• Research and Development

  5 Benefits of Cannabis Tea for Chronic Illnesses

  Posted by Marta Ribeiro on October 17, 2018 at 6:57 pm

  

  Medical marijuana is gaining popularity as a complementary medicine to help with many symptoms associated with chronic illnesses. While many people are curious about how marijuana (or cannabis) may help improve their symptoms, they are also reluctant to smoke the substance. However, there are ways that medical marijuana can be administered, including in tea form.

  According to thealternativedaily.com, here are five ways that cannabis tea can help relieve some of the symptoms people with chronic diseases live with.

  1. Relieves pain
  Marijuana has been associated with pain relief for centuries. Researchers have found the cannabinoids in marijuana dampen pain signals by binding to the pain receptors in the central nervous system (CNS).

  In contrast to opiates such as morphine or codeine, cannabis is not addictive and poses no withdrawal symptoms to patients. Cannabis-infused tea is delivered to the whole of the body through the digestive system so the effects are longer lasting and more efficient than smoking.

  2. Reduces inflammation
  Medical marijuana has been found to reduce inflammation associated with many autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, and lupus. It also helps to temper the body’s immune system making it less likely to attack itself.

  3. Protects the brain
  Studies of cannabis’s effect on the brain have found that the drug has a neuroprotective effect and appears to slow down or even block the beta-amyloid protein build-ups associated with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

  4. Promotes digestive health
  Many chronic illnesses present symptoms which affect the gastrointestinal system. Cannabis has been found to improve digestion and relieve symptoms such as cramping, stomach pain, diarrhea, nausea, constipation and acid reflux.

  5. Mood enhancer
  While smoking cannabis may produce mind-altering effects that most people are wary of, drinking cannabis tea can help with stabilizing mood and helping to relieve emotional symptoms associated with chronic illnesses such as depression and anxiety.

   

  Charlene Marshall replied 5 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply

  • cannabis
  • chronic illness
  • edibles
  • IPF
  • legalization
  • lung disease
  • medical marijuana
  • PF
  • weed
• 1 Reply

• 

  Charlene Marshall

  Organizer

  October 18, 2018 at 6:47 am

  Thanks for this post Marta, it is especially applicable for Canadians as cannabis just became legalized in our country yesterday. That said, there needs to be more than reluctance on smoking marijuana from a patient with a chronic lung disease: this should not be done under any circumstance. A statement was released by the Canadian Lung Association ahead of the legalization of marijuana in Canada that said patients with lung disease should not be smoking weed, and if they choose to consume it for either medical or recreational purposes it should be done through edibles.

  Charlene

Log In to Reply