Bhang ki Thandai, India
Cannabis leaves
Milk
Sugar
Cardamom
Ginger
Melon seeds (optional)
Pound and mix cannabis leaves with water to form a thick paste.
Roll into a ball and let dry.
Mix dried paste with milk, strain through a cloth, mix with more milk or water.
Flavor with sugar, spices such as cardamom and ginger, and sometimes melon seeds.
Majoun, India
Bhang goli (bhang paste)
Sesame seed oil
Cocoa butter
Spices
Powdered chocolate
Almonds
Walnuts
Pistachios
Cinnamon
Cloves
Vanilla
Musk
Nutmeg
Belladonna berries
Poppy seeds (optional)
Datura (optional)
Mix together ingredients. Roll into balls.
Jatiphaladi churna, India
Remedy for diarrhea, indigestion, appetite loss, cough, and impotence
Nutmeg
Cinnamon
Ginger
Cumin
Cloves
Cardamom
Pepper
Camphor
Sandalwood
Bamboo manna
Sesame
Tejapatra leaves
Mesua ferrea flowers
Terminalia chebula
T. bellerica
Phyllanthus emblica
Bhang goli (bhang paste)
Sugar
Combine spices, leaves, and flowers. Add bhang goli and sugar. Mix well.
Majoun, Islamic
Cannabis leaves
Sesame (optional)
Sugar (optional)
Bake cannabis leaves until they are dry. Rub them between the hands to form a paste. Roll paste into a ball and swallow like a pill.
Alternatively, dry leaves only slightly, then toast and husk them. Mix with sesame and sugar. Chew like gum.
Dawamesk (Algerian Majoun)
Hashish
Sugar
Vanilla
Almonds
Musk
Pistachio
Cinnamon
Orange extract
Cloves
Cardamom
Nutmeg
Cantharides (optional)
Combine all ingredients to make a paste. Roll into balls.
Majoun, United States
Cannabis resin
Butter
Sugar
Honey
Flour
Henbane
Crushed datura seeds
Opium
Combine all ingredients to form a paste. Shape into lozenges.
Folk Recipe, Russia
Hemp seeds
Salt
Bread
Bruise and crush hemp seeds. Roast. Mix with salt.
Spread onto thick slabs of crusty bread.
Guc-Kand, Uzbekistan
Hemp leaves and/or flowers
Sugar
Saffron threads
Egg whites
Boil hemp leaves and/or flowers in water until a deep green extract results.
Pour through a strainer. Sweeten the decoction liberally with sugar and add saffron threads and egg whites.
Beat to a frothy paste. Form the mixture into little balls and place in the sun to dry.
Marijuana Medicine by Christian Rätsch, published by Inner Traditions International and Bear & Company, 2001. All rights reserved. http://www.Innertraditions.com. Reprinted with permission of the publisher.
Joy Porridge, Uzbekistan
Hemp flowers and seeds
Dried leaves
Carnation petals
Pellitory root powder (Anacyclus pyrethrum)
Saffron threads
Nutmeg
Cardamom
Almond butter, melted
Honey
Brown sugar
Finely chop all ingredients and add to the melted almond butter.
Add honey and brown sugar and stir to produce a paste.
The dosage must be determined on an individual basis.
Marijuana Medicine by Christian Rätsch, published by Inner Traditions International and Bear & Company, 2001. All rights reserved. http://www.Innertraditions.com. Reprinted with permission of the publisher.
Health Drink of Cannabis Nectar
From Bartolomeo Platina
Cannabis clods
Nard oil
Use a mallet to crush cannabis clods collected after a good harvest.
Add cannabis to nard oil in an iron pot. Crush together over some heat and liquefy.
Carefully treat food and divide for the stomach and the head. Finally, remember everything in excess may be harmful or criminal.
Khylos, Greece
Green cannabis seeds
Water, wine, or mead
Steep green cannabis seeds in water, wine, or mead for “sufficient days” to extract a liquid.
Majoun, United States
From J. F. Burke, High Times
Hashish
Raw sugar
Powdered arrowroot
Sweet butter
Honey
Cropped, unsalted pistachios
Mix crumbled hashish with raw sugar and powdered arrowroot.
Add sweet butter and mix thoroughly.
Add a little honey and chopped, unsalted pistachios.
“Happy Soup,” Cambodia
Chicken soup
Cannabis
Lemongrass
Garlic leaf
Chives
Chi ng yeung
Chi bung la
To basic chicken soup, add cannabis, lemongrass, garlic leaf, chives, chi ng yeung, and chi bung la.