[EN/ES] Cannabis; "the taboo plant" | Cannabis; "la planta tabú"

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El Cannabis se ha vuelto muy popular y controversial en los ultimos años, si bien su produccion y consumo se ha legalizado en distintos lugares del mundo, suele ser mas conocida por sus usos recreativos que por su implementacion en las industrias textiles y de construccion, asi como tambien sus grandes capacidades como planta medicinal. Dejo claro desde este momento, que no vamos a estar profundizando en ningun tipo de contenido recreativo, este Post tiene como finalidad mostrar algunos de los multiples usos del Cannabis en el campo industrial, como tambien en el campo de medicina natural.

Cannabis has become very popular and controversial in recent years, although its production and consumption has been legalized in different parts of the world, it is usually better known for its recreational uses than for its implementation in the textile and construction industries, as well as well as its great capacities as a medicinal plant. I make it clear from this moment, that we are not going to be delving into any type of recreational content, this Post as a purpose to show some of the multiple uses of Cannabis in the industrial field, as well as in the field of natural medicine.

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Antes que nada debemos entender a que nos referimos cuando hablamos sobre Cannabis. Es una planta de la familia de Cannabaceae, que a su vez pertenece al orden de los rosales, tiene como caracteristica ser un arbol de tallo delgado o también llamada hierba erecta, el Cannabis como tal no posee la cantidad de psicoactivos necesarios para inducir ninguna modificaion del sistema nervioso central, dicho eso, existen varias variedades de Cannabis que si poseen una gran cantidad de psicoactivos, algunas se han dado por evolucion natural debido al medio ambiente en el que fue cultivada, existen gran cantidad de variedades y a medida que pasa el tiempo se irán creando mas con la intencion de explotar cada componente de manera especifica, es decir, modificar geneticamente la planta original para crear una variedad capaz de generar una mayor cantidad de un componente en especifico, sea para uso recreativo o medicinal. Por ahora y para simplificar, vamos a referinos al Cañamo, como la variedad del Cannabis que no posee gran cantidad de psicoactivos y a la Marihuana como a la variedad que si los posee, Pero repito y recalco, es un mundo muy extenso, vamos a usar esos dos terminos solamente para simplificar y que la informacion sea mas facil de entender.

First of all we must understand what we mean when we talk about Cannabis. It is a plant of the Cannabaceae family, which in turn belongs to the order of rose bushes, it has the characteristic of being a tree with a thin stem or also called erect grass, Cannabis as such does not have the amount of psychoactive agents necessary to induce any modification of the central nervous system, that said, there are several varieties of Cannabis that do have a large amount of psychoactive substances, some have been given by natural evolution due to the environment in which it was cultivated, there are a large number of varieties and as time passes More will be created with the intention of exploiting each component in a specific way, that is, genetically modifying the original plant to create a variety capable of generating a greater amount of a specific component, whether for recreational or medicinal use. For now and to simplify, we are going to refer to Hemp, as the Cannabis variety that does not have a large amount of psychoactive substances and Marijuana as the variety that does, but I repeat and emphasize, it is a very extensive world, we are going to use those two terms just to simplify and make the information easier to understand.

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Desde hace mas de 8 mil años la humanidad ha cultivado Cannabis, mayormente para su uso textil, para la fabricacion de cuerdas y velas para uso maritimo, asi como tambien para su posterior uso como papel y diversos materiales de construccion, para que se hagan una idea de su antiguedad, las cuerdas que utilizaban los veleros de Cristobal Colon e incluso el papel donde fué redactada el acta de independencia de Estados Unidos de Norte America están hechos de Cañamo, piensen que el proceso evolutivo no ocurrió en ese momento, pasaron miles de años para que se refinara el proceso de fabricacion de cuerdas, por dar un ejemplo.

For more than 8 thousand years, humanity has cultivated Cannabis, mainly for textile use, for the manufacture of ropes and sails for maritime use, as well as for later use as paper and various construction materials, to make a idea of ​​its antiquity, the ropes used by the sailboats of Christopher Columbus and even the paper where the act of independence of the United States of North America was written are made of Hemp, think that the evolutionary process did not occur at that time, thousands of years for the rope-making process to be refined, for example.

