10 The surprising benefits of cannabis for health

During this time marijuana has a pretty bad reputation, especially in health issues. The use of marijuana in inappropriate and indiscriminate doses can cause many health problems. Suppose an addiction, anxiety, or brain damage related to memory. A study even found that the risk of heart attack increased within an hour after a person smoked marijuana
Even so, it seems unfair to see marijuana only based on the bad effects it produces. Cannabis also has a good side and can be utilized in terms of health if used properly. Here are some of the surprising benefits that cannabis can give to health, as reported by Care2 (07/08).

1. Alzheimer's
   Based on research by the Scripps Research Institute, marijuana is known to slow down Alzheimer's disease that attacks the brain. These results have also been published in the journal Molecular Pharmaceutics.

2. Anxiety
   Researchers from Harvard Medical School found that marijuana has an effect that can help calm one's anxiety. Of course, this only applies to the use of marijuana in the right dosage. The use of cannabis in high doses can actually have the opposite effect of increasing anxiety and paranoid thoughts.

3. Arthritis
   Marijuana is known to relieve pain and pain, as well as inflammation associated with arthritis disease.

4. Cancer
   Research published in the journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics found that the substance cannabidiol contained in cannabis can 'turn off' a gene called "Id-1" used cancer cells to spread throughout the body.

5. Epilepsy
   In a study at Virginia Commonwealth University, researchers found that marijuana could be used to stop epileptic seizures. However, this study is only done on animals and has never been tested in humans.

6. Glaucoma
   Researchers are currently developing new drugs with marijuana to treat pain caused by glaucoma. This is done after the researchers know that effective cannabis can be used to treat the condition of glaucoma. Glaucoma is a condition that increases pressure on the eyeball and may result in loss of vision ability.

7. Lung health
   Research in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that cannabis can increase lung capacity. This is contrary to the belief of many people that marijuana can lower lung capacity and ability.

8. Multiple sclerosis
   Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease that attacks the central nervous system such as the brain's nerves, spinal cord, and optic nerve. A study conducted at the Canadian Medical Association Journal found that cannabioids were on

9.NAusea
Cannabis contains at least 60 chemicals called cannabinoids and THC that can provide a 'float' effect on the device. However, in the right dosage and way, THC can also be used to overcome a sense of starting, including also in drugs that can cause nausea.

1. Parkinson's disease
   Research published in medPage Currently found marijuana can be used to overcome tremor and motor skills improvement in patients affected by Parkinson's disease.

Those are some of the shock benefits that cannabis has for health. This does not mean you can directly use marijuana if you have one of the above diseases. The use of marijuana still has to go through the right procedures and in the appropriate dosage also to get the benefits optimally and also the adverse effects that cannabis can provide.