Can CBD help with Coronavirus Cytokine Storm? In inflammatory states (such as coronavirus cytokine storm), CBD (Cannabidiol) in the form of CBD oil can calm inflammation. Moreover, CBD, but not THC, up-regulates the activation of the STAT3 transcription factor, an element of homeostatic mechanism(s) inducing anti-inflammatory events.
CBD may be very effective for covid-19 for several reasons.
Enhancing the endocannabinoid system and regulating ACE2.
Inhibiting TLR4 (an intracellular signaling pathway NF-kB and inflammatory cytokine production which is responsible for activating the innate immune system).
Inhibiting adenosine A2A receptor that regulates glutamate and dopamine release.
Preventing hypoxic injury of brain, lung, and cardiac tissue.
Compliment antibiotic therapy by preventing bacterial resistance.
Stabilize permeability of membranes in lung.
Inhibit immune cell migration into lung.
Inhibiting exosome/microvesicle release of virions from infected cells (seen in cancer) and activation of virion proteins through anti-oxidation pathways.
Inhibits 5HT(1A) stress response influencing the survival and death of WBC, migration and platelet aggregation.
Recent warnings about the use of anti-inflammatory drugs including corticosteroids in common viral disease is appropriate. Inflammation and fever are normal responses that stimulate healing. But in some patients the inflammation cannot be controlled and leads to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) through acute lung injury (ALI). Inflammation reduction is only one aspect of multiple ways that CBD has to limit Covid-19 illness. Cannabinoids may inhibit attachments points for virus (SARS-angiotensin II Receptors), immuno-regulate mast cell, induce TH2 shifts (resolving inflammation), reduce numbers of macrophage/monocytes, inhibit inflammatory cell migration, inhibit inflammatory cytokines (IL-1,2,6,17), inhibit oxidative stress (intracellular), shift into repair mode anabolic (vs breakdown mode catabolic metabolism) and stimulate mitochondria regeneration, energy production and proliferation (doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2019.109371), block acute lung injury TLR4 receptors (doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.02.043) and A(2A) adenosine receptors (doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2011.12.043), relax smooth muscles of respiratory airways, inhibit apoptosis of respiratory cells. All of this occurs with the side benefits of pain control without reparatory depression (as seen with opioids). – Dr. Philip Blair
*To avoid adverse effects, CBD oil should not be taken together with intranasal light therapy. Intranasal light therapy like X-Plus is applied by itself every two days or with CBD oil taken in-between. – Ricardo B Serrano
As legalization of cannabis has spread rapidly across the United States, Canada and around the world, health officials have cautioned that we do not have enough research to rule out any down sides.
But today, after months of deliberation and investigation, the WHO has concluded that cannabidiol (CBD) is a useful treatment for epilepsy and palliative care, and does not carry any addiction risks.
While the organization is set to run a fuller review of cannabis next year, assessing all cannabis-related substances, physicians and the cannabis industry have been poised awaiting this decision to deny scheduling for months.
Had the WHO chosen to schedule the drug, it could have hamstrung physicians from prescribing medical cannabis globally.
The report, published today, also recommended imposing the strong restrictions available on fentanyl, a synthetic opioid which has killed thousands of people in America’s drug addiction epidemic.
‘There is increased interest from Member States in the use of cannabis for medical indications including for palliative care,’ the report said.
‘Responding to that interest and increase in use, WHO has in recent years gathered more robust scientific evidence on therapeutic use and side effects of cannabis and cannabis components.’
In conclusion, the authors wrote: ‘Recent evidence from animal and human studies shows that its use could have some therapeutic value for seizures due to epilepsy and related conditions.’
They added that ‘current information does not justify scheduling of cannabidiol’, and declared that taking medical marijuana will not lead to addiction to THC, the psychoactive property of cannabis that induces a ‘high’.
Speaking to Daily Mail Online, Raul Elizalde, the Mexican father who became an unlikely face for cannabis as he fought to get his epileptic daughter treatment, said he was overcome with emotion.
He is responsible for driving the Mexican government to legalize medical cannabis so his first-born daughter Grace, who once suffered hundreds of seizures a day, could access CBD. Now, she suffers a few seizures a day.
‘I’m ecstatic that these international health leaders agree that CBD is a substance that should not be scheduled and has therapeutic value for a variety of medical conditions,’ Elizalde, founder and president of HempMeds Mexico, told Daily Mail Online on Wednesday.
‘We look forward to continuing our conversation about its many benefits in 2018.’
Speaking last month about his family’s experience venturing into the world of medical cannabis, Elizalde admitted he had never considered the medical benefits of a drug which has caused mayhem and agony in his country.
But after medications and surgeries proved futile for Grace, he and his wife, from Monterrey, a conservative and traditional region in the north of Mexico, decided to try CBS.
‘It has changed our life,’ Elizalde told Daily Mail Online.
‘I never thought I would be doing this, that cannabis would be part of our life. But Grace changed everything. Now I know that just taking CBD is like taking a health supplement. It is not a replacement for her treatment, but it has changed her life.’
WHO: Marijuana has therapeutic effects, abuse unlikely
The WHO recently published a report, disclosing evidence from animal and human studies.
“There is increased interest from Member States on the use of cannabis for medical indications including for palliative care. Responding to that interest and increase in use, WHO has in recent years gathered more robust scientific evidence on therapeutic use and side effects of cannabis and cannabis components,” the WHO said.
“To that end, the ECDD [Expert Committee on Drug Dependence] did an initial review of a cannabis compound called cannabidiol (CBD). Recent evidence from animal and human studies shows that its use could have some therapeutic value for seizures due to epilepsy and related conditions,” it added.
It was also disclosed that “cannabidiol is not likely to be abused or create dependence as for other cannabinoids such as Tetra Hydro Cannabinol.”
“The ECDD therefore concluded that current information does not justify scheduling of cannabidiol and postponed a fuller review of cannabidiol preparations to May 2018, when the committee will undertake a comprehensive review of cannabis and cannabis related substances,” it further stated.
The recent statement of the World Health Organization (WHO) has given hope to the advocates of medical cannabis in the Philippines who are pushing for the ‘compassionate use’ of the plant which is more popularly known as marijuana.
After four years of fighting for the legalization of medical cannabis, the Philippine Cannabis Compassion Society (PCCS) said it has found a strong ally when the WHO disclosed that medical cannabis is beneficial to patients with cancer, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other diseases.
