Marijuana and Ulcerative Colitis Journal?

A good friend of mine through high school had UC. He and I were avid smokers too. He said on many occasions that it helped him tremendously...with pain and discomfort as well as appetite stimulation. I would be really interested to read your findings; especially any objective, quantitative data. I have considered doing the same with my ailment. The world always needs more research--especially if it can help improve the opinion of MMJ's efficacy.

 

I would definitely be interested in this study. I was diagnosed with UC a little more than I month ago and would like to know much more about the potential benefits of MMJ. I'd rather spend my hard earned money on Mary than a pharmaceutical with a laundry list of side effects. I already know what Mary does to me, and it's nothing bad.

 

Back in January of this year I started having a lot of issues with my bowel. Based on the symptoms I think that I may have ulcerative colitis or possibly Chrons disease. I've been meaning to see a doctor to confirm. I read somewhere that only 22% of people that have used Humira said it actually helped them. I know for a fact that smoking helps me with all the symptoms I suffer. To the stomach pain, to the cramping, to never feeling hungry, barely able to eat any food.

 

Subbed, very interested in this journal. I am doing something similar in my thread, but using hemp oil.

 

I am making it. I just started everything, so its documenting the experimenting with methods and results as well.

 

I've been battling intestinal shit for the last 4-5 years. The more weed I eat, the better I feel. I've been battling my condition without western medicine, for the most part. Here are some things I've learned in my struggles.

I'm not gonna comment on any of the pharmies you take, but I would definitely encourage you to save the left-over herb from your vaporizer. I empty my vaporizer waste into a jar, then I buy empty capsules from the health food store and cram the vaped weed into the caps. Swallow them and they still have medical value.
Cannabis eases inflammation of the entire digestive tract. It also eases stress, as you said, which originates from the gut brain. It is my opinion that cannabis is also anti-microbial to whatever yeast/bacteria/fungi/virus/etc to what may be causing/agitating your condition.

http://forum.grasscity.com/incredib...h-candy-canna-bombs-more-49.html#post13446289

Here is a great tutorial to making a medical extract. I just did this last weekend and I feel it made a good product. The oil that results is much better than eating vaped weed. Long story short is you make a tincture, boil off the alcohol so none remains, then add some coconut oil and lecithin to ease bioavalability, then encapsulate to make taking medicine easy and 'normal'.

If you make an oil this way, use coconut oil. It is generally good for intestinal conditions, plus it is very easy for the body to absorb straight with no effort. Adding soy lecithin helps emulsify and evenly distribute the cannabinoids in the oil and your gut. When I take a cannabis-coconut oil when I am flaring, I have a serious bout of burping when the capsules break open in my stomach. The relief is instant!!! I can track the oils progress through my gut based on symptom relief. I can tell when the caps break open in my stomach. When they go into the duodenum, the small intestine, then finally reaches the large. Oil is better for stomach and small intestine, eating decarbed herb sprinkled with lecithin is best for large intestines as the medicine reaches here before being processed for the most part.

I also have not had any alcohol in almost 4 years. Limit your sugar and starch intake as much as possible. If you think about it, alcohol is just a sugar. It probably feeds bad microbes in your gut. Limiting all starches/sugars has been the biggest part of my relief. Keep track of foods that set you off. Make a smoothie in the morning with green leafy veggies. The chlorophyll is helpful. Take neem bark and leaf tea. Use probiotics of all types.

I used to avoid most meats, but I have found that eating the right kind of meat to be most important. Not to sound like a snob, but organic meat only. I can not eat pork that is not organic. If I eat non-organic pork, I have a bad flare up for days. Organic pork, no problem. I think it has to do with GMO feed that most non-organic animals are fed. If you do a little looking around, there are some very scary studies that are coming out regarding what GMO feed does to livestock and ultimately our food. I can tolerate any kind of organic meat. I eat digestive enzymes at meals. Also look into a non-GMO diet. I have been eating organic only for about 8 months and it helps.
GM Organisms wreck our intestines.



Now onto the weed. I see you mentioned chemical free. I'm not sure if you are in a medical state, but try to find a good organic grower. Better yet, grow your own. I've found Blueberry x Bubblegum crosses to make the best oil. Not really important which breeder, just a cross of these two parents seems to make good gut oil



Hope that helps.

 

Oh, also. If you really get into eating the oil, expect some interesting symptoms. Once I quit tip-toeing through the tulips and got into 'therapeutic' dose levels (around an 1/8th per serving) I had some bodily cleansing symptoms.