Cannabis Sativa

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Cannabis Sativa Reference Specimen Botanical Specimen and Materia Medica Identification
🌿 Traditional Herbal Medicine Profile This page outlines the crude botanical applications, traditional herbal infusions, and active properties of Cannabis Sativa. Herbal preparations act biochemically on body tissues.
GENERAL
  • Cann-s seems to affe ct especially the urinary and sexual organs.
  • Acute and chronic gonorrhea, especially when the patient walks with the legs apart.
  • Sexual excitement in both the sexes.
  • Threatened miscarriage from too frequent sexual intercourse or complicated with gonorrhea .
  • Vaginitis.
  • Characteristic sensations as of dropping water.
  • Choking in swallowing, things go down the wrong way.
  • Great fatigue from having spoken or written.
  • Feels exhausted after a short walk.
  • Feet feel heavy on go ing upstairs.
  • Acute drawing and contractive, pressive pains with sensation of paralysisLoss of voluntary muscle functionThe loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body..
  • Drawing pains in regions of kidneys extending into inguinal glands with anxious sensation of nausea at epigastrium.
  • TetanusBacterial disease causing lockjaw and muscle spasmsA bacterial disease marked by rigidity and spasms of the voluntary muscles, especially of the jaw., chiefly in the upper limbs and in the trunk.
  • Paralysis with tingling of the affec ted part.
  • Unendurable fine stitching over whole body, as from a thousand needle points, at night, when sweating from warm covering, better uncovering
HERBAL PROPERTIES & MODALITIES
  • Better from fresh air.
  • Better cold water.
  • Better rest.
  • Worse from urinating.
  • Worse after a meal.
  • Worse coffee, liquorortobacco.
  • Worse darkness.
  • Worse at night.
  • Worse after midnight.
  • Worse open air, and heat.
  • Worse from exercise, exertion.
  • Worse talking.
  • Worse walking.
  • Worse going upstairs.
  • Worse touch.
  • Worse lying down
HERBAL INTERACTIONS & SAFETY
📊 Comparative Herbal Actions:

Antidotes: Camph., Lemon juice. Antidotes of large doses: lemon juice, Strychnia, Camph.,
Merc. Compare: ( 1 ) Cann- i., Thuj. Med., Canth., Petros. (2) Sars. - worse going up stairs. (3) In phimosis -
Merc., Sulph., Nit-ac., Sep., Thuj. Rhus-t.. Sabin. (4) as if something alive in abdomen - Croc., Thuj. (5) Apis,
Cop., Cimic., Kali-n. (6) Hedysa- rum - gonorrhea and inflammation of penis. Compatible: Bell., Hyos., Lyc.,
Nux-v., Op., Puls., Rhus-t., Verat.

MIND
  • Confusion of thought and speech.
  • Stuttering and stammering.
  • Embarrassed speech, at one time words are wanting, at another the voicefails.
  • Veryforgetful cannot finish the sentence.
  • Vanishing of thoughts, want of words.
  • Wavering speech, hasty, incoherent.
  • Speech stops with anxiety and agony on account of pain in the back.
  • Many errors in writing.
  • Ideas seem to stand still, he stares in front of him is absorbed in higher thoughts, but in unconscious of them.
  • Time seems too long.
  • Thinks everything is unreal, as if in a dream.
  • Voices including her own, seem to come from a distance, her own voice s-^ ems strange, as if it were somebody else speaking.
  • Clairvoyance.
  • Loquacity.
  • Laughs immoderately, at mere trifles.
  • Laughs and weeps.
  • Ecstatic, heav enly.
  • Fixed ideas.
  • Mania, sometimes happy, sometimes serious or furious.
  • Sadness and indifference.
  • Irresolution and uncertainty.
  • Moaning and crying.
  • Disposition to be easily frightened or irritated.
  • Fear of going to bed.
  • Abdomen - Pain as from a bruise in the intestines.
  • Hard and painful swelling of the liver region.
  • Cramp-like pains in the epigastrium.
  • Sensation of soreness.
  • Shuddering sensation, as if cold water were running through abdomen.
  • Painful jerks.
  • Shaking of the intestines, as if they were detached, when the arms are moved.
  • Shocks and pressure towards the outside in the regions of the groins.
  • Pulsation of abdomen from within outward.
VERTIGO, DIZZINESS
  • VertigoSensation of dizziness or spinningA feeling of movement or spinning of oneself or the surroundings when there is no actual movement., sensation of dropping wa ter on head.
  • Attacks of vertigo on walking or when standing for some time to such an extent as to cause falling.
  • Sensation as if intoxicated.
  • COMMENTS - In Cann-i., the drug state is often the etiology, but Cann-s stands on its own.
  • Closely related to Med.
  • And Thuj., will often follow Med.
  • Boericke said that lemon juice antidotes Cann -s.
