whole body dark (or black) color. Severe itchiness. Expels all kinds of wind and bad blood. Woman's menstruation not passing. Treats forgetfulness, sword wounds and inner leakage (topyorrhea).

Ma Fen: a.k.a. Ma Lan. Note of Li Shi Zhen: This corresponds to the husks of Ma Zi Ren. Husks are poisonous, and piths are not poisonous. Qi and Taste: Spicy, Flat and Poisonous. Mainly treats: Five Fatigues, and Seven Injuries. Eating lots causes person to see a scavenger running madly. Benefits Five Organs. Descends Blood and Cold Qi. Breaks Accumulations (ji), and stops numbness (bi). Scatters pus. Long term usage lets the person communicate with God and lightens the body.

 

Acupuncturist Shinjiro

Shinjiro Kanazawa, L.Ac.

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, Shinjiro Kanazawa <

kanazawa@a...> wrote:

Eating lots causes person to see a scavenger running madly.

 

this is one possible interpretation of the line

 

¶àʳÁîÈËŠ¹í¿ñ×ß (duo shi ling ren jian gui kuang zou)

 

but I think it actually has something to do with the development of the abi=

lity

to see the comings and goings of non-corporeal entities. Knowing that clas=

sical

chinese always used one character per word and that words were not fixed as=

 

nouns or verbs, perhaps the above passage could be rendered,

 

" eatings lots enables one to see the unrestrained movement of ghosts and

spirits "

 

In my truly unlearned opinion

 

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, " " <@i...>

wrote:

perhaps the above passage could be rendered,

>

> " eatings lots enables one to see the unrestrained movement of ghosts and

> spirits "

 

 

however, pehaps it means that eating lots will drive one insane.

 

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A fun article from msn today-

I figured the timing was good for the group.

Cara

 

Heavy Marijuana Use Doesn't Damage Brain

 

Analysis of Studies Finds Little Effect From Long-Term Use

 

By  Sid  Kirchheimer Reviewed By Michael  Smith, MD

on Tuesday, July 01, 2003

WebMD Medical News

 

July 1, 2003 -- Long-term and even daily marijuana use doesn't appear to

cause permanent brain damage, adding to evidence that it can be a safe and

effective treatment for a wide range of diseases, say researchers.

 

 

 

The researchers found only a " very small " impairment in memory and learning

among long-term marijuana users. Otherwise, scores on thinking tests were

similar to those who don't smoke marijuana, according to a new analysis of

15 previous studies.

 

 

 

In those studies, some 700 regular marijuana users were compared with 484

non-users on various aspects of brain function -- including reaction time,

language and motor skills, reasoning ability, memory, and the ability to

learn new information.

 

 

 

Surprising Finding

 

 

 

" We were somewhat surprised by our finding, especially since there's been a

controversy for some years on whether long-term cannabis use causes brain

damage, " says lead researcher and psychiatrist Igor Grant, MD.

 

 

 

" I suppose we expected to see some differences in people who were heavy

users, but in fact the differences were very minimal. "

 

 

 

The marijuana users in those 15 studies -- which lasted between three months

to more than 13 years -- had smoked marijuana several times a week or month

or daily. Still, researchers say impairments were less than what is

typically found from using alcohol or other drugs.

 

 

 

" All study participants were adults, " says Grant, professor of psychiatry

and director of the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research Center at the

University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

 

 

 

" However, there might be a different set of circumstances to a 12-year-old

whose nervous system is still developing. "

 

 

 

10 States OK Marijuana Use

 

 

 

Grant's analysis, published in the July issue of the Journal of the

International Neuropsychological Society, comes as many states consider laws

allowing marijuana to be used to treat certain medical conditions. Earlier

this year, Maryland became the 10th state to allow marijuana use to relieve

pain and other symptoms of AIDS, multiple sclerosis, cancer, glaucoma, and

other conditions -- joining Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii,

Maine, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.

 

 

 

Medicinal marijuana is available by prescription in the Netherlands and a

new marijuana drug is expected to be released in Great Britain later this

year. In the U.S. and elsewhere, Marinol, a drug that is a synthetic form of

marijuana and contains its active ingredient, THC, is available by

prescription to treat loss of appetite associated with weight loss in AIDS

patients.

 

 

 

Grant says he did the analysis to help determine long-term toxicity from

long-term and frequent marijuana use. His center is currently conducting 11

studies to determine its safety and efficacy in treating several diseases.

 

 

 

" This finding enables us to see a marginal level of safety, if those studies

prove that cannabis can be effective, " Grant tells WebMD. " If we barely find

this effect in long-term heavy users, then we are unlikely to see

deleterious side effects in individuals who receive cannabis for a short

time in a medical setting, which would be safer than what is practiced by

street users. "

 

 

 

Grant's findings come as no surprise to Tod Mikuriya, MD, former director of

non-classified marijuana research for the National Institute of Mental

Health Center for Narcotics and Drug Abuse Studies and author of The

Marijuana Medical Handbook: A Guide to Therapeutic Use. He is currently

president of the California Cannabis Medical Group, which has treated some

20,000 patients with medicinal marijuana and Marinol.

 

 

 

'Highly Effective Medicine'

 

 

 

" I just re-published a paper of the first survey for marijuana toxicity done

in 1863 by the British government in India that was the most exhaustive

medical study of its time in regards to possible difficulties and toxicity

of cannabis. And it reached the same conclusion as Grant, " Mikuriya tells

WebMD.

 

 

 

" This is merely confirming what was known over 100 years ago, as well as

what was learned by various government findings doing similar research --

marijuana is not toxic, but it is a highly effective medicine. "

 

 

 

In fact, marijuana was available as a medicinal treatment in the U.S. until

the 1930s.

 

 

 

Lester Grinspoon, MD, a retired Harvard Medical School psychiatrist who

studied medicinal marijuana use since the 1960s and wrote two books on the

topic, says that while Grant's finding provides more evidence on its safety,

" it's nothing that those of us who have been studying this haven't known for

a very long time.

 

 

 

" Marijuana is a remarkably safe and non-toxic drug that can effectively

treat about 30 different conditions, " he tells WebMD. " I predict it will

become the aspirin of the 21st century, as more people recognize this. "