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Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means Ron Garner See book keywords and concepts

There is abundant information to be found on the Internet on the history and present uses of hemp products. Hemp had been cultivated for thousands of years, and by 1937, it was being used to produce over 25,000 products. It has been described as the most useful plant known to man. Various sources state that hemp can be used to make virtually anything that is currently made from cotton, timber, or petroleum. Hemp is an easily and quickly grown annual crop, and therefore a perpetually renewable resource. But, this was a problem, as some interests saw it.

Interview with Ruth Shamai of Ruth's Hemp Foods Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Mike: Canada is exporting, I assume, probably many tons of hemp products and fibers to the United States, correct? Shamai: Not fiber too much. That has other challenges. But seed, for sure. I would say probably that 80 to 90 percent of the hemp used in the United States in the body care and health food industry comes from Canada. Mike: So here's a situation where the United States is sort of "behind the curve," missing out and almost punishing U.S. farmers by not having this opportunity to grow a crop that really brings wealth, abundance and nutrition to the community.

Ruth Shamai of Ruth's Hemp Foods unveils latest lineup of nutritious, hemp-based foods Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

I understand you have several new hemp products this year. Shamai: We always try to bring something new to the shows and so this year we've done a few things. Last year you saw my hemp protein powders: 100% Hemp, Hemp Sprouted Flax and Maca. But we wanted people to be able to travel with them conveniently, and also offer a trial size so people didn't have to make a big investment. So, we brought out the single-serve boxes. Now they can get a smaller box for travel, office, et cetera. Mike: That's very handy because your canister is fairly large for putting in suitcases. Shamai: It is.

Interview with Ruth Shamai of Ruth's Hemp Foods Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Mike: May I shift gears here and ask about any health concerns that hemp products address and that have clinical backing or any kind of double blind placebo-controlled studies? Shamai: Unfortunately, we're a pretty young and rather under-funded industry, so there haven't been hardly any third party studies conducted. There is actually testing under way now. It's a third party test to establish the protein-efficiency ratios, with rat feeding studies and all of those kinds of protocols. All we have now are lab analyses, which is a little different than a protein efficiency ratio.

People who smoke marijuana like to stand behind the hemp shield and say, "No, I was just eating hemp products." Right? As an industry, we fight that, and we say, "No, you weren't." Eating hemp will not trigger a urine drug test, but it still can raise reasonable doubt. And it can make it harder for courts to get convictions. That can cripple the prison industry -- maybe not cripple -- but it could have an effect on it. Mike: As far as your products being distributed in the U.S. market, you're not having any regulatory problems or pressures? Shamai: Not at all.

Hemp Today Ed Rosenthal See book keywords and concepts

The hemp belt regions of India and South America remain unexplored but could be interesting new sources of hemp products. Hemp Caught in an American Time Warp There is a difference in attitude between researchers and institutions abroad and those on this continent, which can be loosely summarized as European traditionalism versus Yankee "can do" bravado. That is why so many products originate in the States—entrepreneurial Americans are more willing to give it a try and see what happens instead of talking themselves out of making the effort.

Prices of hemp products have been low in recent years. In the Ukraine, the retted long hemp fiber is sold for about $200/ton, the woody core is sold for less than $20/ton. Pulp and Paper Technology Among other topics, the Ukrainian Pulp and Paper Research Institute at Kiev investigates pulping, paper making, composite materials and paper recycling. The institute also investigates the use of annual crops (flax, hemp, reed, rice straw) as a raw material for paper making. Currently two pulp plants are operating in the Ukraine, both use aspen wood as raw material, they produce paper and board.

Subjects: Retting processes, post harvest conservation, environmental effects of retting, quality standards for factories, price level proposals for hemp products, organization of labor. 5. Department of large scale processing. Main subject: design of machines for the hemp industry. Besides these departments which concentrate on hemp there is also a laboratory for selection of flax connected with the institute. The institute owns an experimental farm of 100 ha for the implementation of new techniques.

