Majoun & Mamoul

Majoun

• 1/4 oz. cannabis
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup ground walnuts
• 1 tsp. Ground nutmeg
• 1 tsp. anise seed
• 1 tsp. dried ginger
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup water (more if needed)
• 2 tbsp. melted butter or ghee

In a dry skillet, toast the marijuana over very low heat until it begins to release an aroma. Combine it with the dried fruit, walnuts, spices, honey and water, and cook until the ingredients are soft. Remove to a heavy bowl and mash this pulp until the ingredients are well blended; or put into a food processor and blend, using several short pulses.Add the butter and stir until well blended. Spoon into a jar and store in the refrigerator. Serve on crackers, eat by the fingerful, or use as a filling for mamoul.

Mamoul

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• 1/2 lb. (2 sticks) unsalted butter
• 1 tbsp. rose or orange flower water
• 1/4 cup milk
• Majoun

Preheat the oven to 350 deg. F. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar and butter, working them together with your fingers. Add the flower water and the milk, then mix and knead the dough until it is soft and pliable. Let the dough rest for a half-hour.

Roll a walnut-sized lump of dough into a ball. Flatten the ball in the palm of your hand. Fill the center of the patty with about 2 teaspoons of Majoun. Bring up the edges of the patty, poke down the filling, and pinch and smooth over the top to form a seamless ball again. Another traditional shape is the crescent, formed by folding the patty in half and pinching the edges to close it
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Put the mamoul, smoothest side up, onto a large baking sheet. Flatten lightly, and make a pleasing pattern with a nut pick or fork. Bake for about 20 minutes; remove the mamoul from the oven before they begin to turn brown. Cool completely on a wire rack, then roll in confectioner's sugar. Store in an airtight container.

Quick Bhang

Anyone who has made the Indian beverage Bhang the traditional way knows it can be a tedious process. Being  a basically lazy person I decided to simplify it using modern technology. Follow your favorite recipe, there are quite a few available on the web. Here is a good one from holifestival.org

Flavoured bhang drink

Ingredients
2 cups water
1 ounce marijuana (fresh leaves and flowers of a female plant preferred)
4 cups warm milk
2 tablespoons blanched and chopped almonds
1/8 teaspoon garam masala (a mixture of cloves, cinnamon, and cardamon)
1/4 teaspoon powdered ginger
1/2 to 1 teaspoon rosewater
1 cup sugar

This is the traditional method of preparation:

Bring the water to a rapid boil and pour into a clean teapot. Remove any seeds or twigs from the marijuana, add it to the teapot and cover. Let this brew for about 7 minutes.
Now strain the water and marijuana through a piece of muslin cloth, collect the water and save.

Take the leaves and flowers and squeeze between your hands to extract any liquid that remains. Add this to the water.
Place the leaves and flowers in a mortar and add 2 teaspoons warm milk. Slowly but firmly grind the milk and leaves together. Gather up the marijuana and squeeze out as much milk as you can. Repeat this process until you have used about 1/2 cup of milk (about 4 to 5 times). Collect all the milk that has been extracted and place in a bowl. By this time the marijuana will have turned into a pulpy mass.

Add the chopped almonds and some more warm milk. Grind this in the mortar until a fine paste is formed. Squeeze this paste and collect the extract as before. Repeat a few more times until all that is left are some fibers and nut meal. Discard the residue.

Combine all the liquids that have been collected, including the water the marijuana was brewed in. Add to this the garam masala, dried ginger and rosewater. Add the sugar and remaining milk.

New Method

Bring the water to a rapid boil and pour into a clean teapot. Remove any seeds or twigs from the marijuana, add it to the teapot and cover. Let this brew for about 7 minutes. Place this mixture along with the remaining ingredients in a blender set to 'liquify'. Blend for several minutes, strain through a mesh coffee filter. Enjoy!

