Indica or Sativa?

[JMA]

I recently starting using MM for Crohns disease with good success. The effectivness of the MM varies based upon what type of MM it is. MM has two main classifications indic a and saliva. Within those there are hundreds of different types of plants. Those plants have different ratios of Cannabinoids and THC. Does anyone have advice to which type of MM plant works the best for Crohns disease?

 

[Brenden]

You will want to find a strain higher in Cannabinoids. Indica would help with the crohns symptoms more than Sativa. Im sure someone will come along with a more detailed answer soon!

 

[hollistic_Joe]

Depending on the strain it can be a indica or sativa it is all the percentage content of CBD that matters most. The strain that works the best smoked for me so far has been grape ape or pineapple express they are two relatively high CBD strains that are usually easily available if you are on the west coast, I would say look for one of the most recent medical cannabis cup winners they supposedly have what is considered to be through the roof CBD percentages that work really well. Personally I use Rick Simpson oil and have not needed pharmaceuticals since. I hope this helped.

 

[FrancisK7]

While CBD is an important cannabinoid for its medical usefulness, THC is just as good at fighting inflammation.

Indica, Sativa and Hybrid strains available today will usually all contain a lot of THC, but other cannabinoids such as CBC, CBG, CBN, CBD (and over 40 more different ones) will come in different ratios. It's that ratio that will impact the perceptual response to the strain, among other things.

The simplest answer is that any strain will effectively treat an IBD even if it has 0% CBD. So long THC is present, it will help. The presence of CBD makes it more efficient, but its absence does not make cannabis useless.

Because Sativa and Indica strains evolved in different climates, their cannabinoid profile also is different. Indica strains will induce a lot of lethargy and sleepiness that can be felt across the entire body depending on the ingestion method. Sativa strains on the other hand can produce the opposite effects: they induce feelings of general well being, a kind of uplifting aura. When you mix those strains to create hybrids, then the response will be a mixture of those side effects as well.

Cannabis users who are experienced and take it for medical purposes usually prefer to avoid the high during the day so they can get on with their work. That is why I prefer a Sativa dominant strain for day use, and an Indica dominant strain for my dose before bed.

If you have a choice, you should seek CBD rich strains regardless on whether it is indica or sativa. Which you prefer to use comes down to personal preference after that.

For tinctures or oils, I prefer to use indica strains. I find them more effective for those applications. For vaporizing, I will use both depending on time of day.

 

[vonfunk]

I agree with everything FrancisK7 says above. Try a few different strains, my old freeloader had Crohn's and while it wasn't uncommon for us to share when one of us was running out, we bought different strains that we felt worked best for each of us.

If you plan on using edibles and have a supply that stays consistent in both dosage and how it affects you, I would recommend trying them during a stretch when you have no commitments. I found that the effects fantastic for my intestines, but they would knock me out quickly and I would remain high for too long, which did not help the first few hours of work the next day (actually it made meetings terrifying, but running reports and creating spreadsheets amazing).

 

[FrancisK7]

vonfunk's advice is good. You will build tolerance over time, but ingested cannabinoids will affect you differently and its effects can last for hours. Inexperienced users will often eat too much cannaedibles thinking they don't feel anything or that it is not working, and when it hits them... bam... couch-locked for a day.

When I began my cannabinoid therapy I took a week off work (I'm a business owner, so it was easy to arrange it, maybe you have vacations days in the bank?) and medicated heavily. I slept through the first 48 hours mostly. After a week I had already built a good enough resistance that I felt I could function. Maybe not at 100% cognitive capacity, but maybe 70%.

Over time that resistance will build more and more and you'll be able to function normally at 100% even when taking multiple doses a day. For recreational users that is not a good thing, but for medical users, it's an advantage.

 

[mys mum]

Hi have read rick simpsom and shona banda's storys and seen granny crows lists, plus am quite clued up on real reasons cannabis was made illegal in the first place i am a mother who does not want to give my 10 yr old daughter who was diagnosed with crohns in 2011 this biological therapy infliximab. Im not sure how much of the oil i should.give her if i made it myself the shona banda way and if doctors would detect it in her routine blood tests.