  • Strong affinity for the genital area and infections.
  • High sex drive (Med.).
  • Acute gonorrhea remedy, with spaciness and a history of drug use.
  • Yellow-green discharges.
  • Urethral symptoms with burning and smarting (Canth has more tenesmusPainful urge to empty bladder or bowelsA distressing, constant, and ineffectual urge to evacuate the bowels or bladder, accompanied by pain.).
  • Mucus in urine, burning on urination.
  • The bladder feels full.
  • Non -specific urethritis.
  • Pain in right kidney.
  • Cramps of any kind.
  • The urethra is very sensitive to touch and pressure, the patient cannot bear the legs close together.
  • Urethral caruncle.
  • PhimosisTightness of the foreskinA condition where the foreskin is too tight and cannot be pulled back (retracted) over the head of the penis..
  • Dry mouth, craves sweets, thirst for cold water.
  • Hypoglycemia.
  • Sensitive to stimulants.
  • Limbs feel weak and heavy.
  • Glaucoma.
  • Cataract and opacities of the cornea, g onorrhea of the eyes.
  • Eyeballs aches, pressure in back of the eyes.
  • Sudden changes from agitation to restless to calm.
  • Distortion in perception, spacey, bad memory.
  • Better with fresh, open air and cold water on their face
HEAD
  • Headache, as if there were a stone pressing upon it.
  • Sensation of a heav y weight on the vertex.
  • Pressure and tension on the temples.
  • Pressure on root of nose.
  • Congestion in the head, throbbings in the brain, cheeks red and hot with pulsation.
  • Sensation at the scalp, as if something were creeping on it and as if drops of cold water were falling on the head.
EYES
  • Glaucoma.
  • Pressure from back of eyes, forward.
  • Eyeballs ache.
  • Cataract from ne rvous disturbances, abuse of alcohol and tobacco, patient feels deeply approaching blindness.
  • Gonorrheal oph thalmia.
  • Opacity of cornea.
  • ScrofulousProne to swollen glands or tuberculosisRelating to scrofula, a constitutional tendency to tuberculous swelling of the lymph nodes. eye troubles (Sulph., Calc.).
  • Cramp-like pulling in the eyes.
  • Misty sight.
  • Weakness and confusion of sight, on viewing objects either distant or near.
  • Appearance of a circle of whitish flames before the eyes
EARS
  • Throbbing and pressure in the ears, that disappears when one is stooping and reappearing when raising the head again.
  • Hears voices, bells, music.
  • Buzzing in the ears and sensation as if a skin were before them
FACE
  • Paleness of the face.
  • Heat of the face and redness of the cheeks.
  • Tingling, itching and smarting in the face, as if from salt.
  • Twitching of the muscles of the face
MOUTH
  • Grinding of teeth in sleep.
  • Dryness of the mouth with viscid saliva and absence of thirst.
  • Saliva, white, thick, frothy.
  • Eruption on the border of the lips.
  • Nose - Swelling of the nose with copper- like redness.
  • Stupefying pressure on the root of the nose.
  • Heat and dryness of the nose.
  • Nosebleed, preceded by a sensation of burning in the nose
THROAT
  • Cannot control voice.
  • Loss of voice.
  • Accumulation of tenacious mucus in the larynx with scraping and difficulty of breathing
CHEST
  • Weight on chest, rattling wheezing breathing.
  • Shootings in the bottom of the chest, especially on breathing, speaking or during movement.
  • Great anxiety of heart.
  • Painful tension in the heart with palpitationsSensation of rapid or irregular heartbeatA noticeably rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat due to agitation, exertion, or physical conditions. of the heart and anxiety.
  • Beatings of the heart, which are felt lower than their ordinary place.
  • Pulse weak, slow and scarcely perceptible.
  • PericarditisInflammation of the sac around the heartInflammation of the pericardium, the thin, double-layered sac that surrounds and protects the heart..
  • Inflammation of the heart.
  • Sensation as if drops were falling from the heart.
  • Kidneys - Inflamed sensation with soreness to touch.
  • Acute gonorrhea, urethra sensitive, walks with the legs apart.
  • Kidney colicSevere fluctuating pain in the abdomenSevere, often fluctuating pain in the abdomen caused by gas, spasm, or obstruction in the intestines, common in infants. and pains.
  • Pain in kidney, while laughing.
  • Painful urging.
  • Must strain to urinate, has to wait for some time before the urine flows, dribbles after flow ceases.
  • Scanty burning urine passed drop by drop.
  • Urination in split stream.
  • Burning while urinating, extending to bladder.
  • Urine scalding wit h spasmodic closure of sphincter.
  • Stitches, zigzag pain along urethra.
  • Urethral caruncle (Eucal.), phi mosis.
  • Stoppage of urethra by mucus and pus.
