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Health Conditions Treatable By the Indica Strain:
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Veriheal

May 15, 2018, 10:00 ET

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NEW YORK (PRWEB) May 15, 2018 -- It should come as no surprise to anyone that medical and recreational marijuana industries are booming. In 2017 alone, the medical marijuana industry made 3.2 billion dollars.

This boom has started a larger nationwide debate about the ethics, societal effects, and medical benefits of marijuana. This debate has muddied the water around marijuana on these issues. Some may now believe that the medical benefits of marijuana are overstated – that people just want to get high.

This is flatly untrue.

Almost all strains of marijuana can have tremendous palliative effects that will boost your wellbeing. But the more specific you can get the better. Depending on your ailment, you might need to find a strain with a lower or higher THC content.

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Medical marijuana, particularly a good Indica strain, can alleviate the symptoms of an exhaustive list of ailments.

Below, we’ve compiled a list of conditions treatable by Indica strains of marijuana.

But First, What Is Indica?

Before we actually get into its benefits, let’s establish an understanding of what the difference is between an Indica strain of marijuana and other strains.

There are many different strains, cross-breeds and hybrids of marijuana. But they all fall under two umbrella groups: Indica and Sativa.

As plants, Indica is typically shorter and stouter while Sativa is taller and lankier. Because Indica produces a smaller yield as a plant, its buds are typically more densely packed with THC, the psychoactive chemical in marijuana.

Both Indica and Sativa also produce different highs. Sativa is famously known to give the user a euphoric, uplifting, “heady” high and an Indica strain of marijuana is known to be more of a “body high.” It’s the type of weed that relaxes your muscles and makes you sink into your couch.

The Medical Benefits Of An Indica Strain

With an Indica's relaxing properties, an the strain is deal for ailments relating to muscle pain, spasming, and restlessness. Below are some specific use cases for Indica marijuana, though medical cannabis has endless uses.

Insomnia

Insomnia is becoming a growing ailment for people these days. Thanks to the inundation of media and stimuli receive while we’re awake, it has become more difficult for people to turn their brains off when they go to sleep.

However, after smoking marijuana, a 2013 study found that users had less difficulty falling asleep than their non-smoking peers. It actually reduced the time it took for them to fall asleep by over an hour.

Epilepsy

Weed has become so effective in treating seizures. Scientists have even created a Sativa-Indica strain called Charlotte’s Web designed specifically to treat epilepsy and other maladies.

Charlotte’s Web was named after a girl named Charlotte Figi who used to experience frequent debilitating seizures. Until she started smoking this strain, that is.

Because of its lower THC content, Charlotte’s Web is legally classified as hemp instead of marijuana, making it easier for potential patients to obtain. This is an important classification. Scientists’ ability to separate THC from other compounds allow us to sidestep the issue of legality entirely.

PTSD

For veterans returning from war, rape survivors, and men or women escaping from abusive relationships, PTSD can be a life-threatening ailment. It keeps you anxious, afraid, angry, and unable to sleep.

The worst symptom of PTSD is the chronic nightmares a victim of the disorder experiences.

Thankfully, marijuana has come to the rescue. In 2009, a study found that THC served as a fantastic treatment for PTSD-related nightmares. The study found that users slept longer, had a better sleep quality, and had fewer daytime flashbacks when awake.

Chronic Pain

A good Indica strain of marijuana gives you a “stoned” feeling. Your body gets heavy, and the high hits you in the body and legs. For someone looking to get high with their friends, Indica may not be the weed for you, but if you suffer from chronic physical pain it may be perfect for you.

Inflammation

Not only can marijuana ease the pain in your large muscle groups, it can also alleviate the pain in your bones and joints as well. Ailments like arthritis and fibromyalgia are caused partially by severe inflammation in the joints.

Thankfully, research has shown that the cannabinoids in weed can reduce your inflammation as well.

Marijuana works for inflammation because the cannabinoids in weed encourage the apoptosis, or death, of T-cells in your body, which regulate your immune system. The death of T-cells (which is needed to eventually regenerate them), results in the suppression of your immune system. This then leads to the reduction of inflammation, since an overactive immune system is what creates that response.

Looking For A Medical Indica Strain?

Almost all strains of marijuana can have tremendous palliative effects that will boost your wellbeing. But the more specific you can get the better. Depending on your ailment, you might need to find a strain with a lower or higher THC content. Like with any other medicinal product, there is no one cure-all drug, so you need to find one that specifically works for you. A doctor wouldn’t prescribe you Xanax for foot pain, so you shouldn’t buy Charlotte’s Web to treat your severe back pain.

On top of figuring out the balance of cannabinoids you need, different strains also have different levels of potency, so that’s something you should be looking out for as well.

If you’re lost and don’t know where to begin looking for the right weed for you, check out Veriheal's dispensary locator resource. Dispensaries are typically staffed with marijuana experts that can help you find the perfect Indica strain for you, or any other. Need a medical marijuana card? Veriheal can help.

Anthony, Veriheal, http://www.veriheal.com, 4438850272, [email protected]

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