MAB: Thanks so much for visiting with us, Norma, this has been enlightening. Any last thoughts?
NE: There is lots more information on my website, and visitors can download 3 FREE chapters from the book!
Thanks so much for the opportunity to visit with OpEdNews! I am so delighted that so many people are waking up to the potential for healing and greater well-being through the many natural and alternative methods that are available today. And, because of the many ways it has helped me personally, I find cannabis to be one of the most important!
The Medical Marijuana Handbook: A Patient's Guide to Holistic Healing with Cannabis is available at retailers everywhere and online at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com.
Norma Eckroate's website is www.NormaEckroate.com, where you can download three free chapters from her book.
Excerpt from "The Medical Marijuana Handbook: A Patient's Guide to Holistic Healing with Cannabis," by Norma Eckroate, pg 13-15:
The Role of Cannabis in Promoting Homeostasis
There's a lot going on in your body simultaneously; it is set up for balance and harmony, with a goal of promoting maximum wellness. The body's constant effort to maintain equilibrium among all of its internal processes and systems is called homeostasis, which the Merriam Webster Dictionary defines as "the maintenance of relatively stable internal physiological conditions (as body temperature or the pH of blood) in higher animals under fluctuating environmental conditions." [i] Early on in my research, I learned that cannabis has healing properties that promote this important function in the body.
As the body pursues optimal harmony and balance through homeostasis, it is constantly in the process of compensating. When one process or system is out of balance, another process or system compensates for the system that is not fully functioning. One example is the body's ability to regulate temperature. As the body gets too hot or too cold, it will compensate to deal with the change in temperature. That's why you sweat on a hot day; it's the body's way of cooling down.
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