Cannabis Root Salve

One of the more popular posts on this blog is the liniment made from cannabis root. The drawback to using this is that it is so thin you sometimes spill more than you get on you. The solution to this is a salve which is easier to apply. I find that it takes a little longer to take effect than the liniment, but of course makes less mess. I recommend doubling the amount of roots that you would normally use.

Cannabis Root Salve

Start by making an infused oil.

Ingredients:

• Ground dried cannabis roots
• coconut or olive oil

Method:
Place ground dried roots in a crock-pot and cover with coconut or olive oil by an inch or two. Gently heat the mixture over very low heat for 4-5 hours. Allow to cool. Strain and pour into dry sterilized amber bottles. (I like using Worcestershire sauce bottles).

Ingredients:

• 8 oz infused oil
• 1 oz beeswax
• vitamin E (as a preservative)
• 10-20 drops essential oil (optional, I like peppermint)

Method:
Place infused oils and beeswax over a double boiler and warm over low heat until the wax melts.  Turn off the heat and add the essential oil and vitamin E.  Pour into a glass jar.
The consistency of the salve can be adjusted depending on your preferences.
Use less wax for a soft salve and more wax if you want a thicker salve.

Once it cools you can make adjustments by reheating and adding more oil or more wax until you get the consistency you want.

Sugar Free Chocolate Cannabis Candy

There are quite a few recipes for cannabis candy available on the web but not many sugar free. These are not only sugar free but very easy to make. This recipe makes a melt in your mouth dark chocolate.

Sugar Free Chocolate Cannabis Candy

 Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
• 1/2 teaspoon lecithin powder
• 6 grams finely powdered, decarboxylated cannabis
• 2 or 3 packets of Stevia sweetner to taste

Directions:

1. Melt the coconut oil.
2. Add cocoa, vanilla, lecithin, cannabis and stevia.
3. Stir thoroughly.
4. Spoon into molds and refrigerate till solidly set.

The molds I use hold 1 teaspoon. 1/2 gram of powdered cannabis is about 1/2 teaspoon so with this mixture you get 1/2  teaspoon cannabis with 1/2 teaspoon chocolate per candy.

This generally is a good dose to start with depending on the quality of the starting material.

If it doesn't work just eat more chocolates!

Store in refrigerator.

Cannabis Seed Pills

Howdy there little Buckaroos!
Don't let anyone tell you that there hasn't been enough research on cannabis to use it as medicine. It has been used as medicine since the dawn of time. The earliest written reference to the use of cannabis as medicine occurred in China around 2,800 BC, in the medical text known as the Pen Ts'ao of the legendary Emperor Shen-Nung.

The whole plant is useful from the leaves and flowers to the roots. Even the seeds have medicinal properties. The seeds, made into a paste and used as an unguent, is a folk remedy for tumors and cancerous ulcers.

 The Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica calls for the use of hemp seeds as treatment for:

• Intestinal problems
• Aftermath of colds (febrile diseases)
• Post partum
• Blood (nutritional) deficiency
• Promotes healing of sores and ulcerations

Now here's some real Old Time Medicine. This preparation was used in China in the year 220 AD!

Medical author Zhang Zhongjing gives us his cure for constipation and Spleen Restriction.

        Pills of Fructus Cannabis (Maziren Wan)
        Fructus Cannabis 2 sheng
        Radix Paeoniae 0.5 jin
        Fructus Aurantii Immaturua 1 jin
        Radix et Rhizoma Rhei 1 jin
        Semen Armeniacae Amarum 1 sheng

    Pound the drugs into powder, and form pills the size of Chinese Parasol seeds with honey. Take ten pills three times a day. Gradually increase dosage until normal defecation is observed.

I've taken the liberty to update the units of measure and ingredients to something that folks are familiar with today.

Pills of Fructus Cannabis (Maziren Wan)

Cannabis Seed                   2000 grams

Peony Root                          250 grams

Immature Bitter Orange      500 grams

Rhubarb Root                      500 grams

Bitter Apricot Kernel           1000 grams

Pound the drugs into powder, and form pills the size of a pea with honey.
Take ten pills three times a day.

