Shen Nung - ancient Chinese physician, officially opened the world the medicinal properties of cannabis

Posted oldest pharmacological treatise on herbs and medicinal plants, in which hemp is referred to as "miraculous" plant. It talks about the medicinal properties of cannabis as an effective sedative, as well as pain medication and sleeping pills.

Chinese Emperor Shen Nung spent most of his life at the table and not in the war, as was the custom among the rulers of the time. The indefatigable monarch devoted his time collecting and sketches of plants. Entries Emperor preserved and passed through the millennia.

That's him in the official history of humanity and the primacy belongs to the use of cannabis. Shen Nung first proposed cannabis as a medicine, as was a gifted healer. To this day came the ancient treatise written by Shen Nung, called "Shennong ben Cao Jing" - ("The Canon of roots and herbs Shen-Nun," "Kh. Shen-Nun of the roots and herbs", "herbalist Shen-Nun" , «Materia medica Shen-Nun"), abbreviated as "Peng Cao Jing" ("Canon of roots and herbs") or simply "Travnik". It is in this the oldest known medical treatise cannabis is referred to as "miraculous" plant. It spoke about the medicinal properties of cannabis as an effective sedative, as well as pain medication and sleeping pills. In times of Shen Nung hemp treated constipation, malaria, women's diseases. Cannabis products are also treated pain, prolonged fever passes, they were part of a complex treatment plants of a number of chronic diseases. However, until now no one knows exactly how Shen Nung prepared and used for the treatment of cannabis.

Comment of the Association "Ukrainian industrial hemp"
According to Chinese mythology, Shen Nong is considered the patron of medicine and agriculture, founder of the trade. Created agricultural calendar and many agricultural tools, tea and opened a huge amount of drugs. In popular mythology later Shen Nong - one of the triad of mythical sovereigns - the patrons of medicine.