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sativa

Sativa vs Indica – get to know your Cannabis

Taxonomy, or classification and nomenclature of biology, is a science that might sound pedantic to most (think lenghty classification in latin) but it generates great interest when it comes to Cannabis. Medically, each strain produces different effects and therapeutic value due to a mixed terpenoid and cannabinoid profile. It is...

depression

Depression: what to eat to treat it

This Neurocooking episode brought from you by NatureGoingSmart.com. Here, we will show you why nutrition has such an important role in the chemistry of our brain and in particularly the best food to cure depression. The episode focuses on how to eat for beating depression. The information reported cite studies...

hallucinogenic

Hallucinogenic substances: are they increasing creativity?

A long list of natural occurring hallucinogenic  alkaloids, such as mescaline, dimethyltryptamine (DMT) or psylocibin as well as the ergotamine-synthesised LSD have been object of countless books and music, to the point that, once A. Huxley opened “The doors of perception”, an entire generation followed and gave life to the psychedelic...

Sativex: Gw Pharmaceuticals

Sativex: la via olistica per una salute migliore?

Sativex: Che cos’è? Sativex ®, dalle parole della casa farmaceutica produttrice GW Pharmaceuticals, è “la prima medicina da prescrizione alla cannabis al mondo“. Questa medicina contiene i due principi attivi che compongono la pianta di cannabis, Δ-9 THC (Delta-9-tetraidrocannabinolo) e CBD (cannabidiolo). La Sativex ® è stato autorizzato completamente in Gran Bretagna dal...

chemotherapeutics

Chemotherapeutics pain relief beyond THC: a novel mechanism

What is chemotherapy-induced neuropathy Evidences have shown that chemotherapeutics induce peripheral neuropathic pain, an hypersensitization of the conducting nerves characterized by shooting or burning sensation following gentle touch (which would not provoke pain in healthy individuals). This condition is also said allodynia, described as a lower threshold to pain, which...