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Chewing On The Bud??

Discussion in 'Medical Marijuana Usage and Applications' started by goddess72, Apr 23, 2014.

  1. #1 goddess72, Apr 23, 2014
    I am fairly new to weed period (past year). It has helped me immensely with various things. I do not even own Tylenol or any pharmaceuticals. I was watching a news segment on YouTube in which the physician who is an advocate says he has his patients chew the bud vs smoking etc since one can get the medicinal benefits without the high. I am only asking for children with disorders that need to take medicinally.

    Is this true? Can anyone help?
     
  2. #2 00Hassel, Apr 23, 2014
    From what i understand, juicing raw cannabis can be a wonderful source of phytonutrients. Like how wheat grass is packed with phytonutrients.

    But the assimilation of the cannabinoids is different. Likewise for the terpenoids and flavonoids which bring lots of the medicinal benefits. Raw cannabis is THC-a for instance, during heating as in baking or smoking it goes through decarboxylation which "activates" THC-a into THC.

    There are various vapor/heat points that converts the different cannabinoids but the process is similar.
    So what you could do is search google for "benefits of THC-a" , etc looking at known benefits of cannabinoids in their primary form.

    I know there are specific benefits of THC-a etc but overall i think a lot of the benefit is tied to the phytonutrients and raw/live enzymes that are otherwise destroyed during heating.

    Prepared, smoked or activated cannabis is light years ahead of raw cannabis for t therapeutic/medical use. Doing a whole plant oil extraction allows you to pull out the cannabinoids and terpenoids which are fat soluble.

    I would consume lots of raw fruits and veggies, eat those and save cannabis for making oil, concentrate or smoking. Raw cannabis just doesn't have the same bio chemical makeup as prepared cannabis.

    If you are concerned about a child being stoned... Search for high CBD strains. These are strains that contain lesser THC; higher CBD will counter the high. But high CBD strains still contain at least some THC, plus the other "entourage. "

    Do not confuse high CBD strain/extract for CBD-only extract, or hemp CBD etc. That is a single compound extraction leaving behind all the necessary and beneficial entourage. The hemp CBD products are made from Chinas industrial hemp byproduct.

    Charlotte s Web is an example of high CBD strain specifically designed for epilepsy. From growing demand more breeders are drawing out more high CBD strains.
     
  3. #3 goddess72, Apr 23, 2014
    Thank you 00hassel. Unfortunately it's not legal here in Northern VA but I have a child who is really having a hard time with impulsivity and distractions (adhd I suppose if we use labels). We are a natural family so I refuse to medicate with pharmaceuticals but It has been suggested by my child's teacher to consider those drugs because my child has a hard time restraining herself. I have tried everything naturally there is to help (diet, supplementation etc) with minimal results. I do have a tincture from a friend and it's www.gotgoho.com and it has no effect as far as sedation but it's day 3 and not sure it is helping. In a case like hers I wonder if she would benefit from something with a little more thc? I'm struggling here with this. I never imagined I would consider this but I worry for my child.
     
  4. #4 goddess72, Apr 23, 2014
    Thank you for your response btw! I'm so grateful to learn more!
     
  5. #5 goddess72, Apr 23, 2014
    I only access via phone so took a minute to look in the upper right corner lol
     

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