“Let us listen and respect the views of the real experts. The WHO has already spoken, acknowledging the benefits of medical cannabis,” said PCCS spoeksperson Dr. Donnabel Cunanan.
Cunanan said they see the WHO as the best “Christmas gift.”
“We hope this information will shed light and end the discussion between patients and decision makers. This is the best Christmas gift to us,” she expressed.
“We understand the role that our legislators play in protecting public interest… [but] the WHO already declared that it is not addictive and it is safe and should be given to patients,” she added.
Medical groups in the Philippines
In the Philippines, House Bill No. 180, or the proposed Philippine Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act, which seeks to legalize medical marijuana, has been passed by the health committee of the House of Representatives.
The WHO report contradicts the statement on Nov. 7 by 16 medical organizations led by Philippine Medical Association and the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila. The statement said: “We strongly oppose medical cannabis legalization since this will expose our citizenry to unnecessary harm and the risk of poor health outcomes.”
Responding to the medical groups’ statement, Isabela Rep. Rodolfo T. Albano III, principal author of the medical cannabis bill, “called on the authors of the statement not to mislead, confuse and alarm the public by making false, unfounded accusations.”
Albano pointed out that “the bill explicitly provides that the Department of Health, in consultation with the Food and Drug Administration, shall be the principal regulatory agency for the use of medical cannabis.
He also suggested that those opposed to the bill “read it carefully, bearing in mind the interest of the thousands of patients suffering from serious and debilitating conditions who will benefit from the legalization of medical cannabis.”
Albano also reminded them of “the people’s right to affordable, accessible, available quality health care through the development of traditional and alternative health care services and its integration into the national health care delivery system.”
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“This is how I quiet my monkey mind – I become aware of my breath and my monkey mind quiets down. Where awareness goes, energy flows. Where energy flows, awareness follows.”
– Acharya Ricardo B Serrano
The following breaking news (March 25, 2019 up to present) synopsis exposes President Duterte’s involvement in the drug trade in the Philippines with his association and drug links to Chinese drug lords, Michael Yang, Duterte’s economic adviser, and Allan Lim:
An interview with Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, August 9, 2018
INQ: In relation to the EJKs [extrajudicial killings] and the drug war, every country has a drug problem, perhaps it’s an issue in Manila, but it has never been an issue as in, say, Colombia or Mexico, where it threatens the very fabric of society. Now you have been implying that Duterte’s son is a key figure in drug smuggling in Davao …
SAT: And Duterte himself.
INQ: And Duterte himself. Do you have proof of that?
SAT: During the investigation, in relation to the seizure of P6.4 billion [worth of] shabu, the major players were all linked to Paolo Duterte [the president’s son]. Look at Mr. Duterte. For all his rhetoric on his war on drugs, his supposed personal crusade against illegal drugs, what did he do in this case? He didn’t even utter a single word. Worse, the prosecutor who dismissed the cases against these players was promoted to judge by Mr. Duterte. Right now, the only person who was charged in relation to this case was the warehouse guy. It’s a fake war on drugs.
And I agree that the drug problem in the Philippines is nowhere near the magnitude in Colombia and Mexico. The global average of the population exposed to illegal drugs is around 5%. In the Philippines it’s only 1.8%, and of that only .1% of the population are drug dependent. Most are occasional users, or marijuana users. So what Duterte did strikes a chord in the hearts of Filipinos, especially the parents. That’s why he created a demand for the brand of governance that he represented, because he didn’t know anything else, he couldn’t fashion himself as the guy who would turn around the economy and eradicate poverty. But the problem is, he was so good lying with a straight face that people bought into that.
Trillanes dared President Rodrigo Duterte to face the accusations.
“Mr. Duterte, the truth has finally come to haunt you. Nabibisto na ang mga pagpapanggap mo. Ikaw pala ang drug lord all along. Tsk tsk. Ang dami mong pinapatay na mga Pilipino para lang malinlang ang buong sambayanan. Pero, ngayon, harapin mo yan. Kahit bumula pa bibig mo sa galit, babalik at babalik yang issue na yan sa mukha mo,” Trillanes said.
“Mr. Rodrigo Duterte, the truth has finally come to haunt you. Your deception has finally been revealed. You are the drug lord all along. Tsk tsk. You ordered so many extrajudicial killing just to fool so many Filipinos. But now, you have to face the accusations. Even if your mouth bubbled up because of anger, the issue will haunt your face,” Trillanes said in English.
He recalled the time the President accused him of having offshore bank accounts, he confronted it squarely and “didn’t stop until I was able to debunk your lies” and the latter admitted that he just invented the accusations.
HINDI pababayaan ni Dennis Uy, ng Smartmatic (nasa kanan), na matalo ang kanyang kumpareng si Bongbong Marcos. Kaya hanapin ninyo ang nawawala na inimprentang 40-M na balota at SD cards ng COMELEC.
Ang nakatalagang mga security sa pag iimprenta ng misteryosong mga balota ay pinalabas ng COMELEC dahil sa utos ng mahiwagang opisyal ng bayan.
Katunayan, makikita sa larawang ito si Uy at ang kanyang misis na parehong nag victory sign sa inihanda nilang victory party para sa mga Marcos, dalawang buwan na ang nakararaan. Kaya sa mahiwagang deal, pinalobo ang lamang ni Marcos gamit ang mga nawawalang balota at SD cards.
Hanggang ngayon, di nagpapaliwanag ang Comelec kung bakit pinaalis ang mga security at nasaan na ang mga nawawalanh balota at SD Cards. Iyan ang dahilan kung bakit lumobo ang bilang ng mga boto.
NOT EVEN THIRTY-ONE MILLION PEOPLE can convince me that a lie is the truth. Numbers do not convert a wrong into something that is right. I cannot live in a moral universe where you determine truth or judge what is morally right by the raising of hands.
In a deviously prepared campaign of disinformation, deception and the dumbing down of politics funded by ill-gotten wealth stashed in secret accounts, we have witnessed how our own history has been revised. Facts have been replaced by perception.
During the recently-concluded campaign, attempts to raise serious questions in free and open debate had been quelled from the very start. It is for this reason that I once again bring my case to our people, particularly, our youth.
Plunder
Inevitably, the first questions that come to mind deal with plunder: What is Marcos Jr’s role in withholding the truth about the plunder that took place in our country during the period of martial rule and its aftermath? Has he benefited from the ill-gotten wealth that has been withheld from its rightful owners – our people, and thus complicit in the crime?
