THC and asthma

[Goodsoulette]

Does anyone know how THC helps as a bronchiodilator?

Do you have to smoke the cannabis to get the effect? Or would eating it produce the same effects? I know after a cheeky smoke I feel the benefits rapidly .

[bemore]

Well I dont know about asthma but i have had ganja in my life for about 15 years lol.

I would say if it doesnt bother your chest smoking it then that is the quickest and most convenient way to put it in ya bloodstream. You may have to mix it with tobaccoo and at the end of the day no smoke going into your lungs is gonna help really.

To be more discreet you could try cooking with it. It would depend on the strain and strength of the weed to how much you put in.

Ive cooked hamburgers before, spag bolognese and omeleltes and there prob the best really. Stew is good as well.

My favourites though is baking with cakes. To get the most out of your ganja you will need cakes/sweets with a high fat content.

Whichever you decide enjoy experimenting : )

Watch out for babylon : ) LOLOLOL

[bednobs]

http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/faq/03-ast hma.htm
this info will give you the answers. The bioavailabilty (amount of drug that actually gets in your system) is higher with smoking than with ingesting, so in theory you would need to eat more to get the same effect

[beso]

The stone is different when eaten. Hard to say what is different but I expect it is due to a different solubility and absorption of the active chemicals. The volatile stuff dominates in smoking.

It goes on and on so you need to be prepared for an extended effect.

It does do harm and will cause emphysema in some people over time. Like many parts of the body young people's lungs are several times more efficient than required for ordinary life. Smoking uses up this spare capacity while you don't notice.

One day enough damage accumulates until you notice you are not 100 percent breathing properly. You might even stop smoking then but the damage is done and the lungs inexorably continue to decline until getting enough oxygen dominates your life.

You can't breathe in enough air because your lungs have swollen up to fill your chest to capacity. Every breath in is like breathing in as much as you can imagine and then having to breath in more to get any air.

Every time you smoke you use up some of your lung capacity. The damage is irreversable but you can slow it down by not smoking.

The effects of THC on the digestive system are not well researched but at least the gut is designed to digest plant material. The lungs were meant to have the cleanest possible air.

[terambulan]

smoking relaxes the lungs to expand more.

Same affect can be had with breathing/inhaling into paper bag.....though your head wont spin.

[Goodsoulette]

Thanks for all your answers, especially bednobs, that was what I was after. I have always wondered why I can breath more deeply after a joint and that explains it perfectly. Don't think I'g give up the inhalers in favour of being permanently trashed though.