Hemp Oil

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> Hemp oil as sold in health food stores is not the same stuff used to

> fight cancer. The oil that is needed is made from the entire plant

> and contains all the 60 or so active cannabinoids. The health food

> product is made from seeds and comes from a strain of hemp used to

> make fiber related products. It has no active cannabinoids.

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Hemp was mentioned a little while back, and as I have been doing a bit of

research today I thought I would pass on some of the snippets. I had bought

some Hemp Oil in Queensland (HFS) in July but hadn't opened it (just noticed

tonight that the use-by date was August!). Also noticed tonight that while

it said Hemp Oil on the front, it said Hemp Seed Oil on the side - which

apparently is not really the oil all the excitement is about - or is it?

Some sites talk as if there is only one kind of plant, but another article

draws the distinction

between different varieties, and most sources don't refer to the latin

nomenclature at all. Also, in general the terminology is inexact,

interchanging hemp oil and hemp seed oil as if unaware of any difference,

except on this site:

" Is this the same as hemp seed oil? http://www.phoenixtears.ca/diy.html

No! This is hemp oil, made from the bud and small leaves of the hemp plant.

It is the essential oil of the hemp plant. Health food store sells oil made

from hemp seed that is often mislabeled as hemp oil. Although seed oil is

very beneficial, it does not contain enough THC to have any effect on cancer

and other serious illnesses.

To energize someone suffering from depression, I recommend a good Sativa

strain. For most other medical conditions, I strongly suggest that Indica

strains be used. Indicas relax a person and provide them with more rest and

sleep.

.... For someone new to making the oil I suggest that you go to " Run From The

Cure " . There you can watch our documentary in seven segments. Segment #4

shows how the oil can be produced at home or one can go to Phoenix Tears

Movie and download the full documentary. You will need a high-speed internet

connection and there is no charge. The process in the video could only be

described as crude at best, but the oil that is produced will cure cancer.

In reality, this medicine should be produced in a controlled environment,

using distilling equipment, etc. to reclaim the solvent and to purify the

oil. "

Also:

This oil is very potent so one must begin treatment with small doses. A drop

of oil about half the size of a grain of rice, two to four times a day is a

good beginning. After four or five days, start increasing your daily dosage

very gradually. As time goes on the body builds a tolerance to the oil and

more and more can be taken. In cases where people are in a great deal of

pain, I recommend that their dosage be quickly increased until it kills the

pain. High quality hemp oil will stop pain even when morphine is not

effective. The oil can be applied to external injuries for pain relief in

minutes.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Health-Benefits-of-Hemp-Oil & id=61184

- but this article says hemp oil is derived from hemp seeds. It also

says:

Is it Illegal? In short, no. The Latin name Cannabis sativa actually

translates as 'useful hemp'! The confusion and concern often arises due to

the fact that hemp seed/oil is derived from the plant Cannabis sativa, which

is often incorrectly linked to the psychoactive substance, marijuana. The

psychoactive ingredient of marijuana is the chemical THC, however the

quantities of THC in hemp oil are so small that they are regarded as

insignificant. In fact, for commercial hemp oil products to comply with

Government regulations, they must contain less than 10ppm THC, which is

very, very little. However, in the majority of products absolutely none can

be detected. It would be almost impossible for this level of THC intake to

measure even close to illegal levels during a drug urine test. Although the

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced a worldwide ban on the sale

of all hemp based foods and oils in 2001, this decision was condemned as

illegal in 2004 following a successful appeal to the Ninth US Circuit Court

of Appeals in San Fransisco.

http://www.thenhf.com/articles/articles_659/articles_659.htm

Medical Veritas article also says it is made from the seeds.

The International Medical Verities Association is putting hemp oil on its

cancer protocol. It is a prioritized protocol list whose top five items are

magnesium chloride, iodine, selenium, Alpha Lipoic Acid and sodium

bicarbonate. It makes perfect sense to drop hemp oil right into the middle

of this nutritional crossfire of anti cancer medicines, which are all

available without prescription. . . Derived from hemp seeds (a member of

the achene family of fruits) it has been regarded as a superfood due to its

high essential fatty acid content and the unique ratio of omega3 to omega6

and gamma linolenic acid (GLA) - 2:5:1. Hemp oil, is known to contain up to

5% of pure GLA, a much higher concentration than any other plant, even

higher than spirulina

This is a Sircus article, with interesting information - but was it hemp bud

oil or hemp seed oil used in the experiments?