Since the counterfeiting problem was first recognized, there have been not one but two plans put forth to standardize the labeling of hemp products. Hempsters can choose between the IFH (Institute for Hemp) label or the True Hemp label designed by the newly formed True Hemp Certification Council. Both entities are constantly on the alert for manufacturers who misrepresent products as hemp. They will politely confront corporate presidents with their complaint and if no agreement is reached they will use fax machines and modems to mobilize action against the offending company.

Consumer demand for hemp products in the U.S. and west Europe preceded supply and this trend has continued. Textiles Hemp produces between 3 and 5 tons per acre. A total yield of 3.5 tons an acre with a 25% fiber content yields 1750 lbs. of fiber and tow. Between one fourth and one half of it, 440-875 lbs., can actually be spun into a textile grade yarn. A cloth spun of number 10 hemp yarn, similar to a jeans fabric, weighs about 400 grams per square meter (335 grams/ square yard). A single acre yields between 500 and 1,000 square meters (600-1200 square yards) of this fabric.

Although farming hemp commercially is not feasible, hemp products are permitted. Small industries have grown up around imported hemp seed and fiber. These new companies include importers, clothing, accessory, food and cosmetic manufacturers, retailers, mail order companies, and fiber board manufacturers. In the near future we can expect new companies involved in spinning and paper manufacturing. Even with the new industry which is emerging, hemp's future and potential are controversial issues. The editorial focus of this book was to select a balanced group of chapters.

The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications Christian Ratsch See book keywords and concepts

Yuba Gold In the international herb trade, one can even find finished herbal blends based upon hemp products. One popular product is Yuba Gold, which consists of (Miller 1985,23*): 4 parts damiana leaf (Turnera diffusa) 4 parts skullcap herb (Scutellaria lateriflora L.) lU part lobelia herb (Lobelia inflata) 4 parts passionflower herb (Passiflora incarnata; cf. Passiflora spp.) 1 part spearmint leaf (Mentha spicata) Legal Grass This mixture is sold as a marijuana substitute (Brown and Malone 1978, 23*). It consists of: Korean ginseng leaves (Panaxginseng) damiana (Turnera diffusa!

The effects often culminate in a more or less dream-rich sleep. hemp products can also potentiate the effects of other substances (e.g., of such nightshades as Atropa belladonna, Brugmansia spp., Datura spp., Hyoscyamus niger, and, of cocaine, nicotine, opium [Papaver somniferum], ayahuasca, ayahuasca analogs, and Piper methysticum). The effects of cannabis are generally contrary to those of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). Nicotine suppresses the effects of THC, while THC potentiates the effects of nicotine (cf. smoking blends).

Smoking is the most common method of consuming the various hemp products (Knecht 1971). Hemp leaves, the female flowers (ganja), or bits of the sticky, aromatic resin (charas) are stuffed into a chillum, either alone or mixed with thorn apple leaves (Datura metel), henbane (Hyos-cyamus niger), aconite (Aconitum ferox, Aconitum spp.), or tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). The chillum, a symbol and an attribute of Shiva, is then held to the forehead and consecrated to the god with the words Bum Shankar, "hail to the benefactor" (Morningstar 1985).

Today, hemp is the most commonly consumed of all illegal drugs in the world, although its users typically classify hemp products not as drugs but as agents of pleasure (Drake 1971; Haag 1995). Wherever hemp is used, a hemp culture has developed along with it (Giger 1995; Novak 1980; Ratsch 1996a; Vries 1993). In the 1990s, hemp experienced a renaissance when its potential as a useful economic crop with outstanding ecological qualities was rediscovered (Galland 1994; Herer and Brockers 1993; Hesch et al. 1996; Ratsch 1995b; Robinson 1996; Rosenthal 1994; Sagunski et al. 1995; Wasco 1995).

Among the goods found with her were hashish and other hemp products (Stern no. 18, 1994, 194ff.). This hemp species was first described in 1924 by the Russian Janischewsky. Today, it is primarily used to breed low-growing varieties of hemp that contain THC (see Cannabis x and hybrids). Distribution Cannabis ruderalis now grows wild from the Caucasus Mountains to China. Its species name expresses its preference for so-called ruderal places, i.e., rocky locations, scree, and rubbish sites. Cannabis ruderalis originally occurred in the wild only in southeastern Russia (Emboden 1979, 172*).

