Weed tea is an ancient, time-honored, sacred, and highly effective traditional medicine for many different purposes in many different cultures across the globe. Weed tea can be made in a number of different ways depending on the desired effects.

This post will present you with some weed tea historical anthropology, a small dash of cannabis tea chemistry, and five different yet straightforward weed tea recipes to help you create the perfect cup of pot tea for your lifestyle.

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Weed Tea History From Around The World

Weed tea is one of the world’s oldest medicines. In fact, there is a mountain of proof that cannabis has been used medicinally for thousands of years across huge geographical areas.

Four of the world’s oldest civilizations—China, Egypt, India, and the Caribbean—all used cannabis to treat illnesses and diseases. Let’s have a closer look at each culture and how weed was used.

China

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Cannabis itself is found all over neolithic Chinese archaeological sites. That means it was already in use in one form or another between 10,000 and 2,000 B.C.!

The mythical Chinese sage emperor Shennong, who was said to have taught the Chinese agriculture and medicine nearly 5,000 years ago, is rumored to have first discovered the myriad textile, psychoactive, and health benefits of the hemp plant.

We say “rumored” because records from this time are sparse and unreliable. For all we know, the cannabis plant was a gift from the same aliens who built the pyramids and drew the lines at Nazca.

So though the origins of cannabis use are forever lost to the ravages of time, the concept of tea, or “cha,” is much more well-known. Here’s the generally-agreed-upon story: Tea was discovered by Emperor Shennong, who had his servants routinely boil his drinking water to make it safer to consume. A servant supposedly didn’t notice a leaf fall into the emperor’s boiling water, and Shennong himself allegedly didn’t notice that his water had turned brown until he discovered how refreshing the new drink was.

After that, Shennong became obsessed with tea. He eventually grew to be known for studying the properties of many plants, boiling them into teas, and experimenting with them on himself. Shennong’s cannabis tea was likely made from a combination of leaves and buds and recommended in the Pen Ts’ao Ching pharmacopeia for more than 100 afflictions, such as gout, rheumatism, malaria, and absentmindedness.

Unfortunately, Shennong died from eating the flower of a yellow weed that ruptured his intestines before he had time to swallow an antidotal tea. Despite this rather miserable death, Shennong is revered and worshiped as a medicine king in China for having sacrificed his life for humanity.

Egypt

There are several ancient documents recording the fact that cannabis was used medicinally thousands of years ago in what is now Egypt. A document known as the Ebers Papyrus, written around 1500 BCE, describes cannabis being used as a suppository to treat hemorrhoids. That’s not our favorite way to consume cannabis but, hey, whatever floats your boat. No judgment here.

Medical cannabis is mentioned in several other ancient Egyptian documents, including the Ramesseum III Papyrus (from c. 1700 BC), the Berlin Papyrus (c. 1300 BC) and the Chester Beatty Medical Papyrus (c. 1300 BC). These records all prove that cannabis was used as a medical treatment for various maladies, from glaucoma and inflammation to reducing the swelling of an inflamed uterus.

There have also been ancient remains covered in cannabis pollen found in Egypt. The mummy of Ramesses II was found covered in cannabis pollen, indicating he was buried with marijuana in the tomb. Experts believe this is evidence that cannabis was used to treat pain and was viewed as a medicine, rather than as a drug.

India

India, like China and Egypt, has a long and storied relationship with cannabis and cannabis products. In fact, cannabis is a sacred plant for Hindus, so cannabis products are held in high regard. Weed tea is no exception.

In India, this homebrew is known as Bhang. It’s is a strong psychoactive Ancient Indian weed tea made from crushed cannabis buds, leaves, milk, ghee butter, and typically spices such as nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and a bit of sugar or honey — although there are many recipes.

Bhang was first used around 1000 BC and is still the official drink of the spring Holi Festival of Colors in India. Bhang is described as providing relief for anxiety in the Atharvaveda, and it is widely used in North India for fever, dysentery, sunstroke, phlegm, digestion problems, depressed appetite, and even for numerous speaking imperfections.

Sadus still use Bhang as part of their rituals in imitation of the god Shiva “Lord of Bhang” while meditating and practicing yoga to achieve transcendental states.

The Caribbean

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Rastafarians use cannabis spiritually by smoking it as “herb” in joints and passing it in a circle while discussing and meditating on moral quandaries. But the cannabis use doesn’t stop there.

Many families throughout Jamaica and the islands use cannabis medicinally in the form of ganja tea. Ganja tea is commonly made from young plants that aren’t fully ripened for harvest. This usually makes it less potent than smoked herb.

Anthropologist Dr. Melanie Creagan Dreher’s study of rural working-class families in Jamaica also revealed cultural differences between smoking herb and drinking minimally-psychoactive ganja tea. All of the mothers in her study gave their children ganja tea to drink — often two to three times a week and sometimes daily — in order to help keep their kids healthy for the backbreaking farm work and school work they were subjected to.

This was in spite of warnings from teachers and school officials, and it just adds to the truth found in the old adage that mother knows best!

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