THE FUTURE OF CANNABIS IS FEMME LAURA WHITE
Just as crystals, mushroom coffee, adaptogenic herbs, and palo
foundational way. In ancient times, women were thought to be
santo have found their way onto our bedside tables and into
the ‘guardians’ of herbal knowledge. My personal favorite is
hearts, the new-age concept of ‘cannabis for wellness’ is
the story of one of the most proclaimed herbalist women
becoming an open topic for women everywhere to explore.
healers in the Middle Ages, a woman by the name of Saint
While research and studies are accumulating and becoming
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179). A mystical woman thought
more widely available as to how cannabis works to empower
to be a revolutionary of her time and one of the first to state
health, there’s a lot to learn if you’re curious about adding it to
the importance of the relationship between our mind, body
your wellness ritual. As popularity grows, women are
and spirit. She was granted sainthood by the Roman Catholic
beginning to test its benefits in the most unlikely of places,
Church for her work as a gifted herbalist and healer, authoring
from smoothie bowls to adaptogenic lattes (with dried rose
an entire book dedicated to sharing her knowledge of plants.
sprinkles!) to name a few. While it might seem like a novel trend, the truth is cannabis and women have had a long,
As popularity grew in Europe, women turned to cannabis for
powerful, history with one another for ages—4,000 years of
help. It’s recorded that many cultures would make thick
plant magic merged with mystic women, to be exact.
cannabis-infused salves to use for sore, pre-menstrual breasts and as an after-nursing aid after giving birth. In 1890, Queen Victoria was a fan of easing her cramps and helping balance
HISTORY OF WOMEN + CANNABIS
hormones with a cannabis tincture. As we progressed in our
Women and plants, from a historical perspective, seem to have
practice of self-care there’s also documentation that women
shaped much of our relationship with healing itself in a
from all over the world would soak in cannabis baths to relax.