Steinmetz:Cannabis

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Cannabis sativa var. indica

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Moraceae
English Names
  • Indian Hemp
  • Hashish herb (Mexican Hashish is known as Marihuana or Marijuana)
Natural Habitat
  • Eastern Asia (including India)
  • Egypt
  • Iran
  • Eastern Europe
  • East- and South Africa; naturalized in South America
  • Zanzibar
  • U. S. A.
  • Mexico
Part(s) Used
  • Herba Cannabis indicae
  • Oleum Cannabis indicae
  • Ganja (known in the English drug market as "Guaza")
Constituent(s)
  • resin (cannabinone)
  • known in India as Charas and containing cannabinol
  • cannabol
  • cannabindiol
  • cannin
  • cholin
Action
  • herb: soporific
  • anodyne
  • antispasmodic
  • hypnotic
  • narcotic
  • intoxicant
  • nerve-stimulant
  • toxic; oil: narcotic
  • intoxicant
  • toxic. The plant attains its highest therapeutic power when grown in tropical or subtropical countries
  • inasmuch as it develops there a larger content of resin than elsewhere. Especially the female plants growing in the hot regions of the tropics yield a quantity of resin possessing intoxicating properties



Cannabis sativa var. vulgaris

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Cannabinaceae
English Names
  • Common Hemp
Natural Habitat
  • Europe
  • Western Asia
  • China
Part(s) Used
  • Fructus Cannabis
Constituent(s)
  • fruit: nuclein
  • lecithin
  • sugar
  • albuminoids
  • cholin
  • trigonellin (alkaloid)
  • fatty oil
  • resin
  • mucilage; leaf: cholin
  • cinnabinol
Action
  • fruit: tonic
  • laxative
  • alterative
  • emmenagogue; used as bird food
  • - The plant is considerably less narcotic
  • stupefying
  • antispasmodic
  • etc. than the variety indica (which see)
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