Fenner's Complete Formulary and Handbook (1888)

Back before the advent of the huge pharmaceutical industry that we have today medicines were compounded right behind the counter by your local pharmacist. As late as the 1940's 50% of prescriptions were compounded by a pharmacist rather than manufactured in a factory. Fenner's Complete Formulary is a handbook published in 1888 that shows the techniques and ingedients used to compound the various remedies.

Fenner's was basically a recipe book for pharmacists preparing products for their pharmacies. There are instructions for making everything that could be found in a well stocked pharmacy in the late 1800's.

Many of us are trying to formulate our own medicinal cannabis preparations through trial and error. Fenner's shows us the methods used when cannabis was a medicine that was valuable and accepted by mainstream health providers.

By following these procedures your 'homemade' medicine will be identical to the pharmaceutical preparations of yesteryear.

Fenner's Complete Formulary contains;

Official and Unofficial Preparations Generally Used or Required In The Practice of Pharmacy and the Business of the Chemist, Manufacturing Pharmacist, Manufacturer of Proprietary Medicine, Physician, Perfumer, Etc.

If you do a search for "cannabis" you will see several methods used to prepare it as medicine back when it was a valued ingredient in the American Materia Medica.

The Southwest School of Botanical Medicine has made this resource available on their website as a free download, along with numerous other herbal manuals, eclectic texts, ethno-botanical works, and a massive image repository.

Here are the links to Fenner's Complete Formulary and Handbook:

PART I and PART II - Introductory material; Part 1, Drugs and medicinal substances defined, Part II, methods of preparation described - 53 pages, 7 illustrations, bookmarked Acrobat (.pdf) file - 300K (1/05)

Part IIIA- WORKING FORMULA - Abstracts, alkaloids, waters, balsams, waxes, cerates, papers, colors, confections, cordials, decoctions, elixirs, plasters, emulsions, essences, extracts, distilled extracts, and fluid extracts - over 1,000 formulae in this first section alone. 242 pages, bookmarked Acrobat (.pdf) file - 1M (7/05)

Part IIIB- WORKING FORMULA - Glycerites, infusions, linaments, mucilages, oils (fixed, animal, vegetable, volatile, mixed), oleoresins, pills, pitch, powders, resins, resinoids, sugars, soaps, teas, spirits, juices, suppositories, syrups, tinctures, homeopathic preparations, triturations, troches, ointments, wines - over 1,500 formulae in this second section. 272 pages, bookmarked Acrobat (.pdf) file - 1M (12/05) 

PART IV. - THE STANDARD REMEDIES AND PROPRIETARY MEDICINES. "The following formulas are designed for making a complete line of Standard Proprietary Remedies, which may be prepared and put up by druggists, or others, for local trade or for the market." - 118 pages, 236 formulae and recipes, bookmarked Acrobat (.pdf) file - 250K (1/05)

PART V. TOILET PREPARATIONS AND PERFUMES. Cosmetics, mouth products, hair products, lip salves, perfumes, colognes, sachets, etc. - 43 pages, 190 recipes, bookmarked Acrobat (.pdf) file - 130K (1/05)

PART VI. MISCELLANEOUS FORMULA. Adhesives, baking powder, inks, polishes, wines, real and artificial, varnishes, etc. - 45 pages, 180 recipes, bookmarked Acrobat (.pdf) file - 140K (1/05)

Ananda Munakka or Rockets

Happiness @ One Rupee

It looked like an ordinary pack of gutka or paan masala. But "Ananda Munakka" was different. A Dutch tourist handed a packet to me with the words: "You have one of these in the morning and you are happy the whole day." She wanted to know what it contained. I told her that "ananda" meant "happiness".

The contents of the packet were listed in Hindi, which she could not read. Nor could I, for the lettering was too small. She got me a huge magnifying glass.

