Book: Hemp as a Remedy

Christian Rätsch

This book traces the history and significance of hemp in various medical systems and teachings and provides a wealth of practical applications and recipes.

For at least 6000 years, hemp has been culturally used as a fiber supplier, as food and a luxury item, but its versatile medicinal qualities were also discovered early on. It had its firm place in Pharaonic, Assyrian, ancient, Islamic, and medieval medicine. In Chinese and Tibetan medicine, its euphoric, antidepressant properties are valued; in Ayurveda, it is praised as a panacea and aphrodisiac. But our Germanic-Celtic ancestors also used the plant medicinally. Hildegard von Bingen used it just like Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy.

In modern medical and pharmacological research, the former and ethnobotanical uses of the hemp plant are now being tested and largely confirmed.

With a foreword by Dr. med. Franjo Grotenhermen.