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PRESENTS
ENDOCANNABINOID
THE
HEALING POWER
OF THE
SYSTEM
MICHAEL T. MURRAY, ND
GIOVANNI
APPENDINO,
PHD
GAETANO MORELLO, ND
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Influencing the
Endocannabinoid System (ECS)
With non-cannabis, plant-based herbals
and botanical phytocannabinoids
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GINGER
MAIN CANNABINOID
RECEPTORS
UNLOCKING THE HEALTH
POTENTIAL OF THE ECS
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PHYTOCANNABINOIDS
ECHINACEA
MAGNOLIA
Interact with endocannabinoid receptors
Are not derived from cannabis
Do not contain THC
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RECEPTOR
LOCATIONS
BRAIN
CENTRAL
NERVOUS
SYSTEM
NERVES
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SPECIFIC
ORGANS
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RECEPTOR
LOCATIONS
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SPECIFIC
ORGANS
IMMUNE
SYSTEM
CELLS
CONTENTS
A
remarkable discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
ECS 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Medical marijuana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Internal nourishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Lifestyle adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Plant partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Optimum health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Selected references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
About
the authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY
600-million-year-old
healing system revealed
THE HUMAN BODY and mind are beautifully complex and rely on the
interrelationship of various systems working in harmony and balance. While
the processes behind many of the body’s systems have been understood
for quite some time, it was not until 1988 that a researcher uncovered a
600-million-year-old system that is now regarded as the most important physi-
ological process for establishing and maintaining human health.
This system, called the endocannabinoid system (ECS), is named after the
cannabis plant that led to its discovery. It is now known that the ECS is critical
to regulating the proper function of a wide range of body processes. Spe-
cifically, the ECS plays an important role
THE ECS IS CRITICAL
in your nervous system, immune system,
digestive system, endocrine glands, brain,
TO REGULATING THE
heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, spleen, bones,
PROPER FUNCTION
OF
muscles, blood vessels and cells, lymph
cells, and fat cells.
A WIDE RANGE
But while the discovery of the ECS
OF BODY PROCESSES
was due to the cannabis plant, this sys-
tem has little to do with the psychoactive
component of marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and more to do with
compounds that your body makes as well as factors in food and medicinal
plants. In fact, the ECS occurred in nature before cannabis did, and thus can
be influenced by many more factors than just marijuana—including your diet
and lifestyle choices.
The purpose of the ECS is to serve as a master conductor, sending chemi-
cal messages and triggering biological actions throughout the body that are
critical to health and well-being. The outcome of this delicate balancing act is
to create homeostasis—that internal drive within every cell in your body and
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Illustration reprinted
with
permission from Emerald Health Bioceuticals
brain to maintain balance and promote health within its internal environment,
even when faced with external changes.
The ECS regulates many key aspects of your physical, emotional, and
mental health, including:
Appetite, digestion, and hunger
Immune function
Cellular energy
Inflammation
Emotions
Pain
Memory
Reproduction and fertility
Metabolism
Sleep
Mood
Stress response
Motivation, pleasure, and reward
Temperature regulation
Motor control
In the following pages, you’ll find a comprehensive look at how the ECS
works; how marijuana affects the ECS; and how factors like diet, dietary supple-
ments, stress, and your lifestyle choices can have a profound impact on this
vitally important system—and, ultimately, your overall health.
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