Many scientists, including Dr. Lumir Ondre Hanuš, who, together with his colleague WA Devan, was the first to isolate the body's cannabinoid anandamide, believe that the discovery of the endocannabinoid system (ECS) and the subsequent use of cannabinoids are equivalent to the discovery of DNA, and that Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, recognized by most as the father of cannabis research, deserves a Nobel Prize.

Why the discovery of the ECS and the therapeutic potential of cannabinoids is compared to the discovery of DNA will become clear to you when you delve into the ubiquity of the ECS with sincerity and curiosity. As thousands of studies have shown (at least ten new ones have been published every month since the discovery of the ECS), it plays an important role in spiritual, psychosocial and physical health - from conception to death. It is an important mechanism for maintaining our holistic balance. Based on everything we already know about the ECS, it seems that when it is functioning optimally, we are healthy, creative, visionary, full of life energy and content, but when it is functioning poorly, we are sick, numb, without energy, depressed, scared ...

You can learn a lot about the importance of the ECS system by watching the documentary The Scientist, which is available (with Slovenian subtitles) at www.biomons.com. In it, Dr. Mechoulam describes his life story and the beginnings of cannabis research in the 1960s. He also introduces his colleagues, who, as he says, were of key importance in the research. Because of his vision and conviction, he attracted the best researchers in the field of cannabis to his team, and the results of his work were also appropriate to this.

Medicine as we know it today will hardly remain the same after the discovery of the ECS system. The existence of the ECS system (receptors, endocannabinoids and ECS enzymes) and the research to date into the therapeutic potential of cannabis cannabinoids (CBD, CBG, CBN, THC … )[1], which support the functioning of the ECS, reveal the need for a holistic approach to health and holistic therapies in the event of its loss. Dr. Mechoulam, for example, believes that there is probably no disease that is not related to the deterioration of the functioning of the ECS! So perhaps the time has come to listen to holistic approaches, find the real causes of diseases and start eliminating them, along with their consequences, naturally.

[1] Aaron Cadena, “Research Shows CBD Benefits 50+ Conditions.”

Text:  Adriana Dolinar, Ph.D.Vet.Med., the president Associations for the Awakening of the Whole Man and an external employee of the information center - Zadravje.net.
Source: https://www.zazdravje.net/zdrava-medicina/odkritje-ecs-primerljivo-odkritju-dnk/