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Esto, es Cannabis y por esto se volvió una gran herramienta para la fabricacion mayormente de cuerdas, su tallo está compuesto de miles de fibras individuales que al tejerlas aumentan su resistencia de manera exponencial, desde tiempos historicos una cuerda otorga infinidad de ventajas tecnicas si su implementacion es adecuada, la construccion de arcos para la caza primitiva es un buen ejemplo de ello, seguramente luego de años de estar experimentando con distintos tipos de finas lianas para la fabricacion de los arcos, alguien notó de alguna u otra forma que al entrelazar o enrollar entre si distintas tiras de liana se conseguia crear una cuerda mucho mas fuerte, pero que para el caso del arco especificamente no seria funcional, debido al grosor que la union generaba, a medida que pasan los años se sigue experimentando con distintas clases de plantas hasta que se deja de utilizar lianas y se empiezan a implementar plantas de composicion fibrosa.

This is Cannabis and for this reason it became a great tool for the manufacture mainly of ropes, its stem is composed of thousands of individual fibers that when weaving them increase their resistance exponentially, since historical times a rope gives infinite technical advantages if its implementation is adequate, the construction of bows for primitive hunting is a good example of this, surely after years of experimenting with different types of fine lianas for the manufacture of bows, someone noticed in some way or another that when interlacing or Winding different strips of liana between them was possible to create a much stronger rope, but in the case of the arch specifically it would not be functional, due to the thickness that the union generated, as the years go by, they continue to experiment with different kinds of plants until the use of lianas is stopped and fibrous composition plants begin to be implemented.

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A medida que pasa el tiempo, se va refinando mucho mas el proceso, se consigue la forma de separar las fibras de una manera mas eficiente y esto da como resultado hebras mucho mas finas que posteriormente se utilizan para la produccion de textiles, si bien la tela no parece un avance muy importante en el desarollo de la humanidad, debes pensar que no solo tiene como uso la produccion de ropa, tener tela abre un mundo de posibilidades, la construccion de bolsos es un buen ejemplo, mover herramientas de un lado a otro seguramente era bastante complicado si se intentaba ser silencioso al momento de cazar, algo tan simple como un bolso, le permitia al cazador poder cargar con mas armas y herramientas sin tener que utilizar sus manos, el recolector podia cargar con mas frutas y materiales de construccion, entre muchas otras cosas. Otro ejemplo que podriamos mencionar seria algo tan simple como una manta para dormir, parece muy sencillo y poco importante, pero si lo pensamos detenidamente podremos notar que para una comunidad nomada era mucho mas facil cruzar zonas frias sin temor a morir congelados al caer la noche. Todo esto conlleva un salto evolutivo bastate grande, ya que el solo hecho de recorrer mayores distancias les daba acceso a nuesvos recursos naturales y abria un mundo de posibilidades.

As time passes, the process is refined much more, a way to separate the fibers in a more efficient way is achieved and this results in much finer strands that are later used for the production of textiles, although the Fabric does not seem like a very important advance in the development of humanity, you must think that it is not only used for the production of clothing, having fabric opens a world of possibilities, the construction of bags is a good example, moving tools from one side to the other. Another was surely quite complicated if you tried to be silent when hunting, something as simple as a bag, allowed the hunter to carry more weapons and tools without having to use his hands, the collector could carry more fruits and materials of construction, among many other things. Another example that we could mention would be something as simple as a sleeping blanket, it seems very simple and unimportant, but if we think about it carefully we can see that for a nomad community it was much easier to cross cold areas without fear of freezing to death at nightfall. . All this entails a quite large evolutionary leap, since the mere fact of traveling greater distances gave them access to our natural resources and opened a world of possibilities.

