Communication Using The Heart and Cannabis

Communication Using The Heart and Cannabis An opinion piece by James Brent, DDS There is a bidirectional communication that exists between humans and nature. If we learn to listen and interpret with our heart, words are not always necessary. How does listening with the senses and tuning into our hearts allow us to have a…

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Combining Cannabis With Other Herbs

By James Brent DDS Introduction The purpose of this review of the literature is to discuss the potential use of other medicinal herbs to complement the effects of cannabis as a medicinal agent. It may be possible to link benefits based on herbs that contain similar phytochemicals as cannabis or have actions with comparable pharmacodynamics.…

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Cannabis: Ways to Consume

Ways to Consume Cannabis and Dosing Delivery Methods Inhalation  1.Smoking completely burns the inhaled cannabis product. This can be associated with chronic bronchitis. It also completely degrades the cannabinoids and other phyto-chemicals, which may have some influence on the effect. 2.Vaporization heats the cannabis product to at a lower temperature inorder to release the phyto-chemicals…

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Cannabis, Herbs and The Mind/Body Connection

Cannabis, Herbs, and the Mind/Body Connection There are numerous references to the quote attributed to Hippocrates, “All disease begins in the gut”. Our postnatal bodies are built from the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat. Our food influences the body’s hormones, immune system, brain chemistry, microbiome, detoxification and structure.…

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Cultivating a Deeper Relationship with Cannabis Medicine

Herbalists are generally trained in the traditional uses of plants as medicine. Scientific study is also used for guidance. It is my belief that we learn from both our personal experience and from others. There is another aspect of learning that uses intuition, or an inner voice. Many herbalists develop a relationship with a plant…

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