  • Discharge of yellow, watery mucus from the urethra (gonorrhea).Urine, turbid, white or reddish and as if mix ed with blood and pus.
  • Incontinence of urine.
  • Ejection of a kidney stone on urinating.
  • Retained urine with constipationInfrequent or difficult bowel movementsA condition where stool is dry, hard, and difficult or painful to pass..
  • Suffocative attacks.
  • Humid asthmaChronic respiratory disease causing difficulty breathingA condition characterized by spasms in the bronchi of the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing, typically from an allergic reaction or hypersensitivity..
  • Difficulty in breathing and palpitations, then must stand up.
  • As if there were a weight on the chest, with wheezing and rattling in the bronchials.
  • Difficulty of respiration with uneasiness in the throat, worse lying down.
  • Rattling breathing .
  • Inflammation of the lungs, with greenish vomiting and deliriumAcute state of confusion and disorientationA sudden, severe state of mental confusion, anxiety, and disorientation, often accompanied by hallucinations..
  • Cough with green viscid, bloody, expectoration.
  • Cough, violent and dry
ABDOMEN
  • Empty risings.
  • RegurgitationBackward flow of blood or fluidsThe casting up of undigested food from the stomach, or the backward flow of blood through a defective heart valve. of acrid substances of a bitter sourness.
  • Attack of violent cramps in the stomach.
  • Nausea with inclination for food.
  • Vomiting with sensation of strangulation from the epigastrium to the throat.
  • Vomiting of green bile.
  • Pain in the stomach, on being touched, as if i t were ulcerated, better by eating.
  • Aching, pinchings and cuttings in the epigastrium and in the upper part of the stomach.
  • Temperature - Typhoid fevers, where strangurySlow, painful, drop-by-drop urinationA painful condition characterized by the slow, spasmodic discharge of urine drop-by-drop, accompanied by a constant urge. exists.
  • Shuddering, shivering with thirst.
  • Uneasiness and external cold.
  • Coldness of t he body with heat in the face.
  • Heat only in the face.
  • Burning heat over the whole body at night.
  • Desires sweets and cold drinks.
  • Every article of food is extremely palatable.
  • Aversion to meat, of which she was fond
GENITALS ETC
  • Sexual desire increased.
  • Priapism.
  • Strong sexual desire or aversion to sex.
  • Erections without amorous thoughts.
  • Erections with tensive pains.
  • Acute gonorrhea.
  • Itching and inflammatory swelling of the prepuce, glans and penis with deep red ness and phimosis.
  • The penis feels sore and burnt when walking, walks with legs apart.
  • Cold genitals.
  • Dragging, aching in the t estes and tension in the spermatic cord, when standing upright.
  • Swelling of the prostate gland.
  • Threatened abortion, complicated with gonorrhea or on account of frequent sexual inter course.
  • LeucorrheaWhitish or yellowish vaginal dischargeA whitish or yellowish discharge of mucus from the vagina, often indicating congestion or mild infection..
  • Infantile leucorrhea.
  • AmenorrheaAbsence of menstrual periodsAn abnormal absence of menstruation., also with constipation.
  • Profuse menstruation.
  • Miscarriage with convulsions.
  • Great sexual excitement with infertility
EXTREMITIES, LIMBS
  • Pain in the limbs, worse deep breathing.
  • Pain, as from a bruise in the shoulder and forearm during movement.
  • Entire paralysis of lower limbs.
  • Cramps in the thighs, the calves of the legs and the hams.
  • Weakness, staggering and pains of the knees.
  • Displacement of the patella on going up the stairs.
  • Pulsation and stretching pain in the feet and in the joints of the foot, as after a long walk.
  • Spasmodic contraction of the Achilles tendon with violent pains.
  • Cramps in the hands and the fingers.
  • Sudden paralytic weakness of the hand with trembling on laying hold of an object and inability to hold it firmly
BACK AND NECK
  • Pains in the back, which impede speech and suspend respiration.
  • Shooting pains between the shoulder blades.
  • Pressure towards the outside in the sacral region and coccyx
SKIN
  • At night, pricking and sensation of burning over the whole skin, as if from boiling water
SLEEP
  • Sleepy, but cannot sleep.
  • Frightful or erotic dreams of the dead.
  • Sensation of greater fatigue on waking in the morning, then when going to bed in the evening.
  • Sleepy during the day
GENERALITIES
  • As if hot water were poured over h im.
  • As if drops of cold water were falling on the head, from anus, or from heart.
  • As if pinched with pincers in back.
  • Pressure as with a sharp point in coccyx

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📚 Literature Citation & References:
This clinical profile is compiled from: Andrew Chevallier, FNIMH — Herbal Remedies (Eyewitness Companions), and Dr. David Keifer, MD — Herbal Remedies Reference Guide. Synced with traditional botanical use and pharmacological outlines.
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