Cannabis use in Ancient China

Cannabis and Hemp has been used since the dawn of civilization, the ancient Chinese discovered early on not only the practical but also medicinal properties of Hemp and Cannabis. In fact the earliest records and archeological evidence of the cultivation of Hemp come from China. Today I take you on a 4/20 friendly episode of Cannabis or Má use in ancient China. 
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:55 Earliest medicinal use
04:22 Other parts of the plants used
07: 50 Yin & Yang parts of the plant
10:02 Practical uses for hemp fiber
13:30 Mid show break
13:56 Shennong the Father of Chinese medicine
17:56 Documenting the herbs (The book Materia Medica)
21:29 The valley of Shennong
23:40 Wrap up
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Sources: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Má
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_medical_cannabis
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-teenage-mind/201105/history-cannabis-in-ancient-china
https://www.amazon.com/Cannabis-Lost-History-Chris-Rice/dp/B078T3P72T

Shen nong
http://www.itmonline.org/arts/shennong.htm  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shennong_Ben_Cao_Jing 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shennong 
 https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/chinesemedicine/emperors.html  
https://www.asmalldoseoftoxicology.org/shen-nung


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