Painstaking efforts have been made to recover ill-gotten wealth for nearly four decades which have been obstructed by the Marcos heirs at every turn. Is the ascension of Marcos Jr. to the highest office in the land a prelude to finally burying the efforts to recover hidden ill-gotten wealth that has agonized in the labyrinth of injustice through all these years?
In a country saddled by debt in the trillions, isn’t having a thief-in-chief the last thing our country needs in this difficult hour?
Atrocities
The next set of questions deal with the reality of loss and pain that can never ever be forgotten, the atrocities committed under the Marcos rule.
Is Marcos Jr. able to appease the ghosts of crimes past and redress the deep hurts of those aggrieved by mere denials and the resort to rhetorical evasions to dispute the historical numbers: the cases of 3,527 persons killed extra-judicially or “salvaged”, 35,000 tortured, and some 70,000 arbitrarily arrested during the years of martial law and attested to by reputable international human rights organizations?
Is Marcos Jr. willing to acknowledge wrong-doing that took place under the Marcos watch, seek pardon and provide just restitution to countless victims whose lives and those of their loved ones have been shattered such as that of the Quimpo family whose testimonies like so many others are recorded in the archives of the Commission on Human Rights, mandated by Congress to provide compensation to victims?
Unity
The one constant in the campaign of Marcos Jr was “Unity.” And, the question is this: can he truly become “the unifying leader” that our country needs in this perilous period of deep divisions? In fact, the better question that can be asked is this: would he not in reality be the country’s divider-in-chief?
Will he not in fact deepen the divisions among our people? Will he not further debase the true meaning of “unity and reconciliation”? Will he not instead re-open the wounds inflicted by dictatorial rule, and, ironically, obstruct the process of “moving on?” Will he not in the end deceive us twice over as ill-gotten wealth plundered from our people is now used to whitewash untruths, further revise history and replace facts with lies and misinformation?
The return of a Marcos to power will indeed raise more questions than answers. It will certainly raise more rage and anger. It will stop us dead on our tracks for instead of moving forward we will be litigating unanswered questions to a past that continues to be present.
If our generation, those of us who lived through the people power experience, may have faltered and failed, perhaps the youth will be wiser and braver. I am certain that they will not allow the perpetuation of a fraud. Not on their watch!
Prof Ed Garcia
May 14, 2022
(One of the framers of the 1987 Constitution, and a former teacher at the University of the Philippines and the Ateneo.)
ABANGAN?
Ano kaya ang magiging hatol ng Korte Suprema sa petition for DQ at COC Cancellation?
Kung katigan ng Korte Suprema ang ruling ng COMELEC, panalo ang 31M at tama si Ferolino na hindi mali ang hindi pag-file ng tax return??
Kung baligtarin ng Korte Suprema ang ruling ng COMELEC, panalo ang nakakuha ng may pinakamataas na boto from among the qualified candidates??
(We shall see! What can the judgement be by the Supreme Court on the petition for DQ and COC cancellation of president -elect Marcos? If the Supreme Court side with the Comelec ruling, Comelec commissioner Ferolino is right about Marcos not filing his income tax return? If Supreme Court cancels Comelec ruling, Leni Robredo’s election results will win her presidency? )
Othello Dalanon, CPA
aka Thello Dalanon
BIR WHISTLEBLOWER
BIR Director, former
In filing his certificate of candidacy, Marcos, Jr. swore under oath that: (A) He is eligible for the office of the Philippine President, and (B) He has never been found liable for any offense which carries the accessory penalty of perpetual disqualification to hold public office.
In 2001, while he was the governor of Ilocos Norte, Marcos, Jr.’s conviction for failing to file income tax returns for the years 1982 to 1985, became final. He had deliberately failed to file his tax returns during the years in question and even during the pendency of his tax evasion cases. He violated the National Internal Revenue Code. Under the Tax Code, Marcos Jr. is perpetually disqualified from holding any public office, to vote and to participate in any election.
The crimes for which Marcos, Jr. was convicted – four counts – and the circumstances surrounding the conviction, establish his moral turpitude. He repeatedly and deliberately refused to file his income tax returns, even during the years he was a public officer. Mandated by his elective position to abide by and enforce the laws, Marcos, Jr. flouted his duty.
Under the Omnibus Election Code, any person who has been sentenced by final judgment for a crime involving moral turpitude, shall be disqualified to be a candidate and to hold any office. The Supreme Court defines moral turpitude to include everything done contrary to justice, honesty or good morals: “An act of baseness, vileness, or depravity in the private duties which a man owes his fellow men, or to society in general, contrary to the accepted and customary rule of right and duty between man and woman, or conduct contrary to justice, honesty, modesty, or good morals.”
Some say that BBMarcos was not required to file income tax returns on the premise that taxes were already withheld from his compensation.
The notion is INCORRECT.
The ITRs that BBM was supposed to file were for years 1982 to 1985 during which time the filing of ITRs of individuals earning purely compensation income was still mandatorily required even if taxes were already withheld from their compensation income.
The certificates of taxes withheld from their compensation (BIR Form W-2) are attached to their ITRs. Meaning, the certificates of income tax withheld (W-2) should be filed along with the ITRs.
The SUBSTITUTED FILING OF ITRs, took effect only in 1998 under Revenue Regulations (RR) No. 2-98 and fully implemented in 2002 under RR No. 3-2002 dated 22 March 2002.
Under this system, employees receiving purely compensation income, regardless of amount, from only one employer for one taxable year, are no longer required to file ITRs if the taxes withheld from their compensation are already EQUAL to the tax due computed based on their compensation income for the taxable year.
The employer is required to submit to the BIR the Alphalist of employees from whom taxes were withheld.
The employer furnishes each employee with a certificate of tax withheld from compensation (BIR Form 2316) which serves as the substitute for the ITR. The employee is no longer required to file the same with the BIR.
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The National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) mandates that any person convicted of a crime penalized by this Code shall be PERPETUALLY DISQUALIFIED from holding any public office, to vote, and to participate in any election.
Section 254 of Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1158 otherwise known as the NIRC of 1977 which was signed into law by the then President Ferdinand E Marcos that took effect on 03 June 1977, provides:
“Failure to file return, supply information, pay tax, withhold and remit tax.