As I scanned the list of ingredients, I found the words "Shudh Bhang – 15%". Trust a Dutch woman to find it! I told her it contained 15 percent pure cannabis. She was overjoyed. I read out the other ingredients:

Munakka – 40% (crushed dates)
Mishri – 40% (natural sugar crystals)
Jeera – 1% (cumin seeds)
Dalchini – 1% (cinnamon)
Lavang – 1% (cloves)
Kali Mirch – 1% (black pepper)
Heeng – 1% (asafoetida)
And, of course:
Bhang (shudh) – 15%

When I first heard about this candy (thanks Fat Freddy) I wanted to try it out. But since I don't have the cash to go overseas and get the real thing I figured I'd try my hand at making it.

Munakka is usually translated as  'Sultanas or large raisins' so I'm using that in the recipe. You can still use the dates, it will be sweeter.

This is what I came up with;


Rockets

7 oz. Sultanas or large raisins   
7 oz. natural sugar crystals
2 1/2 oz. cannabis   
1 tsp.cumin seeds    
1 tsp. cinnamon       
1 tsp. cloves       
1 tsp. black pepper   
1 tsp. asafoetida  *     

Place cannabis in a 300 deg. F oven for 15 minutes. Let cool.

Add all ingredients to a food processor and pulse until blended.

Roll into 5 gram balls.

Mix it in milk and get Thandai (literally - coolness), the enhanced version of a popular Indian drink.

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* asafoetida

It has recently come to my attention that asafoetida should not be used by the following people;
Children, pregnant or breast-feeding women, people with bleeding disorders,
epileptics or those with a history of convulsions, those with stomach and intestinal (gastrointestinal, GI) problems, and people with high blood pressure (hypertension) or low blood pressure (hypotension).

As with any herbal preparation consult your physician before use.

Treating Shingles with Cannabis

Shingles (herpes zoster) - Cannabis Treatment
Published by Jan

Caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox—affects the nerve endings in the skin.
Usually occurs on the skin of the abdomen under the ribs leading toward the navel, but can appear anywhere on the body. 3 or 4 days of intense pain in affected area often precede an attack. Then painful, itchy blisters develop, lasting for 7-14 days. The blisters form crusty scabs and fall off.

The virus may lie dormant in the spinal cord and nerve ganglia for years until triggered. Risk of Shingles increases with the use of anti-cancer drugs, Hodgkin’s disease, and other cancers, stress, and immune system deficiency. If Shingles develop near the eyes, the cornea can be affected and blindness may result.

After an attack of Shingles, the pain may continue even after blisters gone. The pain can last for months or years! The post-herpetic syndrome can be more painful than the original infection.

"Do not take acetaminophen—it might prolong illness."

Diet:

• Raw fruits and vegetables, brewer’s yeast, whole grains.
• A cleansing fast.
• Sunlight on blisters for short periods.
• Gently wash blisters.
• Take: L-Lysine 500 mg. (twice a day)
• Vitamin C 2,000 mg. (twice a day)
• Cayenne capsules follow instructions on label
• Vitamin B complex plus extra B12 100 mg. (three times a day)
• Zinc chelate 80 mg for one week then reduce it to 50 mg.a day

Cannabis Treatment:
Cannabinoids are compounds in marijuana (cannabis), which may have properties that protect nerve cells. They are being studied for a number of nerve-disorders, including chronic nerve-related pain. In one study, it was effective in reducing pain and had no major side effects.

Acting through cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2, endocannabinoids (as well as THC) are thought to play a role in variety of biological functions, including pain and anxiety control, and inflammation This is where medical marijuana comes into play. There has been plenty of research demonstrating marijuana’s ability to reduce pain associated with damage to the nerves (neuropathic pain). Patients with HIV and Diabetic neuropathy have been studied at the UCSD Medical Cannabis Research Center. All showed dramatic improvement in patient’s symptoms.

With the addition of cannabis other pain medications that patients require should decrease

Shingles can lead to a debilitating complication called post herpetic neuralgia.

