Marijuana Medicine A World Tour of the Healing and Visionary Powers of Cannabis

Name: Marijuana Medicine A World Tour of the Healing and Visionary Powers of Cannabis
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ISBN: 9780892819331

ISBN-10: 0892819332

ISBN-13: 9780892819331

Edition: 2001

Authors: Christian Rï¿½tsch, Christian Rï¿½tsch

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Inner Traditions International, Limited
Publication date: 3/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Christian Rï¿½tsch, Ph.D., is a world-renowned anthropologist and ethnopharmacologist who specializes in the shamanic uses of plants. He is the author of Marijuana Medicine and coauthor of Plants of the Gods, Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas, Witchcraft Medicine, and The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants. He lives in Hamburg, Germany, and lectures around the world.



Foreword



Foreword



Preface


Translator's Note


Acknowledgments


Introduction


Bum Shankar!: In the Beginning Were the Shamans


Ma: Hemp in the Chinese Herbal Arts


Kamanin: Hemp in Japanese Medicine


Vijaya: Hemp in Ayurvedic Medicine


Bhanga: Hemp in Indian and Nepalese Folk Medicine


Myan rtsi spras: Hemp in Tibetan Medicine


Kancha: Hemp in Southeast Asian Medicine


Penka: The Hemp Ritual of the Scythians


Nascha: Hemp in Russian Folk Medicine


Azallu-Qannapu: Hemp in Southwest Asia


Smsmt: Hemp among the Pharaohs


Kannabion--Cannabis: Hemp in the Medicine of Antiquity


Hashish: Hemp in Islamic-Arabic Medical Doctrines


Hanaf: The Herb of the Germanic Goddess of Love


De Hanf-Cannabus: Hemp in Hildegard's Medicine


Hempe: Hemp among the Fathers of Botany


Distillates: Hemp in Alchemy


Home Remedies: Hemp in Folk Medicine


Dagga: Hemp in Sub-Saharan Africa


Kif: Hemp in North Africa


Ganja: Hemp and Rastafarianism


Kinnickinik: Hemp among the North American Indians


Marijuana: Hemp in Curanderismo


Maconha: Hemp in Brazilian Folk Medicine


Dilutions: Hemp in Homeopathy


Dope: Hemp in Modern Self-Medication


THC and Analogs: Hemp in Scientific Medicine


Perspectives for Hemp and World Health


Glossary


List of Diseases and Medical Systems


Hemp Substitutes


Organizations


Bibliography


Index