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Because of its important health benefits, hemp is now being imported from other countries, and hemp products are available at natural-food stores. Hemp oil is a rich source of the two essential fatty acids, omega-3 and omega-6 (particularly omega-3), "good" fats that are required for a healthy body and mind. (See previous question for potential benefits.) Most people get adequate amounts of omega-6 through their diet, but not enough omega-3. In fact, it's very difficult to get enough omega-3 through food alone, especially since it's destroyed by heating.

The Great Book of Hemp: The Complete Guide to the Environmental, Commercial, and Medicinal Uses of the World's Most Extraordinary Plant Rowan Robinson See book keywords and concepts

Some within the industry have been critical of the "fad" hemp products that are on the market. They worry that the focus on hemp fashions instead of on more urgently needed commodities like paper and building products creates a risk that the industry will simply be a flash in the pan. Others have been critical of some members of the U.S. hemp industry for mixing hemp with the marijuana-legalization issue. Many of the products on the market feature a "hemp" leaf that most people associate with marijuana.

In 1987 the only hemp products available in the United States were Hungarian twine, a few specialty papers such as cigarette papers, and sterilized bird seed. In 1989 a group called Business Alliance for Commerce in Hemp (BACH) uncovered and published U.S. Customs hemp import codes, which specifically exclude the stalk and sterilized seed, making these imported items legal for trade. By the summer of 1989, the organization had produced several pieces of literature encouraging hemp entrepreneurs to get started in business and giving them the tools to do it.

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Hemp products threatened certain vested financial and industrial interests, which conspired to destroy the industry by supporting the zealous moral reformers who sought its prohibition at the federal level. The petrochemical and pulp-paper industries in particular stood to lose billions of dollars if the commercial potential of hemp was fully realized. Herer names Hearst and Du Pont as two of the interests most responsible for orchestrating the demise of hemp manufacture.

Meanwhile, the French hemp industry is developing under the aegis of a group of associations: Federation Nationale des Productions de Chanvre (FNPC), dedicated to agronomical research; and Comite Economique Agricole de la Production du Chanvre (CEAPC) and Cooperative Centrale des Producteurs de Semences de Living Chanvre (CCPSC), both concerned with marketing hemp products. The three associations are directed by jean-Paul Mathieu, and FNPC agronomist Olivier Beherec has bred several varieties of hemp suited for the European farming climate.

Original Sources Box 7137 Boulder, CO 80306 Phone: (303) 225-8356 Offers an extensive line of hemp products and services including foods, fiber, fuel and oil, books and information, videos, consulting and analytical services, and seed. Real Goods 966 Mazzoni Street Ukiah, CA 95482-3471 Phone: (707) 468-9292 Fax: (707) 468-0301 Contact: Linda Malone Real Goods is an environmental mailorder company that features a wide range of products for energy-efficient and earth-friendly living. The catalog regularly offers a variety of products made from hemp. For a free copy call (800) 762-7325.

The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications Christian Ratsch See book keywords and concepts

The Brugmansia effects become more obvious when the leaves are combined with hemp products (Cannabis indica, Cannabis sativa). Ritual Use The Indians regard angel's trumpet as sacred. The priests of the Andean peoples smoked the leaves so that they could make prophecies, divine, and diagnose. Many Andean peoples use the seeds as an additive to the chicha (maize beer) that is drunk at village festivals and religious rituals. Artifacts It is astonishing that relatively few artifacts or artistic renditions are associated with angel's trumpet.

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What is so special about hemp oil? It is a wonderful source of omega-3 fatty acids, "good" fats that are required for a healthy body and mind. There are two types of essential fatty acids: omega-6 fatty acids and omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-6 fatty acids are found in nuts, seeds, avocados, grains, and most cooking oils. Most people get adequate amounts of omega-6 fatty acids through their diet, but not enough omega-3. Omega-3 oils are generally found in cold-water fatty fish, deep green vegetables, and some grains and seeds.

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