This condition causes the skin to remain painful and sensitive to touch for months or even years after the rash clears up. Medical marijuana is the perfect treatment for neuropathic pain.

Cannabis has also been shown to be useful as an antiseptic topical treatment for infections.


White Rastas' Cannabalm Ocean of Lotion

Ingredients:

• 24.0 oz distilled H2O
• 4.0oz strong cannabis oil or fat (1 ounce of resinous leaf (sugar leaf) and\or small bud per 8 ounces of oil)
• 1.2oz emusifying wax
• 1.2oz cosmetic grade stearic acid
• 1.0oz liquid vegetable glycerin
• .3oz germaben ( a natural preservative necessary to prevent spoilage/rancidity)
• .3oz essential oil of your preference(remember the smell your already working with and try to compliment it)

For a cooling sunburn lotion menthol crystals can be added in place of/with the essential oils

Instructions:

• Heat the first five ingredients in a double boiler until melted then whisk until creamy.
• Add the germaben and essential oil and whisk thoroughly.
• Pour while warm into bottles. 

Makes approximately 32oz.

Medical Cannabis and Its Impact on Human Health a Cannabis Documentary

Here's the main feature for today folks. Settle in, have a smoke and learn a thing or two.

MSNBC: Rewriting legalization of marijuana

Looks like the mainstream media has picked up on the truth for a change.
Pass this one on to your friends and Representatives.

Cannabis Infused Wine

Wines infused with medicinal herbs have been used from ancient China up until modern times.
Elderberry wine infused with herbs was used as a medicine by the ancient Egyptians.
Wine provides the solvents (alcohol and water) needed to dissolve the active ingredients in most herbs.

It not only preserves the medicinal qualities of the herbs, it also makes taking your medicine a little more palatable

Here's my recipe for


Cannabis Infused Wine

Ingredients:
a one quart glass jar
1 cup of dried cannabis
1 bottle of a good quality wine

Method:
1. Place Cannabis in a 1 quart glass jar.
2. Pour in wine. (sweet, high alcohol wines seem to work best)
3. Close tightly and shake well.
4. Store in a cool, dark place.
5. Shake well every day for 2 weeks.
6. Strain wine, transfer to a bottle, and serve.

Topical Cannabis Poultice

Cannabis has been used as medicine since the dawn of time.
Some folks would tell you that it is simply superstition and old wives tales, but that's not true.

 In 1952 Dr.J. Kabelikovi performed tests in Europe using cannabis extract on bacteria.
These tests were similar to those used to test penicillin.

The alcohol extract of cannabis was bacterially effective against many gram-positive and one gram-negative microorganisms.

A cannabis paste applied externally was also found to be effective.

According to Kabelikovi, "from a study of 2,000 herbs by Czechoslovakian scientists it was found that cannabis indica (the Indian Hemp) was the most promising in the realm of antibiotics."

In 1960 Drs. J. Kabelik, (Director, Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology)  Z. Krejci and F. Santavy (Director, Institute of Medical Chemistry) from  the Medical Faculty of the Palacky University, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, published a paper called "Cannabis as a Medicant".

In this paper proof was given that cannabis extracts produce a very satisfactory antibacterial effect upon the following microbes:

• Staphylococcus Pyogenes Aureus
• Steptococcus Alpha Haemolyticus
• Streptococcus Beta Haemolyticus
• Enterococcus
• Diplococcus Pneumonia
• B. Anthracis
• Corynebacterium Diptheriae

All of these are gram-positive microorganisms.

Noteworthy is the effect upon staphylococcus aureaus strains, which are resistant to penicillin and to other antibiotics.

This is great news for us today with the super bacteria that have become resistant to modern antibiotics.
( By the way, did you know that the word antibiotic comes from Greek and means 'against life'?)

The anti-bacterial properties in cannabis are from cannabidiolic acid and cannabidiol.
They are most effective against local infections, ear, nose, throat and skin infections.

