CANNABIS SATIVA: Industrial hemp (fiber type) - An Ayurvedic Traditional Herbal Medicine

This review paper highlights the medicinal importance of the hemp and hemp based products, hemp seeds, hemp oil, and hemp used in food products. Based on the literature review performed, there is a significant scientific evidence that provides support for the usage of Cannabis sativa as a traditional phytomedicine by folk medicine practitioners of India. According to Ayuverda in India, the medicinal value of the Cannabis plants was well documented more than 3,000 years ago. The earliest written reference to Cannabis in India may occur in the Atharvaveda. India is the land of pharmacy and known for Ayurvedic medicine. Hemp was mentioned in Ayurveda, as one of the medicinal plant used for many diseases. There are many growing Indian companies (Bombay Hemp Company, BOHECO, Satliva, Hemp Fabric Lab, Vedi, Happy Hemp, SUI, Its Hemp, Bhu:Sattva’s, Health Horizons, Hemis, Hemp Republic, Hempsters, B.E. Hemp, India Hemp Co., Inc, India Hemp Organics, Its Hemp, The Trost, and Gin Gin) involved in promoting the Indian hemp products, marketing, R & D research, cultivation, harvesting, processing, manufacturing, trading, wholesaling, retailing, innovating, advocating and motivating customers across India and around the world. This will help to boost the Indian economy and increase the productivity of the Indian hemp (fiber type).