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Hoy en dia sigue experimentando con recursos naturales, por cuestiones economicas y medio ambientales, los materiales alternativos estan tomando fuerza en las sociedades modernas, en la imagen de arriba podemos bloques de construccion que en su fabricacion se utilizó en gran mayoria fibras de Cañamo, esto al igual que los ejemplos anteriores, tambien representa un gran avance en la sociedad y en nuestro proceso evolutivo, si pensamos que un bloque de estos tiene la mitad del valor economico que uno normal, estamos hablando de que muchas mas personas podran tener acceso a casas y sitios de trabajos, no digo que se puedan construir edificios de 8 pisos, pero para Paises con bajos recursos tener casas construidas de esta manera representan un gran ahorro economico, porque no solo estariamos hablando del ahorro al intercambiar un bloque por otro, tambien conlleva un ahorro en transporte ya que poseen un peso inferior y al no poseer ese peso extra tambien estamos reduciendo los accidentes laborales graves en su gran mayoria, ya que no es lo mismo que te caiga un bloque de 4 kilogramos en un pie a que te caigan menos de 2 kilogramos.

Today he continues to experiment with natural resources, for economic and environmental reasons, alternative materials are gaining strength in modern societies, in the image above we can see building blocks that in their manufacture were used in a large majority of Hemp fibers, this Like the previous examples, it also represents a great advance in society and in our evolutionary process, if we think that a block of these has half the economic value of a normal one, we are talking about that many more people will be able to have access to houses and job sites, I am not saying that 8-story buildings can be built, but for countries with low resources having houses built in this way represent a great economic saving, because we would not only be talking about saving when exchanging one block for another, it also entails a saving in transport since they have a lower weight and by not having that extra weight we are also reducing accidents l The vast majority are serious aborals, since it is not the same that a 4 kilogram block falls on one foot as that less than 2 kilograms fall on you.

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Siguiendo con el tema de la construccion, los bloques anteriores ya de por si tienen una resistencia considerable a los elementos, pero si eres de los que les gusta tener una proteccion extra, TAMBIEN HAY PINTURAS DE CANNABIS, todo se aprovecha, en este caso estamos hablando de pinturas a base de aceites naturales extraidos del Cannabis, generalmente las pinturas en aceites son producidas con aceites y sustancias extraidas del petroleo, lo cual conlleva una gran cantidad de procesos quimicos complejos para la descomposicion del mismo, eso sin mencionar que como es bien sabido, no todos los paises poseen este recurso y explotacion tambien genera conflictos internacionales a lo largo de todo el mundo. Entonces actualmente ya se están utilizando aceites naturales para la produccion industrializada de pinturas, si bien el proceso de picmentacion de aceites naturales para la creacion de tintas o pinturas no es algo nuevo, es verdad que son cotumbres que se fueron perdiendo o dejando en segundo plano con la llegada del petroleo.

Continuing with the construction theme, the previous blocks already have considerable resistance to the elements, but if you are one of those who like to have extra protection, THERE ARE ALSO CANNABIS PAINTINGS, everything is used, in this case we are speaking of paints based on natural oils extracted from Cannabis, generally oil paints are produced with oils and substances extracted from petroleum, which entails a large number of complex chemical processes for its decomposition, not to mention that as it is well known, not all countries have this resource and exploitation also generates international conflicts throughout the world. So currently natural oils are already being used for the industrialized production of paints, although the process of picmentation of natural oils for the creation of inks or paints is not something new, it is true that they are customs that were lost or left in the background. with the arrival of oil.