One of the best ways to use this herb for local skin infections is as a poultice.
A poultice is simply macerated herb wrapped in a clean cloth and placed on the affected area.


How to Make a Poultice

Using dried herb:

• Use a mortar and pestle to grind the herbs to a powder.
• Add enough warm water to make a thick paste that can be easily applied.
• Add the water a little at a time, until the mixture is a thick paste but not stiff.
• Make enough to cover the affected area.
• Take a clean piece of gauze, large enough to cover the affected area completely, and spread the herbal preparation over it.
• Cleanse the affected area and place the poultice over it.
• Wrap the poultice in a clean cloth and hold it in place with a safety pin.

Using fresh herb:

• Put about twice as much water as herb in a pan and simmer for a few minutes. Do not drain!
• Follow the directions given for applying the dried herb poultice.

The poultice can be kept warm using a warm towel or a hot water bag.

Grandma’s Ganja Habit - Bhang Lassi

Grandma’s Ganja Habit

Fulla Nayak lived in the village of Kanarpur in the coastal district of Kendrapada, Orissa. She lived in a cow-dung hut with her 92 year old daughter, Jamuna Nayak, and her 72 year old grandson, Narayan Nayak, in a region where cannabis seeds are plentiful.

Fulla Nayak died in November 2006, at the ripe old age of 120. Before her death, she was the oldest woman in the world, with her competition, Maria Esther de Capovilla of Ecuador, dying at 116.
A great number of people want to know the secret to Fulla’s good health in old age, and she herself attributes it to her use of marijuana. In India, cannabis seeds are something of a sacred symbol, and use of the plant is entrenched in daily life.

Fulla Nayak enjoyed a long and healthy life, and she certainly didn’t sacrifice any of life’s little delights. She smoked marijuana and cigars and drank strong palm wine, a life-style that is frowned upon by Western conservatives. But perhaps her permanent state of relaxation and joy allowed this intriguing woman to remain in perfect health for well over a century.

Cultivating marijuana seeds is common in the community, and Fulla Nayak used leaves to make tea and joints. Fulla is certain it is the pot that made her reach a Guinness World Record breaking age, and her grandson, Narayan, said he wanted to write to the Guinness World Record authorities and get his grandmothers name in its deserved spot.

Pot is a Part of Indian Culture
India has a long and varied history of marijuana use, and it has a strong connection with cannabis seeds. Marijuana’s use in religious ceremonies and practices dates back to 1500 BC, and is an integral part of religious rites.

Marijuana seeds have long been known to grow in abundance in various parts of India in the wild, and it has been recorded in the sacred texts of the Hindus, the Rig Veda, where a description of a drink called Soma can be found. It is believed that Soma was in fact a marijuana drink.

Reaching Spiritual Oneness with Shiva
Shiva, a significant Indian god, is strongly associated with cannabis. It is believed that the god loved its effects, and so it is thought that consuming the plant will lead to spiritual oneness with Shiva. While cultivating cannabis seeds and consuming the plant is illegal in India, an exception is made during the festival of Mahashivratri. This festival is known as the ‘Great Night of Shiva,’ and Shiva devotees consume cannabis in the form of Bhang on this special night.

Bhang is a traditional and delicious tea using cannabis leaves with a mixture of almonds, spices, milk and sugar. It is said that Shiva had an affinity for this tea, and the tea is thought to aid you in the journey to spiritual enlightenment, bringing you closer to Shiva himself.
Growing and cultivating marijuana seeds is an age-old custom of the peaceful Indian people.

Perhaps Fulla Nayak serves as an example of the health benefits of living a relaxed and happy life.

source : Robert Kane is the web editor of Sensible Seeds.

