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Marijuana Plant Benefited Bowel Issues

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) include chronic diseases such as Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis, and are known to respond to cannabis (marijuana) preparations but there are hundreds of compounds in the plant. This study was designed to determine which component was most likely to represent the beneficial anti-inflammatory effect seen on bowel conditions. The authors determined […]

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Marijuana Helpful For Irritable Bowel Disease

In the gastroenterology field, cannabis (marijuana) is well known for it’s beneficial effect on vomiting, nausea, diarrhea and poor appetite. It is also shown that marijuana reduces intestinal inflammation. A prospective survey study on 292 Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD) patients revealed that 16.4 % of IBD patients in the US have used Cannabis to treat […]