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Restoration of Sense of Smell by a Vapepen?

Discussion in 'Medical Marijuana Usage and Applications' started by Storm Crow, Dec 2, 2023.

  1. This is about a lady who lost her sense of smell due to an accident, and may be regaining it. What was interesting is that her first returning scent was triggered by using a Super Lemon Haze vape pen, followed by being near a lemon tree.

    She apparently had used vape pens previously and tried a new strain, Super Lemon Haze. Cannabinoids have been shown to cause neurogenesis, the formation of new nerves. It is possible that a few regrown nerves have made a new connection where there was only scar tissue before, so she could smell the limonene in the cannabis vape!

    Since so many people have lost their sense of smell or had it damaged due to Covid, I thought this was worth sharing. It's kind of long, but she's an interesting person who rescues hawks and ospreys.


    For decades, a Florida woman had no sense of smell. Can she get it back?
    (news – 2023)
    https://www.tampabay.com/news/healt...orida-anosmia/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

    The first smell was lemon.

    At least she thought it was lemon.

    Barbara Walker hadn’t smelled a thing in 34 years.

    Then, on a spring afternoon, she stood on her patio by the pool and caught a whiff of hope.

    The light was low, the air warm. A sticky breeze ruffled the cypress trees. In the aviary outside the sliding doors, her rescued pigeons were cooing.

    Walker, then 55, had just bought a new medical marijuana cartridge for her vape pen, a strain called “super lemon haze.”

    She pushed the button. Closed her eyes. Breathed in.

    The taste exploded, tart and cool. Then suddenly, the scent crept up her nose. Another hit, and she felt she was in a lemon orchard.

    Maybe she was just tasting the vapor?

    She walked out of the lanai, through the yard. The closer she got to her actual lemon tree, the stronger the aroma seemed. She inhaled its branches, leaves, flowers, immersing herself in the fresh, biting fragrance, overcome.

    At dinner, she couldn’t contain herself. “I think I’m starting to smell again!”

    Her teenage daughters were skeptical. After all these years?

    Her husband laughed. “You’re hallucinating.”

    No, she insisted that evening in 2021. “I smelled the blooms.”

    (Snipped)


    Granny :wave:
     
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  2. I read the whole article.
    That's so cool.
     
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  3. What they taught me in the Certified Nursing Class is the tastebuds and the sense of smell goes hand in hand. Think about it. Why when you hold your nose, you can't taste anything? Without your nose, you won't be able to taste anything. The five senses we humans have are all linked up by the central nervous system. So, yes, the endocannoid system is vital to our senses. The human brain is still the most mysterious system in our bodies. The computer "Motherboard" of the human body.
     
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  4. endocannabinoid system controls all other systems , certainly the largest physiological system in human ...
     
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  5. I think of it like the telephone system of the body! Think about trying to run a city with a phone system where half the phones are defective! :eek2:

    Nutritional omega-3 deficiency abolishes endocannabinoid-mediated neuronal functions. (full – 2014) https://www.inmed.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/17878.pdf

    "We found that lifelong n-3 PUFAs dietary insufficiency specifically ablates long-term synaptic depression mediated by endocannabinoids in the prelimbic prefrontal cortex and accumbens. In n-3-deficient mice, presynaptic cannabinoid CB(1) receptors (CB(1)Rs) normally responding to endocannabinoids were uncoupled from their effector G(i/o) proteins. Finally, the dietary-induced reduction of CB(1)R functions in mood-controlling structures was associated with impaired emotional behavior. These findings identify a plausible synaptic substrate for the behavioral alterations caused by the n-3 PUFAs deficiency that is often observed in western diets.”

    So a diet low in Omega 3 damages your endocannabinoid system. The CB1 receptors (and likely other G-coupled receptors like CB2s) just don't get hooked up properly! This affects your health and your high!

    But it is those last two sentences that really scare me. Most of our cooking oils are Omega 6 oils that have little or no Omega 3, and we get "overdosed" on pro-inflammatory Omega 6. Now we DO need Omega 6- a lot of it is turned into other stuff your body needs.

    How much of each you need is still a matter of debate, but the majority are saying between 3 to 4 parts Omega 6 to every 1 part Omega 3 is about right. However, some studies have found individuals with a bodily Omega ratio of 50 parts Omega 6 to 1 Omega 3!

    "Up until about 100 years ago, the omega-6/3 ratio has been around 4:1 or less. However, the typical Western diet now provides an omega-6/3 ratio of approximately 20:1 in favor of omega-6."
    The Importance of Maintaining a Low Omega-6/Omega-3 ...

    FYI- I take about 4 grams of Omega 3 per day- I found an online source that has a "Triple strength" Omega 3 capsule that has 950 mg of Omega 3 in it . Check the label for the actual amount of Omega 3 in capsules, they vary greatly! I also eat fish, hemp seed, walnuts and other sources of Omega 3.

    Interestingly, hemp seed oil has a 3 parts Omega 6 to 1 part Omega 3 balance and it makes a nice salad dressing that doesn't get "clumpy" in the fridge like olive oil does! :biggrin:

    OK. I've procrastinated about a long as I can! I'm sending out my List to many of you (the dullest part of doing the List). I'll be posting up the links to the new List here at GC in a few days!

    Granny :wave:
     
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  6. Good thing I smoke because cannabis is good for seizures.
     
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  7. Granny, you would be glad to know that I took your advice and started taking fish oil supplements. Now if Indiana would pass medical cannabis. But I don't think they will as long as the pharmaceutical giant, Eli Lilly, is still in this state. You can't tell me that they don't have anything with the lack of legislation not advancing in the Indianapolis General Assembly. They give plenty to the GOP in this state. I didn't know that until I went to Opensecrets website and looked it up.
     
  8. You know what's sad? The Lilly company used to produce cannabis products! upload_2023-12-7_22-18-59.png You can find several examples like that one online.
    And, although I can't find it online, it has been reported that Eli Lilly's thesis was "The comparative physiological effects of several varieties of Cannabis sativa" 1907.

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