In Chinese tradition, it is believed that the cultivation of hemp began in the XXVIII century. BC Oe., when the emperor Shen Nun ordered to grow hemp to obtain fiber. And about 220 n. er Dr. Hua Tuo strongly recommended hemp medication in wine as an anesthetic: “After a few days or a month, the patient finds that he recovered without experiencing the slightest pain during the operation.
In India, cannabis has been used and was considered a plant of great spiritual power for many centuries before it began to smoke. Opium, apparently, was also used for many centuries before the discovery of the effectiveness of its smoking. Cannabis use in India can be documented no earlier than 1000 BC. e., but by that time it was a well-known tool, and the names used for it in the ancient Indian Pharmacopoeia indicate that its euphoric effect was clearly recognized. General awareness of the properties of cannabis grew very slowly, and it is hardly possible to allow its wide distribution until the X century. n e., shortly before the Islamic invasion of Hindu India. Hemp was associated with the esoteric, and therefore secret side of Muslim and Hindu religiosity. Esoteric spiritualitySadhu’s yogic practice and an emphasis on the direct experience of the transcendent are just some aspects of honoring cannabis in India. J. Campbell Oman, a scientist of the late nineteenth century, observing the customs of various social groups in India, wrote.
An attempt to trace the influence of these strong potions on the mind and body of itinerant monks, who usually consume them, could have resulted in an interesting philosophical study. We can be sure that cannabis drugs, in various versions known to the Orient since very ancient times, are clearly not responsible for some of its wild dreams.