Five Good Rules for Choosing and Using Your Cannabis Medicine
Quality of raw materials in the product
- From organic whole plant cannabis
- Non-GMO; No pesticides
- Clean soil, without prior use of chemical nutrients
- Contains full complement of cannabinoids, terpenes, flavanoids — not from isolates
What delivery system works best for you?
- Absorb through the membrane of the mouth (tinctures, lozenges, melt in the mouth edibles, swish liquids)
- Smoking is great for symptom management, but short-term
- Edibles can degrade in stomach acids and digestive enzymes
- Suppositories are a good option if you can’t “swish”
What ratio of cannabinoids is best for what you’re treating?
- Cannabinoids like CBD and THC work best together
- High CBD to low THC works well for neurological conditions like epilepsy (eg 20:1 ratio)
- Micro-dose THC dominant products to not “get high”
What is your dose?
- The dose starts with what we know has worked well for others. That’s the baseline.
- Healing effects from herbs are individuated, not formulaic. YOU will find the right dose for your metabolism.
- Dosing is best measured by the results: How do you FEEL? And how is it affecting your body?
The Cardinal Rule of Herbal Medicine
- Herbs are individuated – your body responds uniquely
Cannabis* is effective medicine because it works naturally, combining the phytocannabinoids in the plant with the endocannabinoids produced in our bodies, in a dynamic interplay of chemical compounds called the Entourage Effect.
* See What About Hemp?