“Any person required under this Code or by regulations promulgated thereunder to pay any tax, make a return, keep any records, or supply any information, who willfully fails to pay such tax, make such return, keep such records, or supply such information, or withhold or remit taxes withheld, at the time or times required by law, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than five thousand pesos nor more than fifty thousand pesos, or imprisoned for not less than six months and one day but not more than five years, or both.”
Section 252 of the same Tax Code mandates that – any person convicted of a crime penalized by this Code shall be PERPETUALLY DISQUALIFIED from holding any public office, to vote and to participate in any election.
The above-quoted provision of Section 254 clearly enumerates the nature of criminal tax violations such as:
1. Failure to file return;
2. Failure to supply information;
3. Failure to pay tax;
4. Failure to withhold tax; and
5. Failure to remit tax withheld.
Meaning, each of the above nature of violation is independent of the other. Thus, a person convicted of any of the above enumerations shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, and shall be perpetually disqualified from holding any public office as provided in Section 252 of the same Tax Code.
When Batas Pambansa (BP) 135 was enacted in 1982, except for numbers 4 and 5 of the above enumerations, all other nature of criminal tax violations were still mentioned. The said law did not repeal the provision in Section 252 of PD 1158. Thus, the perpetual disqualification clause stayed until the enactment of PD 1994 that took effect on 01 January 1986.
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DISQUALIFICATION man o COC CANCELLATION ang maging hatol ng Korte Suprema sa dahilang INVALID ang COC, ang papalit sa naDISQUALIFY na winning candidate ay ang nakakuha ng pinakamataas na boto sa lahat ng QUALIFIED candidates.
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“Reviewer on Local Governance
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“Disqualification and Application or Non-application of the Rules on Succession
“Who will take the place of a disqualified winning candidate in local elections?
“The answer is either
(a) the candidate who obtained the highest number of votes from among the qualified candidates or
(b) the vice governor/vice mayor or the highest ranking sanggunian member, as the case may be, by applying the rules on succession under the Local Government Code.
“The correct answer hinges on the ground for candidate’s disqualification.
“Some insist and call the first answer as the “Second Placer Rule” but the Supreme Court has explained in several cases that the candidate who will take the place of a disqualified candidate is not technically a second placer since the second placer in the vote count is actually the “first placer among the qualified candidates.”
“As elucidated in Aratea vs. Comelec, G.R. No. 195229, October 9, 2012, a cancelled certificate of candidacy void ab initio cannot give rise to a valid candidacy, and much less to valid votes.
“Certificate of Candidacy and proclamation of a candidate disqualified due to ineligibility are void and produce no legal effect.
“In Maquiling vs. Comelec, G.R. No. 195649, April 16, 2013, the Supreme Court had the occasion to explain why votes for eligible and legitimate candidates must be respected:
““Even when the votes for the ineligible candidate are disregarded, the will of the electorate is still respected, and even more so. The votes cast in favor of an ineligible candidate do not constitute the sole and total expression of the sovereign voice.
The votes cast in favor of eligible and legitimate candidates form part of that voice and must also be respected.”
“Let’s cut to the chase and directly discuss situations wherein a candidate who obtained the highest number of votes from among the QUALIFIED candidates takes the place of a disqualified winning candidate, to wit:
“A candidate for mayor who obtained the highest number of votes from among the QUALIFIED candidates took the place of a disqualified winning candidate.
“The disqualification is for violating the three-term limit rule
(Aratea vs. Comelec, G.R. No. 195229, October 9, 2012).
“A candidate for mayor who obtained the highest number of votes from among the QUALIFIED candidates took the place of a disqualified winning candidate.
“The disqualification is for failure to renounce his foreign citizenship
(Maquiling vs. Comelec, G.R. No. 195649, April 16, 2013).
“A candidate for mayor who obtained the highest number of votes from among the QUALIFIED candidates took the place of a disqualified winning candidate.
“The disqualification is for failing to meet the residency requirement (Hayudini vs. Comelec, G.R. No. 207900, April 22, 2014).
“As regards the second answer, the Supreme Court in Ejercito vs. Comelec, G.R. No. 212398, November 25, 2014, clarified that the rules on succession under the Local Government Code apply when a candidate was disqualified, not because of any ineligibility existing at the time of filing of his Certificate of Candidacy but for violating the rules of candidacy such as having over-spent in his campaign.
“In Ejercito, the elected and proclaimed vice governor succeeded and assumed the position of governor after gubernatorial candidate Emilio Ramon “E.R.” P. Ejercito was disqualified due to campaign overspending.
“Gubernatorial candidate Emilio Ramon “E.R.” P. Ejercito was not considered non-candidate by reason of his disqualification since he had a valid Certificate of Candidacy which was never cancelled.
“Suffice it to state that when the disqualification of the candidate bears no relation to his eligibility, the vacancy will be filled up by applying the rules on succession under the Local Government Code.”
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May 9, 2022 elections (Opinion by Ricardo B Serrano)
May VP Leni Robredo win the presidential seat with the help of the Supreme Court cancelling BBM certificate of candidacy (COC) thereby upholding the electoral integrity!
If the Supreme Court decides not to cancel BBM’s COC, then as president-elect, may his actions for the next six years be constructive, beneficial and respectful of human rights.
Lawyer Dante Gatmaytan, a professor at the University of the Philippines College of Law, told INQUIRER.net that should the SC reverse the Comelec resolution because Marcos Jr. was disqualified, his COC will be declared void.
“The second placer will be declared the winner,” said Gatmaytan, who stressed that there is no telling how long the SC will decide the case. Read DQ cases in SC: What court records say
While it’s too early to say how the new seven Atenean justices might vote on the disqualification cases against Ferdinand Marcos Jr. from holding office as president, we are keeping our fingers crossed. Former chief justice Panganiban, whose knowledge of the law is beyond question, had this to say last Jan. 31, 2022: Marcos Jr. was “unquestionably convicted of a crime penalized (under the Tax Code of 1977) by perpetual disqualification.” If they will just follow the clear language of that law and vote with Justices Marvic Leonen and Benjamin Caguioa (appointed by the late President Benigno Aquino III and therefore not beholden to Marcos-friendly President Duterte), nine votes will be more than enough to stop Marcos Jr. and his family from occupying Malacañang once again for the next six years!
How many “Hail Marys” will it take to make those Atenean justices see the light of day?