 Bhang Lassi

Ingredients:
• 1/2 Ounce cannabis
• 2 Cups warm whole milk
• 1/2 Cup sugar
• 1 tbsp Coconut milk
• 1 tbsp Almonds, chopped
• 1/8 tsp Ginger, powdered
• 1 Pinch garam masala
• 1/2 tsp Grenadine
• 1 Cup water

Method:
• Bring water to a boil in a teapot and add cannabis to it. • Brew for about 7 to 10 minutes, then strain. • Gradually grind the strained cannabis along with 2 tbsp of milk, repeat this process several times. • Strain the milk into another bowl and keep aside. • Add a little more milk to the cannabis and grind it along with the almonds, repeat this several times. • Remove the cannabis and pour the milk, coconut milk, grenadine and boiled water into a container. • Combine ginger, sugar, and garam masala with it, keep stirring. • Bhang Lassi is ready to serve.

Dandelions

One of nature's handiest items is probably waiting for you out on the lawn as you're reading this. The leaves are good eating in the spring, but the part we're talking about today is the root.

Dandelion root is a powerful diuretic. I've known several people who were able to stop taking prescription water pills after starting to drink Dandelion root tea.

One of the things that makes the Dandelion such an ideal diuretic is it's high potassium content which can be as much as 5%.

Potassium is one of the mineral leached from the body by diuretics.
Dandelion helps prevent some of the negative side effects of potassium loss. (Leg cramps anyone?)

Drinking the tea on a regular basis not only helps eliminate water retention but it also flushes your system out and can prevent kidney stones.

The best time to collect the root is in the summer. Split them in half lengthwise and let them dry.

To use;

• Put 2-3 teaspoons full in a cup of water.
• Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes.

The roots can be slow roasted in a low oven until they are dark brown and used as a coffee substitue.

RUN FROM THE CURE

Why do you suppose the Government and the Big Pharmaceutical Companies don't want people to watch this video?

I'll let you figure that one out for yourself.

Relief for Menstrual Pain

Cannabis has been used for the relief of pain since the dawn of time.
The first recorded use was in China in 2727 BC.

Cannabis was used more frequently for the relief of menstrual pain than for anything else in the 19th century. Queen Victoria herself found that it was the only thing that helped her.

Modern medicine decided that the best thing to cure the problem was removal of the reproductive organs or, barring that prescribing tranquilizers and harmful pain killers.
 (More than likely they gave the ladies tranquilizers so they wouldn't have to listen to them complain.)

Thankfully I will never experience menstrual pain but I've been told by those in the know that it can cause lower back pain, leg pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headaches, irritability and general weakness.

Now, I've always subscribed to the adage,"When Mama's everybody's happy!"
So let's see if we can find an old time remedy for this problem.

First we need to know how to make a tincture.

Here is the general method to produce an herbal tincture.

Herbal Tincture

Ingredients

• 4 oz. finely ground dried herb ( 8 oz. if you use fresh herbs)
• 1 pint vodka

Method

• Combine the herbs and vodka in a glass jar and close tightly.
• Let stand in a warm place for two weeks and shake well twice a day.
• After two weeks strain the herbs out and pour the tincture into a bottle (brown is best)

As I am not a female I cannot confirm or deny if this really works, but I'm told by a trusted source that it does a bang up job!



Tincture for the Relief of Menstrual Symptoms

Combine equal parts:

• Tincture of Cannabis (Cannabis Indica)
• Tincture of Lady's Mantle (Alchemilla mollis)
• Tincture of Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa)
• Tincture of Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictriodes)
• Tincture of Cramp Bark (Viburnum opulus)
• Tincture of Skullcap (Scultellatia lateriflora)

Dosage 2 - 6 ml  daily (1 ml = 0.033814 fl oz(US)

As with any herbal compound insure that you are not allergic to any of the individual components BEFORE trying the compound

Sugar Free Cannabis Elixer

Elixers are a safe and convenient way to ingest herbal medicines but recipes generally call for sugar as a preservative and sweetening agent.

This is fine for most folks but for diabetics too much sugar is detrimental to their health.

Studies that indicate cannabis helps with diabetes management so a sugar free elixer would be particularly helpful for those people and anyone on a low carb diet.

Here is a sugar free syrup that can be used in place of honey in our Elixer Recipe.

