Cannabis use in Ancient China

Cannabis and Hemp has been used since the dawn of civilization, the ancient Chinese discovered early on not only the practical but also medicinal properties of Hemp and Cannabis. In fact the earliest records and archeological evidence of the cultivation of Hemp come from China. Today I take you on a 4/20 friendly episode of Cannabis or Má use in ancient China. 

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Timestamps

00:00 Intro

02:55 Earliest medicinal use

04:22 Other parts of the plants used

07: 50 Yin & Yang parts of the plant

10:02 Practical uses for hemp fiber

13:30 Mid show break

13:56 Shennong the Father of Chinese medicine

17:56 Documenting the herbs (The book Materia Medica)

21:29 The valley of Shennong

23:40 Wrap up

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Sources: 

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Má
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_medical_cannabis
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-teenage-mind/201105/history-cannabis-in-ancient-china
• https://www.amazon.com/Cannabis-Lost-History-Chris-Rice/dp/B078T3P72T




Shen nong

http://www.itmonline.org/arts/shennong.htm  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shennong_Ben_Cao_Jing 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shennong 

 https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/chinesemedicine/emperors.html  

https://www.asmalldoseoftoxicology.org/shen-nung

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