VOX POPULI, VOX DEI. The voice of the people is the voice of God. And it can only be so if it reflects what is true and what is just. This is the fight we all should be fighting for, regardless of our political color. – Gel Santos Relo
From the table and graph shown in the pictures below, one can show mathematically that the results coming from the Comelec Transparency Server of the 2022 election are highly statistically improbable. Unless Comelec can show proof that these results ACTUALLY occurred, then the 2022 election is more likely to have been rigged. The Transparency Server showed to the public that at 8:02pm of May 9, just an hour after the voting closed at 7:00pm, at least 20,061,691 votes were counted based on the votes garnered by the top five presidential candidates. Assuming that each Vote Counting Machine (VCM) is serving an average of 750 voters per precincts, the 20M votes would have been transmitted by at least 26,712 VCMs. This is a spectacular accomplishment of Comelec if true, because in our election history, never were votes counted this fast ever before. Yet this first hour of counting was never replicated, in fact it was exceedingly reduced in the second hour and in succeeding hours that counting was done from 7pm of May 9, to 3:18pm of May 13. On the second hour alone, from 8:02pm to 9:02pm of May 9, the counting drastically dropped from 20,061,691 to just 13,248,630 votes. What could be the explanation of this more than 34% drop from the first hour count, considering that in the first hour, administrative matters must first be performed by the teachers acting as members of the Election Board (EB) in each precinct before the VCM can transmit the Election Returns (ERs). It would be expected that MORE VCMs will be ready to transmit their ERs in the second hour than in the first hour. What could possibly change in one hour to explain that on the first hour of counting the Transparency Server was processing ERs at a very fast average time of 0.14 second per ER, and suddenly slowed down to just 0.203 second and more per ER? Did our nationwide internet speed which was spectacularly fast from 7:00pm to 8:02pm of May 9, suddenly slowed down for the rest of the counting period, a highly improbable event?
In that first hour where 20M votes were counted by the Comelec Transparency Server, would have been the greatest achievement of Comelec in our history, for it would be a record that would compare, if not surpass counting of votes in more advanced countries with better internet connectivity. But instead of preserving that historical moment, Comelec hastily deleted all files in the Transparency Server. Comelec could have shown the world of its achievement by providing the public the date/time stamps of all ERs received by the Transparency Server from 7:00pm to 8:02pm to prove that indeed there were a number of ERs transmitted by VCMs nationwide on that first hour to account for the 20M votes. All citizens know that in any transmission received in their cell phones or computers carries with it a date/time stamp from the telco provider, which could prove that there were actually enough ERs transmitted in that one hour slot to record the breaking 20M votes counted in less than an hour. Deleting that proof in the Transparency Server is NOT the normal action of a someone with a proud accomplishment. It is in fact the action of someone who faked an accomplishment and erasing all evidences that would point to rigging that accomplishment. But all telcos that transmitted the ERs between 7:00pm to 8:02pm of May 9 to the Transparency Server, still hold a record of these transactions in their Call Detail Records (CDRs) which could be petitioned by concerned citizens through a court order so that the TRUTH will come out.
These are the facts. On the first hour of counting in the Transparency Server, which was spectacularly fast, the uncanny vote ratios for ALL candidates for President and for Vice-President appeared and hardly changed at all till the end of counting four days later. For all intent and purposes, the election results for President and VP were established in that first hour alone. Comelec explained that the uncanny constant vote ratio is because of the Law of Large Number that was attained in the first hour of counting. If Comelec can not show that at least 20M votes were counted on that first hour (why did they delete the data in the Transparency Server that could have shown this?) then their theory of large number will fall flat and the 2022 election would have been rigged. Since COMELEC does not even acknowledge the spectacular result that the Smartmatic system showed in the first hour of the counting as a crowning achievement, it should seriously take the advise of PRRD and PBBM to dispose of Smartmatic in our future elections and change it with a more transparent, credible and less expensive Hybrid system.
PS: One will notice in the graph that the line between 8:02 pm and 10:02 pm (a 2-hour period) of May 9 is almost a straight line. This tends to show that the results therein have been programmed.
DISCLAIMER: This article is my opinion and was published to expose presumptive President Marcos’ involvement in the fake 2022 election and misinformation campaign to change Philippine history, and as a patriotic law-abiding Filipino-Canadian I’m enlightening the Filipinos to awaken them about the continuing tyranny of past Marco’s regime supported by anti-human rights Duterte’s regime. May God, Robredo supporters, and every law-abiding Filipino help the Philippines to surmount tyrannical and corrupt politicians!
Conclusion:
I have titled this article a fake war on drugs’ because of president duterte’s involvement with his economic advisor michael yang who is drug lord, assassination of opponents, ‘Bikoy’ videos and also in concurrence and support to Senator Trillanes’ same conclusion after his August 2017 senate hearing with Duterte’s son Paolo Duterte regarding his involvement with the P 6.4 billion shabu seizure.
Do you want the Philippines to be a narcostate similar to Mexico and Colombia where Chinese, Mexican drug lords and illegal drugs abound? If you don’t want fear and EJKs, then don’t vote for Duterte’s senatorial candidates. Who wants to be fooled twice and be associated with his misleading misbehaviour cohorts and Duterte’s pro-China stance with his brutal extrajudicial killings?
DISCLAIMER: This article is my opinion and was published to expose President’s involvement in the drug trade, and as a patriotic law-abiding Filipino-Canadian I’m educating the Filipinos to awaken them about the tyranny of Duterte’s regime and very importantly use discernment that their votes count by not voting for Duterte’s candidates (because majority wins) in the May 13, 2019 election.
God helps people who help themselves. The future of our beloved democratic country is in your hands. Vote wisely!
“This is how I quiet my monkey mind – I become aware of my breath and my monkey mind quiets down. Where awareness goes, energy flows. Where energy flows, awareness follows.”
– Acharya Ricardo B Serrano
Soul Healing is not similar to Qigong healing. Qigong is energy healing. We go beyond energy. It’s Divine Healing Hands or Divine Soul Healing. We can do one-to-one healing, group healing, and distance healing. There are all kinds of sickness in the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual bodies. To heal and transform humanity, we must remove Jing qi shen blockages. Jing qi shen blockages are the biggest pollution. – page 7, Return to Oneness with the Tao
The Pan Gu Shen Gong is the key to balancing Yin and Yang energies in the body, and an easier and simpler complementary Qigong practice to learn with other advanced meditative practices.
The use and abuse of opioids (prescription pain medications) is now responsible for an astonishing 44 deaths per day in America, surpassing auto accidents as the leading cause of accidental deaths in American adults. Despite this fact, sales of opioid medications keep rising as do the number of prescriptions each year.