The ginger also helps to calm queasy stomachs and fight nausea.

Ingredients:

•     2 cups water
•     2" to 3" piece fresh ginger
•     1/2 teaspoon white stevia powder
•     1 tablespoons root beer extract
•     1 gram ascorbic acid powder (vitamin C)

Method:

1. Peel and finely chop the ginger
2. Bring the water to a boil in a small saucepan.
3. Disolve the ascorbic acid powder.
4. Add the ginger and stevia, reduce the heat to low, and simmer gently for 8 to 10 minutes.
5. Remove the ginger from the liquid
6. Stir in the root beer extract.
7. Cover and refrigerate.

Medical Marijuana, The Truth!

How To Make a Cannabis Pill

We're all used to going to the drugstore and picking up a jar of pills when we need medications. Those of us who use cannabis to treat our ailments don't have that luxury.

But making your own pills isn't hard at all!

By making your own you can be assured of freshness and quality ingredients. You can also add other herbs to the mixture to create the medicine that works best for you such as Valerian root to help you sleep, ginger to settle your stomach etc.

OK! Let's get rolling!

Powdered Cannabis Pills

Make sure you heat your cannabis at 300 degrees F for 15 minutes to decarboxylate the THC before grinding. It will also make the herb more brittle and it will powder more easily.

Weigh the cannabis after drying in the oven. After you make your pills simply divide the weight by the number of pills to establish the dosage.

I've found that the easiest way to powder herbs is in a blender or coffee grinder.

Put your herbs in the grinder and pulse until they are reduced to a fine powder.
Sift this powder through a fine metal strainer to remove small stems and other coarse particles.

When you have a fine even texture put them in a bowl (preferably glass or stainless steel) and add a small quantity of honey or food grade glycerin.

Easy does it when adding the liquid, it will take less than what you would think.

Add a little at a time until you have a slightly sticky mass that will hold it's shape when you roll it in your hands.

Knead and roll the mixture in your hands until it forms a cohesive mass. Then roll it into a snake just like you used to do in kindergarten.
Be careful to roll this to a uniform thickness, generally you will want the finished pill to be about the size of a pea.

Lay the snake next to a ruler and cut it into pieces as long as they are thick.

Roll the pieces into balls and then dust them with slippery elm powder.

Put them on a cookie sheet and let them dry. If you have a food dehydrator you can put them in that.
Or, if the weather is humid put them in the oven on low heat for a few minutes.

Store in a glass jar in the refrigerator. These can be swallowed or chewed.

Herbal Flea Powder

I don't know about you, but I hate the idea of sprayin'  my hound with pesticides when he gets fleas hitchin' a ride on him.
Fortunately  I don't have to.

The best thing to do is try to prevent the little critters from latching on to him in the first place.

Put some Cedar shavings or Black Walnut leaves in their bedding and it will repel the fleas.

If you feed your pet Brewers yeast and garlic all year round the fleas won't like the taste of his blood and they'll move on to greener pastures.

Feed about a teaspoon to small dogs and a tablespoon to large dogs.

Garlic will do the same thing but don't give garlic to your cat.
Garlic can be toxic to those little fellas but the yeast will help them out.

Here's a recipe for an herbal flea powder.

Herbal Flea Powder

1/4 C.     Eucalyptus
1/4 C.     Fennel
1/4 C.     Rosemary
1/4 C.     Wormwood
1/4 C.     Pennyroyal
1/4 C.     Lemonverbena
1/4 C.     Sassafras root bark
1 Tblsp.  Garlic Powder
1 Tblsp.  Onion Powder
Grind the herbs to a fine powder.
Add Garlic and Onion powders.
Mix well and store in an airtight container.

Comb into your pet's coat in the opposite direction from which it grows.
Sprinkle the flea powder into the base of the fur until you have covered your pet's entire body.
Use as necessary. 
Discontinue use if your pet develops a rash or allergic reaction to any of the herbs it contains.