Name of Practitioner(s):
Dr. Jerry Garcia, Master HERBalist

Description:
Medical cannabis refers to the use of parts of the herb cannabis (also referred to as medical marijuana) as a physician-recommended form of medicine or herbal therapy, or to synthetic forms of specific cannabinoids such as THC as a physician-recommended form of medicine.[citation needed]
The Cannabis plant from which the cannabis drug is derived has a long history of medicinal use, with evidence dating back to 2,737 BCE. Synthetic cannabinoids such as Marinol and Cesamet are available as prescription drugs in some countries.

Supporters of medical cannabis state that medical cannabis has effects in the treatment of nausea, vomiting, premenstrual syndrome, insomnia, lack of appetite, spasticity, neurogenic pain, movement disorders, asthma, many types of cancer, glaucoma, alcohol abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, inflammatory bowel disease, migraines, fibromyalgia, collagen-induced arthritis, and many others. It relieves some symptoms of multiple sclerosis, AIDS, chemotherapy, and spinal cord injuries. FDA and a number of anti-drug organization, who do not support a general legalization of cannabis, have almost the opposite view, they state for example that "there is currently sound evidence that smoked marijuana is harmful."

While the FDA has never reported deaths resulting directly from cannabis use, the herb has been shown to increase incidents of lung cancer and COPD when smoked in conjunction with

Bio/Background of Practitioner:
The use of plants as medicines predates written human history. A 60 000-year-old Neanderthal burial site, "Shanidar IV", in northern Iraq has yielded large amounts of pollen from 8 plant species, 7 of which are used now as herbal remedies.[16]
In the written record, the study of herbs dates back over 5,000 years to the Sumerians, who described well-established medicinal uses for such plants as laurel, caraway, and thyme. Ancient Egyptian medicine of 1000 BC are known to have used garlic, opium, castor oil, coriander, mint, indigo, and other herbs for medicine and the Old Testament also mentions herb use and cultivation, including mandrake, vetch, caraway, wheat, barley, and rye.
In India, Ayurveda medicine has used many herbs such as turmeric possibly as early as 1900 BC.[17] Many other herbs and minerals used in Ayurveda were later described by ancient Indian herbalists such as Charaka and Sushruta during the 1st millennium BC. The Sushruta Samhita attributed to Sushruta in the 6th century BC describes 700 medicinal plants, 64 preparations from mineral sources, and 57 preparations based on animal sources.[18]
The first Chinese herbal book, the Shennong Bencao Jing, compiled during the Han Dynasty but dating back to a much earlier date, possibly 2700 BC,[citation needed] lists 365 medicinal plants and their uses - including ma-Huang, the shrub that introduced the drug ephedrine to modern medicine.

Credentials:
Master Herbalist trained by the elders in Japan.
I'm not sure anyone has smoked more than Jerry.

Specialties:
Herbal Extracts & Tinctures

Blog:
blog.com

Twitter:
mysteryschool.twitter.com

Facebook:
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Video Link/URL 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKFx0M
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