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Title: Marijuana Medicine: A World Tour of the Healing and Visionary Powers of Cannabis by Christian Ratsch, John Baker ISBN: 0-89281-933-2 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: 15 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating ethnobotany
Comment: This fascinating book considers the role of cannabis or hemp as medicine in a multitude of cultures from around the world. The author looks at the historical role and medicinal and cultural uses of hemp in these societies.
The introduction deals with botany, taxonomy, chemistry and pharmacology and also looks at the literature and research, providing an impressive bibliography.
Some of the interesting chapters include information on shamanism in Nepal, hemp in the Chinese herbal arts, Vijaya in Ayurvedic medicine, Bhanga in Indian and Nepalese folk medicine and the use of the plant in Africa and the Americas.
Each chapter includes recipes and remedies that contain hemp from these traditions for various disease conditions. The plant has a long history as herbal medicine with a multitude of applications.
The author discusses the German saint, seeress and musician Hildegard von Bingen and German medieval medicine, and provides one of her hemp containing remedies for stomachache. The role of hemp in Alchemy, Rastafarianism and Homeopathy is also investigated.
A list of diseases which hemp is used to treat is provided, from abdominal pains to wounds, whilst the bibliography includes books, articles, periodicals, multimedia and website addresses.
The text is enhanced by black and white illustrations whilst the beautiful full colour plates include botanical illustrations, photographs, paintings, album covers, T-shirts and buttons. There is also an impressive painting by Alex Grey of the hemp goddess.
The book includes a glossary of terms and concludes with an index. Every chapter has its own bibliography. This is a valuable reference and source book and provides a spellbinding read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Anthropology blends with medicine
Comment: Marijuana Medicine provides a visual record of cannabis growing and its role in medicinal applications around the world, from Asian healing traditions to applications in Latin American and Indian folk medicine. Anthropology blends with medicine in this survey of how marijuana is used around the world.
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Title: Psychoactive Sacramentals: Essays on Entheogens and Religion by Thomas B. Roberts ISBN: 1889725021 Publisher: Council on Spiritual Practices Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Animals and Psychedelics: The Natural World and the Instinct to Alter Consciousness by Giorgio Samorini, Tami Calliope, Rob Montgomery, Robert Montgomery ISBN: 0892819863 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: 30 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Hallucinogens: A Reader by Charles S. Grob, Andrew Weil, Terence McKenna ISBN: 1585421669 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: 03 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Understanding Marijuana: A New Look at the Scientific Evidence by Mitchell Earleywine, G. Alan Marlatt ISBN: 0195138937 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Breaking Open the Head : A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism by Daniel Pinchbeck ISBN: 0767907434 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 12 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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