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Each month, we explore a specific health and wellness subject. This month, we’re exploring three new Medicine Box products.
Very simple: We’re talking about the new line, and why we’re reformulating our products for the masses, around the country.
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Hemp, cannabis and why we’ve shifted
While Medicine Box’s products contain a host of herbs, no one ingredient gains more attention or causes more controversy than cannabis. In particular, we’ve always been big proponents of whole-plant solutions, rather than isolates, which has always been a sticking point in bringing our products to a wider audience. Read More
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Hemp, cannabis and why we’ve shifted
Hemp, cannabis and why we’ve shifted
While Medicine Box’s products contain a host of herbs, no one ingredient gains more attention or causes more controversy than cannabis. In particular, we’ve always been big proponents of whole-plant solutions, rather than isolates, which has always been a sticking point in bringing our products to a wider audience.
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The trifecta and COVID–19
The trifecta and COVID–19
No matter who you’ve been, the ongoing COVID-19 saga has been a wild and bumpy ride — and by now you’ve probably used the term “silver linings” more frequently than you’d care to admit. It’s even possible that you’ve seen more extremely dark clouds than you’d care to reflect on as well, too.
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A budding interest: An interview with Medicine Box Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Refael Aharon
A budding interest: An interview with Medicine Box Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Refael Aharon
This week, we’re giving our readers a peek behind the medicine box with an interview with our Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Refael Aharon, or “Dr. Refael,” as we call him in our meetings. Born and raised in Israel, Dr. Refael gained his early science training at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in the ‘90s, where another Dr. Raphael Mechoulam did his pioneering work with cannabis, THC and CBD.
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Introducing First Cabinet or 1CaB: Mental Health, Gut Health and Immunity Boosters
Introducing First Cabinet or 1CaB: Mental Health, Gut Health and Immunity Boosters
Three newly formulated products, developed especially for the current era, available for purchase on our website. Working together, they reinforce three key pillars of mental and physical health — your sleep, your digestion and your immunity.
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Astrology and cannabis
Astrology and cannabis
If you’ve been turning to cannabis as a salve to get through these pandemic days, you may find that sometimes, it may hit a little different on some days than others. I’m pretty sure that’s because as the tides turn, so do our energies, and what may have worked for you yesterday won’t do the same today. That’s something to consider if you’re medicating — what sign was it born under?
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Herbalism, astrology, and equanimity
Herbalism, astrology, and equanimity
Once the plant is grown, it takes on a life of its own, and that goes for just about every plant you see in a forest or garden. For astrologers, those lives are governed, like ours, by the movement of the heavens and the planets. Therefore, those herbs taken on their traits, and complement the personalities of those who have consumed them.
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Astrology, cultivation and the horoscope of plants
Astrology, cultivation and the horoscope of plants
Gardeners, farmers, and herbalists have grown outdoors for centuries being guided by the sun, moon and for some, even the planets and constellations.
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How Medicine Box aligns with astrology
How Medicine Box aligns with astrology
While not as old as the stars themselves, astrology has captivated human beings for at least as long as we’ve had civilizations. And it’s been part of every civilization, from India to China to the Middle East. At one point, it was studied as a science in its own right, but in our super-materialistic world, its influence is by and large more cultural. But cultures often create their own truth, and those truths contribute greatly to the wellness community Medicine Box belongs to.
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A brave new world: psychedelics and society
A brave new world: psychedelics and society
Just like the hippies of old could never have imagined the sorts of discoveries that would come out of cannabis legalization, the emergence of psychedelic therapy will impact our society in ways we cannot imagine.
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The role of psychedelics and wellness
The role of psychedelics and wellness
It was inevitable, really, that as our civilization began rediscovering new ways to heal in this century, psychedelics would come back to make our collective picture truly BIG. Of course, some big mistakes were made in the past, but also some foundational realizations. One of the biggest is how to utilize them with wellness tools to accomplish truly deep healing.
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Psychedelics and mental health
Psychedelics and mental health
While the past 60 years have certainly obscured it, psychedelics were once explored for a plethora of mental health disorders, including a few that would shock people. Childhood schizophrenia, autism, addiction — considering the excesses and the resulting stigmas attached to them now, it’s hard for many to imagine ethically treating these illnesses with them today.
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The rebirth of psychedelics
The rebirth of psychedelics
The ascendance of wellness has uncovered many different healing modalities previously and prematurely buried by fearful and unheeding authority figures. But as any cultivator will tell you, a lot of growth can happen while things are germinating underground. Now that cannabis has exploded — and in some cases, imploded — psychedelics are now getting a second look.
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