PARTE UTILIZADA=USED PART: flores, semilla, hojas

ACCIÓN FARMACOLÓGICA=PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION: antiinflamatorio, analgesico y antiglaucomatoso

COMPOSICIÓN QUÍMICA=CHEMICAL COMPOSITION: Canabinoides: se han aisladocercade 60 y se destacanentre los mas importantes el delta-9-tetrahidrocannabinol (THC), isómeros del THC, cannabinol, cannabidiol etc.

ZONA GEOGRÁFICA =GEOGRAFICAL ZONE: Europa

Range. Asia. Cultivated in Myanmar.

Uses
Whole plant: Intoxicant, analgesic, sedative, and anodyne.

Toxicity:
Whole plant toxic if not used properly

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Origin:
Cultivated all over the country. Commonly occurs in waste grounds, along road side, often becoming gregarious along the irrigation channels of gardens.

Action:
Hallucinogenic, hypnotic, sedative, analgesic, antiinflammatory, Hemp derivatives are suggested for treating glaucoma and as an antiemetic in cancer chemotherapy. All variants produce initial excitement followed by depression.
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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

Its antispasmodic and anodyne properties have been employed in Western medicine in the treatment of neuralgia. asthma. tetanus and mania cases but it is now chiefly notorious for the deleterious effects produced on those who become addicted to the drug. Its use in the treatment of asthma is known and practised in Jamaica where the dried herb is infused in hot water to make tea. This may also be used in cases of fever and colds. In Southern Rhodesia the plant is used by the native population in cases of malaria, anthrax, blackwater fever, blood poisoning and child-birth. The resin is said to contain several active constituents including cannabinol. cannabidiol. cannin. Cannabol. Also present are a volatile oil containing terpenes and a sesquiterpene, cholin, and trigonelline.

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Origin:

Nigeria

Part used

leaves,seeds,stem,twigs

Medicinal uses

sedative,lice,dyspepsia

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Origin
Mizoram, Northeast India
Parts used
Leaf
Ailments
Insect-bite, burn

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