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Cannabis for wounds and injuries

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 06/19/2015 - 08:26

Cannabis has been used to treat topical wounds such as cuts and burns for millennia. Now, modern research is investigating the science behind cannabis’ ability to treat topical injuries, and is discovering exactly how vast a role the endocannabinoid system plays in the maintenance of healthy skin and wound healing.

Cannabis and wound healing in history

The historical medical texts of various different cultures mention the use of cannabis in topical preparations to treat cuts, scrapes and burns. Egyptian papyri note the use of topical antiseptic preparations thought to be made from cannabis mixed with fat; Greek writers from the 1st century BCE record the use of cannabis to treat horses suffering from wounds and sores, as well as to treat nosebleed in humans.

The medieval French herbalist Ruellius recorded in his 1536 treatise De Natura Stirpium that cannabis extract...

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