At the same time, the use of acupuncture has dramatically increased over the last 20 years, with more patients than ever using acupuncture as an adjunct treatment for both acute and chronic pain conditions.
Acupuncture can reduce – or even eliminate – the need for opioids and non-opioid drugs by:
Stimulating the production of the body’s own “endogenous opioids”;
Stimulating the production of the body’s natural anti-inflammatory compounds;
Facilitating the body’s own natural chemistry creating the potential for similar – or sometimes better – benefits than synthetic drugs, without the risks of addiction or side effects.
Traditional Chinese medicine has been using medical cannabis and acupuncture together as part of their wellness and healing modalities for thousands of years.
Medical cannabis has a long history as a natural analgesic and is a powerful adjunct with TCM modalities such as acupuncture, Qigong, herbs and diet for treating addiction, depression, PTSD, anxiety, acute and chronic pain.
– Ricardo B Serrano, R.Ac., registered acupuncturist, certified cannabis specialist and Qigong teacher.
North American Opioid Epidemic Campaign
A primary mission of the Acupuncture Now Foundation (ANF) is to educate not only the public but healthcare providers and health policymakers about the potential of acupuncture. In North America a great deal of concern has been raised over what is being called the “opioid epidemic.” Opioids are a class of pain relieving drugs that include codeine, morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and some others under popular prescription names such as Vicodin, Percocet, Naloxone, etc. The use and abuse of these medications is now responsible for 44 deaths per day in America, surpassing auto accidents as the leading cause of accidental deaths in American adults.
Considering acupuncture’s stellar safety record and its ability to stimulate the production of the body’s own natural internal opioid chemistry, it is the position of the Acupuncture Now Foundation that acupuncture should be considered as a first choice non-opioid therapy for the treatment of any condition for which acupuncture has been found to be nearly as effective, as effective, or more effective than conventional care.
The ANF has teamed with the American Society of Acupuncturists to form the Joint Acupuncture Opioid Task Force. The Task Force submitted a packet of information including a great deal of research on acupuncture to the Centers for Disease Control. The CDC was soliciting public comments for the development of their new opioid prescribing guidelines and we are advocating for an expanded role for acupuncture in addressing this crisis. Our packet can be found below. Our thanks go to John McDonald for compiling the research and to the ASA’s David Miller and Jennifer Stone for their contributions to the packet.
The ANF also recently gave testimony in two states (California and Minnesota) where officials were calling for input into their policies. Copies of those letters are linked below. In Minnesota, their Health Services Advisory Council, a group of representatives consisting of doctors and health care providers, health insurance company representatives, and other officials, held a series of meetings to consider giving their recommendation to expand acupuncture services. After considering a good deal of information this advisory panel voted to recommend the state cover acupuncture services under their Medicaid system for the conditions listed below. We commend this panel for their willingness to make acupuncture more available to the citizens of their state and encourage drug-free therapy and thank those who presented information to that panel.
In our letter to the California Workers’ Compensation regulators, we detail studies showing acupuncture to be twice as effective as conventional care for treating chronic low back pain and further studies showing that this condition is the most common reason opioids are prescribed. After quoting their current guidelines that only allow for acupuncture to be used after drugs have been tried, the ANF called for these guidelines to be changed to allow acupuncture as a first choice treatment.
Conditions which acupuncture was recommended to be covered by the Minnesota Health Services Advisory Council:
Traditional Chinese medicine has been using cannabis and acupuncture together as part of their wellness and healing modalities for thousands of years. While this concept is still fairly new to the Western world, holistic medical practice in the East has long been highly advanced. Eastern civilizations, primarily the Chinese, were well-versed in the use of herbs, tinctures, and knowledge of the human body.
It’s no surprise that cannabis and acupuncture has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine; these two, when used together, have shown to have synergistic effects for strengthening the immune system and addressing several different health ailments. In ancient Chinese literature, herbal historians used cannabis to treat more than 100 conditions including hemorrhages, digestive problems, rheumatism, parasitic infections, reproductive disorders in women, cognitive issues caused by age, pain, and much more.
Acupuncture is the ancient technique of inserting needles in key energy points, known as meridians, throughout the body. The objective of inserting needles below the surface of the skin is to remove obstructions in energy, referred to as “qi”. These buildups are believed to contribute to disease, pain, sluggishness, and imbalance manifested through many different symptoms.
Research shows that acupuncture, just like cannabis, works to help heal and regulate the endocannabinoid system and many of the body’s other systems. Not much has been thought about the possible links between acupuncture and cannabis until some researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University discovered it. The findings, which were published by the National Institutes of Health, revealed how electro-acupuncture (an electric form of traditional acupuncture) can increase the cannabinoid activity in the body, thereby making pain more tolerable.
In animal models of arthritis, the researchers discovered that repeated treatment using electro-acupuncture increased cannabinoid receptors in the striatum of the brain which is loaded with dopamine cells. The rat subjects showed signs of less pain after being treated with acupuncture. If cannabinoids are the reason why acupuncture works so well in dulling pain, then combining cannabis and acupuncture can be a possible cost-effective, safe, and natural solution for pain and other ailments.
DISCLAIMER: The educational information in the website is for references only. Please consult your licensed physicians. The author will not be liable for the use of the information especially in the use of cannabis or herbs in this website.
“This is how I quiet my monkey mind – I become aware of my breath and my monkey mind quiets down. Where awareness goes, energy flows. Where energy flows, awareness follows.”
– Acharya Ricardo B Serrano
Legalizing cannabis in the Philippines
The issue of medical cannabis is literally a matter of life and death. It is an issue on the Filipinos’ fundamental right to health and the right to life.
Schumann resonance and healing
Cannabis is used with acupuncture and Qigong to resonate with the 7.83 Hz alpha state frequency, the Schumann resonance, for spiritual awakening and healing chronic diseases caused by wireless technology.
How cannabis can treat illnesses
Inflammatory diseases and spiritual awakening are affected by the endocannabinoid system activated by medical cannabis, acupuncture and Qigong.
Benefits of Medical Cannabis Education
Knowledgeable, well-educated and certified professionals are needed in every aspect of the cannabis and hemp movement.
Cannabis hemp oil is antiangiogenic
There are a significant amount of studies that show THC and CBD compounds found within cannabis, known as cannabinoids, have anti-cancer properties.
Cannabis vs Pharmaceuticals
Medical cannabis can replace the use of prescription drugs especially chronic pain, depression and anxiety disorders.
