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Excerpt from "The Rebel's Apothecary: A Practical Guide to the Healing Magic of Cannabis, CBD, and Mushrooms" by Jenny Sansouci (June 23, 2020)

Medicinal mushrooms, also known as functional mushrooms, have been traditionally used for thousands of years as effective healers to promote well-being and longevity. They can help boost the immune system, reduce inflammation, prevent disease, and sharpen the mind. They also increase energy, calm the nervous system, and improve sleep quality. Some types of mushrooms may also be effective against cancer. Mushrooms have amazing...

Cannabidiol CBD in SPORTS

Cf. Dušan Nolimal, Ph.D. honey

CBD is one of more than a hundred active cannabinoid molecules or chemicals in the cannabis plant (Cannabis Sativa). It does not cause intoxication and does not have psychoactive effects that would affect the ability of athletes. Due to its potential health benefits, it is increasingly used in recreational and professional sports. Despite the opposition of advocates of a cannabis ban, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) also removed CBD from its list of prohibited substances in 2018, which means that CBD is allowed in sports and can be used by athletes...

CBD for animals

Therapeutic use of cannabis in epileptic seizures in animals

The therapeutic use of hemp and CBD in animals is gaining a lot of attention. One promising option is the treatment of epileptic seizures.

History and modern research: Cannabis and seizures

The use of cannabis to treat seizures is nothing new. Cannabis has been described as a therapy for people with seizures for centuries, if not millennia. In recent years, cannabis, and specifically cannabidiol CBD, has been re-examined for the treatment of epileptic seizures, both in humans and animals. In ancient times, cannabis was used for seizures based on observation, but today, thorough research is underway...

CBD cannabinoid increasingly present in the service of health

Cannabinoids of cannabis, such as CBD, are increasingly promising support in maintaining health as well as in managing various problems. What are the potentials of CBD, what does it affect in the body and when can the use of CBD support us? CBD potentials Hemp is one of the most researched plants in the world. In flower extracts, we find, among other things, a large range of different cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids. The second most abundant cannabinoid, after THC, is CBD - cannabidiol. The latter is one of the safest molecules in the world,...

Spagyria, sometimes also called quintessence

Spagyria, sometimes also called quintessence

The word spagyry is said to have been coined by the charismatic Theophrastus Aureolus Bombast von Hehenheim, or as he is known to us under the name Paracelsus (Einsiedeln 1493- Salzburg 1541). The word comes from Greek; it is composed of two Greek terms: spao and agheiro, which can also be translated by the Latin terms solve et coagula.

Endocannabinoid system

"The endocannabinoid system is one of the oldest biological systems on earth. In the human body and all vertebrates, it acts as a kind of SOS or information SUPERSYSTEM and is essentially an umbrella protection against anything that can happen to us. " People have been using cannabis for thousands of years and we knew that it stimulates appetite, reduces nausea, calms epileptic seizures, stops asthma attacks, improves mood; Galen treated with it, Chinese surgeons used it as an anesthetic and painkiller. We knew what it did, but we didn't know why...

What is spagyria

Eastern approaches such as Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Unani, Tibetan medicine, etc. are completely legitimate and serve very well as an alternative to the current mechanistic system established by allopathic medicine. But the question arises, don't we in the West have something of our own? Let us immediately remember our rich herbal tradition, in which we can find pieces of an ancient civilization. Don't we have anything that we could put alongside Asian philosophical systems? Our Western tradition has a rich history, which Paracelsus called Spagyria....

Spagyric processing of mushrooms and medicinal mushrooms

Mushrooms are the guardians of our environment. Invisible, somewhere underground, they take care of the dynamic balance between the soil and the rest of the environment. We know that plants are connected to mushrooms through mycorrhiza, which is like a kind of envelope at the ends of the roots. This helps the plant process nutrients, the plant provides shelter and sugars to the mushroom, the mushroom produces hormones beneficial to the plant, if we notice a mushroom under a tree, this is a sign of a good relationship between the plant and the mushroom. Mushrooms represent ¼ of the Earth's biomass. The origin of mushrooms is unknown. Some claim that spores...