A article refers to The hemp oil produced from the Female Hemp Plant

Bud and leaves, (the variety containing THC)

So now we have introduced gender and leaves into the discussion also!

http://www.ecostore.com.au/why%20hemp%20oil.html

Other Diseases - A number of clinical studies suggest administration of GLA

as preventive measure and as a treatment for multiple sclerosis,

schizophrenic psychosis, and cancer. Multiple sclerosis occurs more

frequently in geographical regions where the diet includes high amounts of

saturated fats. Dietary supplementation of unsaturated fatty acids may have

a positive effect on the course of the disease. In patients with

schizophrenic psychosis disturbances are found in the fatty acid metabolism

which might be treated through administration of essential fatty acids.

It talks about hemp oil, refers to it once as hemp seed oil, and then says:

Hemp seeds do not contain the drug tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is the

psychoactive substance in marijuana. Minute amounts of THC may be

transferred from the leaves into the oil during pressing.

Those leaves again!

Its page http://www.ecostore.com.au/why%20hemp%20seed.html

says ,... there is no drug content in hemp seed. Just as there is no drug

content in poppy seeds, even though they come from the plant that produces

opium. It's just that poppies cannot make 75000 different products that

compete with just about every industry that makes money for the rich people

currently in power.

http://www.sanihemp.com.au/web/massage.html?PHPSESSID=9fe5c09e97bed5d560a6a377ba\

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is the site for the people producing the oil I bought. They say: In

Australia The oil itself is perfectly legal. Hemp seeds are allowed in

commerce if they have been sterilized in some way to prevent germination.

This is usually done by subjecting them to heat. At the moment, the Ohio

Hempery is importing sterilized seeds from Canada and extracting the oil

here, but it hopes to get some sort of exemption from this requirement in

order to be able to use the freshest seeds possible in the future.[sani Hemp

Oil iscold pressed close to the point of harvest chilled and nitrogen sealed

to ensure maximum freshness] In Australia and some other countries

consuming Hemp Seed Oil is illegal. This however does not stop you from

gaining many of the benefits by massaging the oil into the skin. This is in

a plastic bottle.

http://www.happyplanet.com.au/page.php?PageID=4

Hemp Oil is produced by cold-pressing fresh hemp seeds.

Hemp oil is best not used in cooking, but as an edible nutritional oil.

Production of hemp oil is usually carried out in a hydraulic screw press

with a maximum heat of 45? C (110?F). Lower temperatures produce nutty, hazy

oil. Higher temperatures produce darker, greener oil. More high-tech methods

of producing oil include super critical fluid extraction (using carbon

dioxide). Such methods are designed to efficiently extract the oil from the

seed, without using petro-chemicals and ensuring a safe, low heat. Hexane

extraction is used for non-food grade hemp oil, often used for paints.

Hemp oil is best when unrefined as processing diminishes the nutritional

value by de-naturing the essential fatty acids (EFAs).

The best test for the quality of any oil is the taste test. It is easy to

differentiate between the rancid, scratchy taste of poor quality oil and the

smooth, nutty taste of superior oil.

Hemp oil contains mostly the gamma form of vitamin E, a natural anti-oxidant

that keeps the oil fresh. Nature does provide, but not necessarily for mass

production and transportation. Buy fresh, and when possible, locally

cold-pressed oil. Better still, press it yourself from fresh whole or hemp

nut. Keep hemp oil in a dark glass bottle, in the refrigerator. (They sell

it in glass).

SOLD FOR SKIN USE ONLY IN AUSTRALIA. Suitable and safe for Human Consumption

where legal.

(Theirs comes from New Zealand).

http://www.happyplanet.com.au/page.php?PageID=2

Henry Ford went on to build a car made from hemp plastic and run on hemp

bio-fuel. Click on the link to you tube to see

They also offer hempfeed for horses.

So what I have gathered is that some people bend over backwards to emphasize

that there is no THC in their product, but it still works, while the people

at the forefront of use for cancer seem to maintain that the THC is

necessary for use with cancer. The terminology is fuzzy, with hemp oil and

hemp seed oil being used interchangeably except by phoenixtears, who insist

that while hemp seed oil is excellent stuff, it is essential oil from the

bud and small leaves that is needed for cancer, with THC being the active

part. Some indicate that hemp

plants are different from those used for mari juana, others see no

difference.

Hemp denotes the variety grown commercially. It is low in THC.

http://www.medicalmarihuana.ca/strains.html indicates that the medical

producers at GW Pharmaceuticals in the UK say that Sativa strains are more

effective at relieving pain than Indica strains.