Endocannabinoid Deficiency
Dr. Ethan Russo suggested that deficient cannabinoid levels may be the underlying cause of numerous conditions alleviated by cannabis.
The following are fourteen quotations on cannabis myths (disinformation) and facts:
“After more than 70 years of misinformation about this botanical remedy, cannabis, I am delighted that we are finally gaining a mature understanding of its immense therapeutic potential.” – Dr. Andrew Weil
“As a scientist working to improve the health of people living with HIV/AIDS who use illicit drugs, I’m reminded every day of the impacts of our government’s policies on drugs. What’s more, I have seen how misinformation about drugs can lead to ineffective and even harmful drug policies.My own work involves researching the potential impact of cannabis among people living with HIV/AIDS. Patients have told us for decades that marijuana helps them deal with the side effects of their medications. But now, in a preliminary study, we have found evidence to suggest that people who use cannabis are more likely to have slower HIV disease progression — meaning that they can live longer and healthier lives. That finding is likely due to cannabis’ anti-inflammatory properties, which slows the replication of cells carrying the virus in a person’s body. It’s a surprising outcome, but one that helps us better understand a possible role for cannabis in viral infections.But in the current political climate, I’m continually coming up against claims by our political leaders that expanding adult access to legal, regulated cannabis would be an unmitigated disaster. Statements like these make it harder for me to do my job as a scientist.” – M-J Milloy, PhD
“There’s a lot of misinformation out there about marijuana, so we’re breaking down 10 of the most persistent myths about the drug – and giving you the real facts instead. Is pot prohibition working? Can casual use lead to addiction?” Read Top 10 Marijuana Myths and Facts to find out the answers to these and more questions.
“The THC in marijuana has well-defined anti-tumoral effects that have been shown to inhibit the growth of a variety of cancers in animal models and tissue culture systems, thus counteracting the potentially tumorigenic effects of the procarcinogens in marijuana smoke.” It Is Claimed Marijuana Smoke Contains Carcinogens But Doesn’t Cause Cancer. How?
Here are nine prescription medications that you generally avoid mixing with weed (or at least talk to a professional about).
Do you believe that marijuana can help treat your depression symptoms? Are you willing to try it to find out? Let’s discuss the beneficial effects of the medical marijuana against Depression to help you make this decision on your own. How Can Cannabis Help in the Treatment of Depression
Cannabis is a remarkably non-toxic substance, and one that is practically impossible to fatally overdose on. However, it is very easy to take too much cannabis, and the after-effects of doing so can be unpleasant and worrying, particularly for inexperienced users. Top 5 signs you’ve used too much cannabis
“We should not be in a position of moralizing whether people should be using cannabis or not. We’re scientists. We should look at the facts.” – Dr. Christian Le When pot means no prescription for pain
Cannabinoids, the primary compound found in cannabis, attached itself to the damaged nerves and serves as a protective helmet, preventing further damage from occurring and giving the nerves a chance to repair themselves. Cannabis & Senile Dementia
“This is how I quiet my monkey mind – I become aware of my breath and my monkey mind quiets down. Where awareness goes, energy flows. Where energy flows, awareness follows.”
– Acharya Ricardo B Serrano
DISCLAIMER: The educational information in the website is for references only. Please consult your licensed physicians. The author will not be liable for the use of the information especially in the use of cannabis or herbs in this website.
Ricardo B Serrano, a registered acupuncturist, herbalist and Qigong practitioner, and author of seven meditation and Qigong books, is a Filipino-Canadian expert in the natural alternative treatment of major depression, PTSD, pain, addiction and anxiety disorder, cancer and other chronic diseases.
Cannabis (recreational) will soon be legalized in July 1, 2018 in Canada and are legal in some states in US to end its prohibition, and promote its medical use to relieve medical conditions including cancer, chronic pain and depression. Unfortunately, it is still classified as a schedule 1 illegal drug under Republic Act 9165 in the Philippines. Both the Senate bill and Congress Bill 4477 to legalize marijuana for medical reasons is still pending in the legislature waiting for approval by senators and congressmen.
The dire situation in the Philippines where cannabis is illegal under Republic Act 9165 has presented a big problem to Filipinos, soldiers and civilians with PTSD, tourists and senior balikbayan Filipinos who need to use medical cannabis for their health conditions – chronic pain, hypertension, stroke, PTSD, cancer and other chronic degenerative diseases.
May the legislators (senators and congressmen) pass HB 180, the Philippine compassionate medical cannabis act, giving consideration to chronically sick Filipinos access to medical cannabis together with tourists and senior balikbayan who prefer to use cannabis for medical reasons instead of pharmaceuticals.
We humbly ask your support to pass HB180, the Philippine compassionate medical cannabis act, that will ensure qualified patients access to SAFE, AFFORDABLE and AVAILABLE medical cannabis.
House Bill 180 provides the State shall legalize and regulate the medical use of cannabis which has been confirmed to have beneficial and therapeutic uses to treat chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition that produces one or more of the following: cachexia or wasting syndrome; severe and chronic pain; severe nausea; seizures, including but not limited to those characteristic of epilepsy; or severe and persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to those associated with multiple sclerosis.
The bill mandates the Department of Health (DOH) Secretary to lead the formulation of regulations to implement the Act. The Secretary shall also issue registered identification (ID) cards to qualified patients after a careful review of their required documents.
Why ask medical doctors to legalize medical cannabis? Why not ask the majority of Filipinos instead?
Please stop convincing medical allopathic doctors to approve medical cannabis despite the medical benefits of cannabis plant. Medical doctors in the Philippines and abroad are educated in reductionist medical philosophy rather than holistic medical philosophy which the alternative holistic – body, mind and spirit – practitioners follow such as Chinese medicine practitioners.
Therefore, I believe that most medical doctors will not recommend the legalization of cannabis plant, an herbal holistic medicine, because medical doctors are influenced by the pharmaceutical industry and will negatively affect their allopathic (drug) practice which is their specialty.
The Chinese medical practitioners are the best people to recommend medical cannabis for legalization because it is a herbal remedy (not a synthetic drug) that is covered in their herbal training and in their scope of practice.
The support for the ongoing petition by the Philippine Cannabis Compassion Society is definitely needed because the majority of congressmen and senators will only change their stand in Bill 180 when there is a million Filipinos wanting access to medical cannabis.
