Author: Science India
Few plants have travelled a journey as complex as Bhaanga (Cannabis sativa L.). Celebrated in mythology, employed in traditional medicine, restricted by law, investigated by western science and increasingly valued as a sustainable industrial resource, Cannabis occupies a unique place in human history. For many people today, the word Cannabis immediately evokes discussions around recreational use and intoxication. Yet this perspective captures only a fraction of the plant’s identity. Ayurveda, classical Indian literature and emerging scientific research collectively reveal a far broader narrative—one in which Bhaang appears as a carefully regulated medicinal herb, a subject of neurobiological research and a…
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