1 AD – Ancient Chinese Text Recommends Marijuana for More Than 100 Ailments

“In a compendium of drug recipes compiled in 1 AD [Pen Ts’ao Ching], based on traditions from the time of Shen Nung, marijuana is depicted as an ideogram [pictorial symbol] of plants drying in a shed. This ancient text… recommends marijuana for more than 100 ailments, including gout, rheumatism, malaria, and absentmindedness.”