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Ahora que sabemos algunos de los usos practicos que el Cannabis posee, vamos a ver un poco sus usos medicinales, empezando por el uso topico. El Cannabis posee algo llamado Cannabidiol (CBD) esto es uno de los 113 componentes quimicos exclusivos del Cannabis conocidos hasta ahora y posee caracteristicas interesantes en cuanto a uso medicinal se refiere, hubieron dos que me llamaron bastante la atencion y me parecieron facil de comprender y explicar. Una de ellas es que posee un efecto sedativo que resulta bastante util para el uso de cremas relacionadas con quemaduras, heridas leves y dolores musculares y la otra cualidad que me pareció interesante es que tiene caracteristicas inhibidoras, esto quiere decir que detiene o realentiza las reacciones quimicas del cuerpo, se usa como referencia popular esta caracteristica en la lucha contra el cancer, pero vamos un poco apuntando al uso cotidiano, pongo un ejemplo bastante simple para que se logre entender la parte de la inhibicion, digamos que sin querer te haces una herida en un dedo y se te infecta, al aplicar productos con contenido de CBD este proceso infeccioso no se extenderia mas alla de ese dedo o al menos lo haria tan rapidamente, dando mas tiempo de actuar a los antibioticos tradicionales a eso se refiere el proceso inhibidor, ahora, vamos un poco mas alla, digamos que tienes un proceso infeccioso en la garganta, pues el CBD ayudaria a evitar la propagacion de dicha infeccion a las vias nazales o incluso a los pulmones por ejemplo.

Now that we know some of the practical uses that Cannabis has, let's take a look at its medicinal uses, starting with topical use. Cannabis has something called Cannabidiol (CBD) this is one of the 113 exclusive chemical components of Cannabis known so far and has interesting characteristics in terms of medicinal use, there were two that caught my attention and they seemed easy to understand and explain. One of them is that it has a sedative effect that is quite useful for the use of creams related to burns, minor wounds and muscle aches and the other quality that I found interesting is that it has inhibitory characteristics, this means that it stops or slows down reactions chemistry of the body, this characteristic is used as a popular reference in the fight against cancer, but we are pointing a bit to daily use, I put a fairly simple example so that you can understand the part of inhibition, let's say that you accidentally make a Wound on a finger and it becomes infected, when applying products with CBD content this infectious process would not spread beyond that finger or at least it would do it so quickly, giving more time to act for traditional antibiotics, that is what the process refers to. inhibitor, now, let's go a little further, let's say you have an infectious process in the throat, because CBD would help prevent the spread of said infection n to the nazales or even the lungs for example.

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Si bien el uso en cremas es bastante comun y me parece extremadamente practico, la fabricacion de aceites escenciales tambien es bastante comun y util, un ejemplo bastente simple que se me ocurre es su uso como tratamiento capilar para detener o realentizar la caida del cabello, en este caso de nuevo, estariamos hablando de un proceso de inhibicion. Otro ejemplo seria su posible uso al momento de necesitar masajes relajantes o terapeuticos, su efecto sedativo ayudaria a relajar los musculos afectado sin mencionar que seria una manera natural de aliviar el dolor, sin necesidad de tomar pastillas genericas.

Although the use in creams is quite common and seems extremely practical, the manufacture of essential oils is also quite common and useful, a fairly simple example that I can think of is its use as a hair treatment to stop or slow down hair loss, in this case again, we would be talking about an inhibition process. Another example would be its possible use when needing relaxing or therapeutic massages, its sedative effect would help relax the affected muscles, not to mention that it would be a natural way to relieve pain, without the need to take generic pills.

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Su uso gastronomico tambien es bastante conocido en el ambito recreativo, generalmente utilizado en postres, pero como ya vimos, el Cannabis tiene mucho mas potencial que tan solo el uso recreativo, en el ambito gastronomico posee propiedades bastante interesantes a la hora de su utilizacion como hierba, mencionando de nuevo su propiedad inhibidora y su propiedad sedativa, podemos pensar en dos claros ejemplos rapidamente, uno seria para el alivio de malestares estomacales debido a indigestion o algun otro tipo de problema relacionado y la segunda utilizando sus propiedas inhibidoras ayuda mucho al proceso digestivo ya que previene la reproduccion de bacterias invasoras, sin mencionar que al estar siendo absorvida a lo largo de todo el proceso digestivo, podria estar ayudando a la prevencion del cancer de prostata. Algo que quiero aclarar, es que para su uso gastronomico debe tenerse un conocimiento mas aplio respecto a las variedades del Cannabis, ya que su uso y mala manipulacion puede activar los componentes psicoactivos que dicha variedad posea, como regla general los psicoactivos se activaran al estar en contacto constante al calor y se consideran liposolubles, eso quiere decir que se logran mezclar mucho mas facilmente con materias grasas, aceites, mantequillas y lacteos son los mas comunes. Repito, para el uso gastronomico o de ingestion directa, se debe tener un conocimiento mas amplio al respecto.

