When the word "Cancer" appears in your life, it is often too late to think about its health practices. Indeed, before being really confronted with the disease, we often believe we are immortal. We think that nothing serious can happen to us. Obviously, it is upstream and therefore in prevention that we should proceed by establishing a lifestyle that is practically irreproachable. Both physically, through food for example, and emotionally, even through our energetic and spiritual connection. But when illness comes into our lives, we are left with few options. We then opt for curative rather than preventive care.
Chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery are all terms that frighten the most sensitive people, and rightly so. Fortunately, when we look deeper into alternative therapies, we discover a new world. There are indeed a whole series of new possibilities more in harmony with the body and mind. It is in this more holistic search that one might feel drawn to a plant called Cannabis Sativa.
Therapeutic or euphoric?
Generally known for its euphoric and soaring action, the Cannabis plant has very bad press with the majority of the population. Yet, if we delve deeper into the study of this plant, we quickly discover that it has many therapeutic virtues. Indeed, as far as cancer is concerned, Cannabis Sativa would allow to destroy cancerous cells, to decrease the effects of chemotherapy but also to have a curative impact on stress, very important besides when one fights against a disease.
In order to understand the mechanism of the plant, let's see the two main molecules that compose it:
- CBD - cannabidiol - is a cannabinoid with adaptogenic properties. It regulates the adrenal function by balancing it while offering a positive response to stress. It is also this molecule that improves the body's response to suffering. The latter allows the nervous system to ignore the pain. Therefore, CBD will counterbalance the effect of THC.
- THC - tetrahydrocannbinol - is more present in Cannabis (only in the female plant) than CBD. This molecule that the plant produces contains psychoactive properties that have the reputation of making recreational use. The bad reputation of cannabis is thus due to the THC which composes it.
And yet, in parallel to this bad image, some studies prove that THC would prevent cancer cells from evolving and growing thanks to its anti-metastasic properties.
Therefore, it is by using the plant in its entirety that the best results will be obtained.
To date, many studies prove the benefits of a therapeutic use and particularly cancer. In addition, the side effects of some drugs are far more dangerous than supervised use, with strict dosages, than cannabis.
"Cannabinoids could cause anti-tumor effects through a variety of mechanisms, including inducing cell death, inhibiting cell growth, and inhibiting tumorangiogenesis invasion and metastasis. " (www.cancer.gov)
How to use it?
One will prefer easily a food use of the plant. Indeed, smoking cannabis is not the most suitable method to benefit from the healing aspects of the plant. The possibilities are diverse with the creation of oil or juice directly from the fresh plant.
For example, for a juice, Dr. Ty Bollinger recommends 15 leaves and 2 buds per day, to be added to the other fruits and vegetables included in the drink.
Advice given on cannabis should not be used as a substitute for ongoing medical treatment. In the case of cancer, regular visits to an oncologist are recommended. Natural health protocols should not be self-medicating or self-treating.