As the female flower approaches harvest, the white pistils turn brown.
Cannabis sativa-dominant strains are more energizing, enhance a feeling of well-being and stimulate the neurotransmitter serotonin, a type of chemical that helps relay signals from one area of the brain to another. Of the approximately 40 million brain cells we have, most are influenced either directly or indirectly by serotonin, which also acts on the central nervous system and, amongst other things, is responsible for mood and appetite regulation. Consumption of pure cannabis sativa strains can often induce paranoia attacks and irregular heartbeat, so hybrids also containing cannabis indica are preferred for medicinal use. These hybrids are useful for the antidepressant properties they possess, without inducing the paranoia associated with purebred cannabis sativa, but they rarely have any pain-blocking attributes, so cannabis indicas are preferred for use as analgesics.
The high THC content of many cannabis sativa hybrids is useful in treating any conditions where CBD content is not so useful, such as glaucoma and multiple sclerosis. Common cannabis sativa-dominant hybrids include Haze, Kali Mist, Jack Herer, Willy Nelson and Cheese. Cannabis sativa-dominant strains are recommended for use in treating depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, loss of appetite, cancer, migraines, nausea and as a daytime medication.
Treating Internal Cancers with Cannabis Oil
Providing the treatment is started early enough, the oral administration of cannabis oil benefits most patients diagnosed with cancer.
If you’re a cancer patient beginning treatment with cannabis oil, it is recommended that you make some dietary changes and it is advisable to cut out red meat altogether. Use more hemp seed, oily fish and vegetables such as broccoli, spinach, corn or potatoes for your protein (see appendix I). Do not drink alcohol as this would be adding additional complications. It has been shown that regularly drinking around 3 units of alcohol a day (a large glass of wine) can increase the risk of mouth, throat, esophageal, breast and bowel cancers.
Rick Simpson, in his work, advises that patients should also take high doses of vitamin C daily. The authors have themselves been successfully treating cancer patients for over a decade using cannabis oil and whilst they advise making a dietary change they don’t agree with Simpson on this issue. The claim that vitamin C is useful in the treatment of cancer is largely attributable to Linus Pauling, PhD.15 In 1976 and 1978, he and a Scottish surgeon, Ewan Cameron, reported that patients treated with high doses of vitamin C (10,000 milligrams per day) had survived three to four times longer than similar patients who did not receive vitamin C supplements.
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Extensive studies have been carried out on Linus Pauling’s claims that high-dose vitamin C prolonged the life of cancer patients, and these found that the claims were based on improper statistical analysis of data. Subsequent clinical trials found no benefit from his recommendations. Case reports also indicate that very high doses of vitamin C can cause kidney damage and interfere with the body’s ability to absorb copper; therefore even if supplementary vitamin C is eventually found to have some use in fighting cancer, that role is not likely to be extensive. Vitamin C is a potent antioxidant that does help the body protect its cells, and there is no harm in taking up to 1000 milligrams daily as a supplement.16 However, it won’t cure cancer and may give you diarrhea, which will cause dehydration. If you do wish to increase your intake, it is far better to do this by consuming foods that are high in vitamin C content.
Adopting a healthy Mediterranean-style diet is proven to reduce cancer.
Other than these changes, all you require is the cannabis oil itself. Do not buy this from dealers on the black market as the purity will not be sufficiently high. Make a pure, high-quality oil yourself using a cannabis indica variety high in CBD content such as Skunk Haze (from the CBD Crew) and follow the techniques described in this book. One pound of dried cannabis flowers will produce around two ounces of high-grade cannabis oil, which is sufficient to treat even the most serious of cancers, if taken early enough.
Chemotherapy is the general term for pharmaceutical cancer-inhibiting drugs. There is conflicting advice given on whether cancer patients should use cannabis oil before or during chemotherapy. Recently, a team of researchers looking into why cancer cells are so resilient discovered that chemotherapy seriously damages healthy cells and subsequently triggers them to release a protein that sustains and fuels tumor growth, making the tumor highly resistant to future treatment.17 Reporting their findings in the journal Nature Medicine, the scientists state that their findings were “completely unexpected.” After extensive research, Dr. Peter Nelson and his team at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle found that chemotherapy helps cancer to survive, grow faster, and resist treatment.18
The team was trying to explain why cancer is so resilient in the body, yet so easy to kill in the lab, and realized that the culprit is the interaction of chemotherapy and healthy cells surrounding the targeted tumors. When used on cancer, chemotherapy slows or stops the reproduction of rapidly dividing cells found in tumors, but it also damages the DNA of neighboring fibroblast cells, which normally help heal wounds. These cells then produce 30 times more than normal of a protein called WNT16B. This protein encouraged prostate tumors to grow and spread into surrounding tissue, as well as to resist chemotherapy. The team examined cancer cells from prostate, breast and ovarian cancer patients who had been treated with chemotherapy and found similar results. It is up to the patient to make an informed decision as to whether he or she wishes to undergo chemotherapy or not but certainly the earlier you start cannabis oil treatment the better.
The general consensus is that cancer sufferers require a treatment course total of 2 ounces (56 grams) of cannabis oil, to be ingested over a three-month period for maximum effectiveness. The dose is gradually built up to 1 gram a day. After this, many survivors continue a maintenance dose to keep the cancer at bay; this varies between individuals and the severity of their illness, but averages at 100-200 milligrams daily. The oil produced using the techniques we describe will be extremely potent, so patients are advised to begin their treatment with very small doses starting off with dabs the size of a match head to be taken four times a day. For initial doses patients generally find that having the oil in a syringe enables them to easily squeeze the required amount onto their finger and then place this into the mouth.
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