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It’s stigma seems to be evaporating rapidly on Indian turf. From an intoxicating agent provocateur to an alternative cure for creaky joints, insomnia, anxiety and other urban health disorders, cannabis has finally arrived in a slick avatar, bottled in essential oils. It’s become a #shelfiegoal2022, having a CBD oil-powered curative potion to zap away your health niggles. Hemp products have clearly jumped the erstwhile hump of reservations and misconceptions, on the alternative medicine bandwagon. The cannabis economy is growing.
The medicinal properties of the plant find specific mentions in ancient Vedic literature. The Atharva Veda cups cannabis as a cure for many illnesses. The Sushruta Samhita, dated between the third and eighth centuries BCE, advocated the use of cannabis for phlegm and diarrhoea. Yet, with our common perceptions of ganja on the ghats, clay chillums being passed around in clouds of smoke, and hashish taking over senses, the country has been silently continuing ‘psychoactive’ cultivation of hemp, a cousin of the marijuana, often with religious and medicinal accents.
The acceptability of the versatile hemp is finally gaining well-deserved ground, with cannabis-powered wellness products being sold online, and emerging as bestsellers in the space. “When we started out, we had to explain why wearing a hemp shirt would not get one intoxicated. Today, people of all generations buy our products and opt…
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Express News Service
It’s stigma seems to be evaporating rapidly on Indian turf. From an intoxicating agent provocateur to an alternative cure for creaky joints, insomnia, anxiety and other urban health disorders, cannabis has finally arrived in a slick avatar, bottled in essential oils. It’s become a #shelfiegoal2022, having a CBD oil-powered curative potion to zap away your health niggles. Hemp products have clearly jumped the erstwhile hump of reservations and misconceptions, on the alternative medicine bandwagon. The cannabis economy is growing.
The medicinal properties of the plant find specific mentions in ancient Vedic literature. The Atharva Veda cups cannabis as a cure for many illnesses. The Sushruta Samhita, dated between the third and eighth centuries BCE, advocated the use of cannabis for phlegm and diarrhoea. Yet, with our common perceptions of ganja on the ghats, clay chillums being passed around in clouds of smoke, and hashish taking over senses, the country has been silently continuing ‘psychoactive’ cultivation of hemp, a cousin of the marijuana, often with religious and medicinal accents.
The acceptability of the versatile hemp is finally gaining well-deserved ground, with cannabis-powered wellness products being sold online, and emerging as bestsellers in the space. “When we started out, we had to explain why wearing a hemp shirt would not get one intoxicated. Today, people of all generations buy our products and opt…