Its gastronomic use is also well known in the recreational field, generally used in desserts, but as we have already seen, Cannabis has much more potential than just recreational use, in the gastronomic field it has quite interesting properties when it is used as Herb, mentioning again its inhibitory property and its sedative property, we can quickly think of two clear examples, one would be for the relief of stomach discomfort due to indigestion or some other type of related problem and the second, using its inhibitory properties helps a lot to the process. digestive as it prevents the reproduction of invading bacteria, not to mention that being absorbed throughout the digestive process, it could be helping to prevent prostate cancer. Something that I want to clarify is that for its gastronomic use a more aplio knowledge must be had regarding Cannabis varieties, since its use and mishandling can activate the psychoactive components that said variety has, as a general rule the psychoactive ones will be activated in constant contact with heat and are considered fat-soluble, that means that they can be mixed much more easily with fats, oils, butters and dairy are the most common. I repeat, for gastronomic use or direct ingestion, you must have a broader knowledge about it.

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Muy en resumidas cuentas y para concluir, el Cannabis es una planta con multiples propiedades y usos, considero y esto es una opinion personal, que si bien su uso tanto recreativo como medicinal debe ser regulado y estudiado mas a fondo, debemos dejar de verlo como un tema tabú, si tu querido lector, prestaste atencion a cada parrafo, lograras ver que solo nombramos dos de las multiples propiedades curativas del Cannabidiol (CBD) y que tambien el Cannabidiol (CBD) es solo una de las 113 sustancias conocidas provenientes del Cannabis. Creeme que asi como el CBD posee tan buenas propiedades al menos mas de la mitad de esos 113 componentes conocidos tambien poseen propiedades mas interesantes que el uso recreativo, no te pido que consumas Cannabis, de hecho, yo no lo hago, solo te pido que intentemos normalizarlo y podamos hablarlo e investigarlo libremente, para que asi nuestro proceso evolutivo se acelere y dentro de unos cuantos años podamos lograr avances importantes en la medicina y por fin descubrir curas contra enfermedades mortales como lo es el cancer y como lo está siento el Covid-19 a la hora de escribir este Post, sabemos que el Covid-19 es un simple proceso infeccioso el cual podemos controlar y curar solo que es una enfermedad extremadamente rapida que es capaz de matar antes de que los medicamentos hagan efectos y tambien sabemos que el Cannabis posee grandes propiedades inhibidoras capaces de hacer mucho mas lento ese proceso infeccioso, ¿por que no utilizamos las herramientas que ya tenemos? ¿Dejaremos de posiblemente salvar a muchas mas personas por mantener un tabú?

In short, and to conclude, Cannabis is a plant with multiple properties and uses, I consider and this is a personal opinion, that although its recreational and medicinal use must be regulated and studied more thoroughly, we must stop seeing it as A taboo topic, if your dear reader, you paid attention to each paragraph, you will be able to see that we only name two of the multiple healing properties of Cannabidiol (CBD) and that Cannabidiol (CBD) is only one of the 113 known substances from Cannabis . Believe me that just as CBD has such good properties, at least more than half of those 113 known components also have more interesting properties than recreational use, I do not ask you to consume Cannabis, in fact, I do not, I only ask you to Let's try to normalize it and we can talk about it and investigate it freely, so that our evolutionary process accelerates and within a few years we can achieve important advances in medicine and finally discover cures against deadly diseases such as cancer and how Covid is feeling. -19 At the time of writing this Post, we know that Covid-19 is a simple infectious process which we can control and cure only that it is an extremely fast disease that is capable of killing before the drugs take effect and we also know that Cannabis has great inhibitory properties capable of slowing down this infectious process, why don't we use the tools we already have? Will we possibly stop saving many more people by maintaining a taboo?

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