Personalizing Cannabis Medicine from a TCM Perspective

Course Description

This workshop will cover the challenges of integrating Cannabis into the practice of TCM. It begins with a review of the TCM actions of cannabis flowers in the traditional materia medica literature. The physiological effects of cannabis will be discussed, with an emphasis on the importance of Cannabinoid ratios and Terpene profiles in personalized Cannabis medicine. A framework for personalized Cannabis medicine based on the classification of Cannabis cultivars on a Yin/Yang continuum will be presented. Lastly, this course will present case studies to illustrate the personalization of Cannabis medicine from a TCM perspective.