What are the Medical Benefits of Marijuana?

The medical benefits of cannabis are well known. Here are 20 benefits that you probably never knew about.

1. Slow and stop cancer cells from spreading
   Cannabidiol has the ability to stop cancer and may prevent cancer from spreading.

2. Prevent Alzheimer’s
   THC slows the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. THC slows the growth of plaques that kill brain cells, and potentially lead to Alzheimer’s disease.

3. Treat Glaucoma
   Marijuana can be used to treat glaucoma. Glaucoma results from an increase in the pressure in the eyeball, injuring the optic nerve and causing loss of vision. An increase in blood flow to the eyes is a remedy for Glaucoma and subsequently preventing blindness.

4. Relieve Arthritis
   Cannabis reduces pain and inflammation, and promotes sleep, which may help relieve pain and discomfort for people with rheumatoid arthritis.

5. Control Epileptic seizure
   Marijuana use can control epileptic seizure as THC binds to the brain cells responsible for controlling excitability and regulating relaxation.

6. Ease the pain of multiple sclerosis
   Marijuana works to stop the negative neurological effects and muscle spasms caused by multiple sclerosis.

7. Soothe tremors for people with Parkinson’s disease
   Recent studies shows that smoking marijuana remarkably reduces pains and tremors and improves sleep for Parkinson’s disease patients.

8. Help with Crohn’s disease
   Cannabis may be helpful with curing Crohn’s disease. Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disorder that causes pain, vomiting, diarrhea, weight loss, and more. The cannabinoids from cannabis seem to help the gut control bacteria and intestinal function.

9. Decrease the symptoms of Dravet’s Syndrome
   Dravet Syndrome causes seizures and severe developmental delays. Cannabidiol interacts with the brain cells to quiet the excessive activities in the brain that causes the seizures.

10. Lessen side effects from treating Hepatitis C
    Treating Hepatitis C infection has severe side effects. Cannabis has been found to lessen the severity of these side effects.

11. Decrease anxiety
    Another of the drug’s benefits may actually be reduced anxiety, which would improve the smoker’s mood and act as a sedative in low doses. Beware, though, higher doses may increase anxiety and make you paranoid.

12. Help reverse the carcinogen effects of tobacco, and improve lung health
    It is believed that the increased lung capacity is due to the deep breaths taken while inhaling the drug, and not from a therapeutic chemical in the drug.

13. Reduce severe pain, and nausea from chemo, and stimulates appetite
    One of the most common uses of medical marijuana is for people going through chemotherapy. Cancer patients going through chemo suffer from severe pains, painful nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite. Marijuana can help reduce these side effects, reducing pain, decreasing nausea, and stirring up the appetite.

14. Improve symptoms of Lupus, an autoimmune disorder.
    Medical marijuana is used to treat the autoimmune disorder which is when the body starts attacking itself for unknown reasons. Some chemicals present in cannabis is responsible to calm the immune system, which maybe the reason to help deal with symptoms of Lupus.

15. Protect brain after a stroke.
    Cannabis may help protect the brain from damage caused by a stroke by reducing the size of the area affected by the stroke.

16. Help veterans suffering from PTSD
    Marijuana is approved to treat PTSD in some states in America. Naturally occurring cannabinoids, similar to THC, help control the system that causes fear and anxiety in the body and brain.

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There are many more medical benefits of cannabis and this is why it is widely used for various medical treatments.

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