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ENDOCANNABINOID
SYSTEM
a few life giving systems in place.
- Circulatory or cardiovascular system
- Digestive or excretory system
- Endocrine system responsible for hormones
- Integumentary system or exocrine system (skin, nails, hair, sweat, etc)
- Immune or lymphatic system
- Muscular system
- Nervous system
- Renal or urinary system
- Reproductive system
- Respiratory system
- Skeletal system
what is designed to keep the eleven systems in check.”
Known for his involvement and passion for ‘food as medicine’, “ I was very surprised to learn that the body has what is called an Endocannabinoid System or ECS. You will find that the Endocannabinoid System is another system that is not mentioned in these eleven systems.”
With years without this knowledge, how and why did modern medicine leave this system out?
“Clothing, sails and rope were all made of hemp. “Hemp colonised the whole world. It was hemp that was used for thousands of years. And yet when modern science identified the systems of the body, they left the ECS out. There were no studies, there was no conversation about the Endocannabinoid System and it was left out of the science book.”
short, this 12th system was discovered.
Most cells will have a CB1 and a CB2 receptor. The receptor is like a key, like a lock. Now the brain makes a cannabinoid like a key that will pair and by doing that it allows the cells to function properly.” Korst continues, “If we all had cannabinoids, plenty of cannabinoids, we all would have a functioning Endocannabinoid System, our bodies would work better. Our bodies don’t work well like that anymore because we are Endocannabinoid (deprived), because we are suffering from ECDS, Endocannabinoid Deficiency Syndrome.”
“We get cannabinoids from two places. The body will make a cannabinoid that will travel from the brain to the body and it will pair, and it will stimulate the cell or an organ to work properly. When the body does not have enough cannabinoids, you can go to nature to get those cannabinoids. A cannabinoid you get that your body makes is called a cannabinoid. Cannabinoids you get from nature are called a phytocannabinoid.”
He continued, “When you are young, your body makes cannabinoids and your Endocannabinoid System works fine, and as you get older what the Endocannabinoid System does, it helps the body with the flight and flight (response). It helps manage the body manage its cortisol levels, it helps the body to have a stable internal environment, regardless of the external environment.”
“We are connected to nature. We are not separated from nature.There are 140 known cannabinoids that you can get from a cannabis plant. These phytocannabinoids can be isolated. We are currently only working with about 10 cannabinoids. CBD is one of those. CBD is a cannabinoid. Cannabis has two main strains: hemp (high in CBD) and marijuana (high in THC). Yet all strains have all the cannabinoids.”
Interesting to note, farmers would feed hemp to the animals as a protein rich source of food, and we would eat the animals and then we would get the CBD from the animals. “For our THC we would go to our corner apothecary, or inyanga, or herbalist, and get our THC which was used for different remedies like pain relief and that was all until 1950.
Medicine ignored the Endocannabinoid System between 1950 and 1980s where no research was done and it was left out. Today, children in high school learn about the Endocannabinoid System. Doctors can do points on the Endocannabinoid System.”
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Trailblazing Partners - Issue 6
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Foreword - Issue 6
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Issue 6 - Cover
Issue 6 - Cultivation
