The wonderful health benefits of RAW CANNABIS

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This is a follow-up to a response I placed in BigmanPigman’s original post.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/127910910 The OP.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/127910910#post15 response

https://www.kalapa-clinic.com/en/cannabinoid-acids-thca-and-cbda/

Little background
I’ve been growing cannabis for a little over 25 years I live in Michigan, where it’s legal now, before I was mentored by a medical marijuana caregiver who seemingly grew forever. Mostly I grew for recreational purposes pain control was not on my menu. As with any long term project research sessions upon research sessions happened, first for ongoing updates on growing techniques which inadvertently led to more and more studies on pain control. I got hooked on finding natural pain relief herbs, it’s amazing what nature gives us.

I will stick with cannabis in this post but there are literally tons of plants that we can use for our health benefits.

Fresh or raw cannabis is product that has not been activated (decarbed) in this state all the good stuff in the plant is available for use now I’ll stay with just two THCA and CBDA which in combination seems to be a powerful pain reliever.

Here’s how it all started…
My constant canine companion, a twenty pound Havanese blew out his “knee” (stifle joint), a cranial cruciate ligament tear, he could not walk. Surgery was way too expensive especially with no guarantee of it working over time, so we explored casting …700 dollars for a custom made cast which he never really wore. A very loud, expletive “crap” was heard throughout the neighborhood.

Vet gave him pain pills that helped but made him very lethargic so I started mixing Meadowsweet powder into his food that helped tons. I’ll not get into Meadowsweet here but it’s another pain relieving herb. Then I had a memory blast come as I was working in my cannabis garden, it was the THCA/CBDA benefits, quickly I found the article and proceeded to make a Complete Spectrum raw cannabis oil. I had the raw material, leaves cut from plants I was working on.

I have a Infuzium 420 infusion machine used for making butters, tinctures and oils. I infused some Sweet Almond Oil with fresh (raw) cannabis some shade leaves some “popcorn” buds and a helping of trim equaling approximately an ounce to 2 cups oil. Roscoe loved the taste he always wanted a little more. At this stage he was limping around on 3 legs holding his injured rear leg up close to his body. Peeing and pooping was a struggle.

The first day I gave him 3 tablespoons throughout the day he seemed to be getting around a little better then a healthy dose before bedtime. Next day was almost magical, he started to release his leg toward the ground and while eating he gingerly placed his leg on the floor without much pressure on the foot, right there 100% improvement. Same dose for about a month with steady improvement each day he was now walking more normally but slowly. With some physical therapy everyday and dosing with the Raw Cannabis oil for about 5 months he was getting around comfortably walking normally. Then one day he refused the oil, he didn’t need it anymore.

Watching his recovery I got a little envious I’m dealing with osteoarthritis at the time waiting for a hip replacement. I made a tincture with fresh leaves same as the recipe for the oil, just a tincture this time. I didn’t like the taste of the oil but experienced why it got into Roscoe’s system so fast, it literally coated the inside of my mouth and even drinking water didn’t wash it away. We were “forced” to absorb it sublingual and then some. That’s why I made the tincture.

As with any natural product you can’t expect results immediately but with time and proper dosing for my body, the results are amazing. The above link is one of the better articles explaining raw cannabis.