The 1200s saw the plague, called the Black Death, spread its tentacles across Europe

The 1200s saw the plague, called the Black Death, spread its tentacles across Europe. Many traditional herbalists and apothecaries tried bleeding, purging, mercury, and arsenic to stem the epidemic with little success.

 

Three centuries later, Henry VII of England made a significant impact on the history of herbal medicine in Europe by promoting its practice in the face of the growing number of untrained apothecaries.

 

History of Herbal Medicine – The Present

 

In the year 2000, the European Union passed a legislation advocating that all herbal medicines should be subject to compulsory clinical testing comparable to that undertaken for conventional drugs. Thus, all herbal medicines would be licensed.

 

 

 

 

Household Herbal Highs

 

By definition, the term “high” is a state of being in ecstasy. The word is derived from the Greek ekstasis, which means to be outside oneself. To be high therefore is to be in a category of trance where an individual goes beyond ordinary consciousness resulting in a heightened capacity for exceptional thought and experience.

 

In early human history, the first humans to try to achieve high are the shamans, monks, or other spiritual guides who use this state to achieve the culmination of their spirituality. Some shamans used drugs taken from plants in order to reach this desired state, while others relied purely on meditation, ritual, music, dance, and other ascetic practices.

 

In today’s modern world, the chemical means of achieving such a state is considered much more appealing and plants that are traditionally considered as spirit-inducing, such as marijuana, cannabis, and opiates, are now marketed heavily as household herbal highs. These household herbal highs are considered illegal in most countries yet they still continue to proliferate behind the backs of government authorities. Below is a brief outline of one of the commonest household herbal highs currently being used -- Marijuana.

 

Household Herbal Highs: Marijuana

 

Marijuana or Cannabis is a genus of hardy, dioecious herbs that grow annually. It is commonly known as hemp and has been used by humans throughout history for its fiber. It is one of the earliest known drugs used by shamans as a household herbal high to achieve trancelike states which are commonly attributed to having reached nirvana.

 

 




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