This article was originally published on the Marijuana Patients Organization site on July 13, 2012.
“You know, it doesn’t really matter if Cannabinoids can reduce Heart Attacks by 66%, Insulin dependent Diabetes by 58%, prevent Cancers – because if we can’t figure out how to deal with the environment it’s Game Over, and Game Over fairly quickly.”
— Dr. William Courtney
Cannabis clinician Dr. William Courtney recommends drinking 4 – 8 ounces of raw flower and leaf juice from any Hemp plant, 5 milligrams of CBD per kg of body weight, 50 mg of THC and a salad of Hemp seed sprouts daily, taken across 5 doses.
It is more efficient to drink heated juice than inhaling THC doses because there is no loss on preparation, through vaporization, adhesion or degradation.
Patients using blood pressure, birth control, Epilepsy, Anti-psychotic or any Cardiac medicines will need more juice to elevate their serum Cannabinoid levels.
- Patients suffering from end stage Cancer should eat fresh, 3 month old flowers whole.
- Plants sprayed with in-organic pesticide shouldn’t be juiced, but some pests are edible, such as Spider mites.
- Do not rinse leaves before juicing because trichomes detach too easily, instead soak them in water or Hemp seed oil for five minutes before-hand. To juice flowers, leaves or sprouts: a Masticating juicer works best. If you use a blender, adding vegetables may help it chop fibers apart. To preserve each dose of juice, fill Baby food jars so the air inside is minimized. A dose of juice frozen into an ice cube tray will retain it’s medicinal value.
- Dried flowers can be ground up and eaten with yogurt or other fatty foods.
- To consume more CBD without Dysphoria, patients remove THC by boiling it off with a heat gun at 166 degrees.
- Delta 9 THC boils at 157 degrees, Delta 8 THC boils at 175, CBD boils at 188 degrees.
“The amount of Cannabinoids we need would be difficult to get through smoked Cannabis without feeling the intoxicating effects” — Kristen Courtney