"Cannabis Treatments in Obstetrics and Gynecology:A Historical Review", Ethan Russo:
"In the 9th century, Sabur ibn Sahl in Persia cited use of cannabis in the
Al-Aqrabadhin Al-Saghir, the first materia medica in Arabic (Kahl 1994). According
to the translation of Indalecio Lozano of the Universidad de Granada,
Spain (personal communication, Feb. 4, 2002), an intranasal base preparation of
juice from cannabis seeds was mixed with a variety of other herbs to treat migraine,
calm uterine pains, prevent miscarriage, and preserve fetuses in their
mothers’ abdomens.
In the 11th century, the Andalusian physician, Ibn Wafid al-Lajmi indicated
that drying qualities of hemp seeds would inhibit maternal milk production. Tabit
ibn Qurra claimed that they would reduce female genital lubrication when mixed
in a potion with lentils and vinegar (Lozano 1993).
In the 13th century, the famous Persian physician, Avicenna (ibn Sina) recommended
seeds and leaves of cannabis to resolve and expel uterine gases (Lozano
1998).
According to Lozano (2001), Ibn al-Baytar prescribed hemp seed oil for treatment
of hardening and contraction of the uterus (al-Baytar 1291).
The earliest European references to the use of cannabis in women’s medicine
may derive from Anglo-Saxon sources. In the 11th century Old English Herbarium
(Vriend 1984, CXVI, p.148), haenep, or hemp is recommended for sore
breasts. This was translated as follows (Crawford 2002, p. 74): “Rub [the herb]
with fat, lay it to the breast, it will disperse the swelling; if there is a gathering of
diseased matter it will purge it.”
The Österreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna, Austria displays a manuscript
of the Codex Vindobonensis 93, said to be a 13th century southern Italian
copy of a work produced in previous centuries, or even earlier Roman sources
(Zotter 1996). Plate 108 depicts a clearly recognizable cannabis plant above the
figure of a bare-breasted woman (Figure 2). According to a translation of Drs.
David Deakle and Daniel Westberg, the Latin
inscription describes the use of cannabis mixed into an ointment and rubbed on
the breasts to reduce swelling and pain.
A translation in Old Catalan of Ibn Wafid’s work above, interpreted it differently,
indicating that hemp seeds, when eaten in great quantity, liberate maternal
milk and treat pain of amenorrhea."
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