NOTE by Ricardo B Serrano, R.Ac.: As an acupuncture detox specialist and certified cannabis specialist, I believe that medical cannabis (Mafen) when combined with auricular therapy is a potent alternative herb for treating PTSD, alcohol and drug addictions especially in the drug rehab in the Philippines.
We have a major drug problem in Canada, US and Philippines. What may be surprising to some is that most dangerous and lethal drugs are the ones you can get a prescription for. You may even have some of these deadly drugs in your medicine cabinet contributing to opioid crisis.
“I take cannabis for medical reasons only. Medical cannabis relieves my neuropathic pain (eye pain and sciatica) for a number of days without the lethal side-effects of pain killer prescription drugs. I am just concerned about the health condition of president Duterte as a Filipino-Canadian living in Canada where medical cannabis is legal.” – Ricardo B Serrano, R.Ac.
Using medical cannabis alone for treating alcohol and drug addictions is potent enough as shown in the drug-free protocol used by High Sobriety articles below:
“In our clinical program, everybody wears a jacket and tie to see their individual therapist or group,” Schrank says. “I feel like the external is reflective of the internal.”
Creating a structured and documented program using marijuana to address addiction is one of the main goals of High Sobriety. “If it wasn’t a political issue, if it was strictly a scientific issue, this would have been out there decades ago,” says Reiman, who plans to study the outcomes of patients coming through the facility over time.
But for now, simply living – staying alive one more day and then another day after that – is the main goal Schrank and others in the field are looking to achieve through the use of cannabis as a viable substitute for addiction and overdose.
“We have to stop letting people die because we have some preconceived notion about what it means to smoke pot,” says Reiman. “People are dying. It’s time we really start to look at creative ways to address the problem.” – Can this man successfully treat opioid addiction with marijuana?
References that support the use of medical cannabis for treating alcohol and drug addictions:
Why was cannabis made illegal? Obviously, both the pharmaceutical industry and the medical monopoly would lose billions of dollars if cannabis became the legal alternative herbal medicine (non-drug) of choice with its limitless healing potential for treating illnesses including cancer, chronic pain and depression.
Cannabis is a safe herbal medicine because cannabinoid receptor cells are lacking in the brainstem which controls breathing and heartbeat. Therefore, even strong doses do not endanger life.
Medical cannabis refers to the cured, mature female flowers of high-potency strains of cannabis.
Like “maintenance drugs” for hypertension and cholesterol, medical cannabis is meant to ease a person’s suffering from debilitating health issues without the toxic side-effects of prescription drugs.
Cannabis is used to treat many medical conditions and symptoms. It is effective in treating nausea, loss of appetite, pain, anxiety, insomnia, inflammation and muscle spasms. These symptoms are often part of physical or mental conditions. Arthritis, cancer, HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, ADHD and post-traumatic stress disorder are some conditions cannabis can help treat.
Sometimes cannabis is more effective than pharmaceutical drugs and has fewer negative side effects. Some people use cannabis to help them cope with the side effects of, or to replace, these medications. Others use cannabis to deal with withdrawal symptoms from other legal or illegal drugs.
Medical cannabis (Mafen) has been used by Chinese herbalists and Filipino traditional healers as food and medicine for millennia until the advent of the war on drugs that prohibited cannabis via the influence of the pharmaceutical industry and western medicine which uses pharmaceuticals with side-effects.
The problem with the legalization in the Philippines is that current cannabis policies are based on fear, ignorance and greed. In reality, cannabis prohibition is a fundamental human rights violation.
The issue of medical cannabis is literally a matter of life and death. It is an issue on the fundamental right to health and the right to life.
We humbly ask your support to pass HB180, the act that will ensure qualified patients access to SAFE, AFFORDABLE and AVAILABLE medical cannabis.
Ricardo B Serrano, a registered acupuncturist, herbalist and Qigong practitioner, and author of seven meditation and Qigong books, is a Filipino-Canadian expert in the natural alternative treatment of major depression, pain, PTSD, addiction and anxiety disorder, cancer and other chronic diseases.
DISCLAIMER: The educational information in the website is for references only. Please consult your licensed physicians. The author will not be liable for the use of the information especially in the use of cannabis or herbs in this website.
“This is how I quiet my monkey mind – I become aware of my breath and my monkey mind quiets down. Where awareness goes, energy flows. Where energy flows, awareness follows.”
– Acharya Ricardo B Serrano
Meditation and Qigong Books and DVDs to learn Meditation and Qigong to awaken and embody Christ Consciousness:
Most people have yet to hear about the ECS, but as the world comes to better understand this crucial system, we continue to unlock the secrets of cannabis as medicine while understanding more about human health in general.
Here are 8 facts about the endocannabinoid system which is the greatest medical discovery of the 21st Century based on scientific research.
1. The endocannabinoid system was discovered in the late 1980s when researchers were studying how THC interacted with the body. For reasons we’ll get into, the ECS would soon be considered more significant than all other neuroscience discoveries combined.
2. In the early 1990s another amazing discovery was made when researchers found two endogenous compounds that bind just like THC with the ECS. These THC-like cannabinoids, produced by our own bodies, are respectively called anandamide and AG-2.
3. It eventually became clear that the receptors which comprised the ECS were the most prevalent neurotransmitters throughout the brain and also found in the organs, bones, and skin.
4. Scientists have learned that the ECS plays a direct role in homeostasis, which means that it regulates every metabolic process in the body to keep things running as they should.
As Dr. Sunil Aggarwal pointed out, the ECS plays a role in processes such as:
Mood regulation
Appetite
Memory
Inflammation
Pain perception
Muscle tone and movement
Extinction of traumatic memory
Protection of nerves and brain tissue
Bone growth
Tumor regulation
Baby breast-feeding reward
Stress management
Eye pressure
Gastrointestinal motility
Seizure activity
And many others
5. When we don’t have enough endocannabinoids in our body, we call this clinical endocannabinoid deficiency – which medical researchers are connecting to a number of ailments including previously untreatable illnesses like irritable bowel syndrome or fibromyalgia or migraines. When the ECS isn’t healthy, any number of things can go wrong. The cannabinoids in cannabis can help us bolster the ECS, which is why the herb is so effective for so many different ailments.
6. People have been using cannabis for over 10,000 years (without a single fatal overdose ever being recorded), and some estimates have the ECS first developing at about 500 million years ago!
7. Recent research, shows that, like cannabis, acupuncture actually works to regulate, heal and optimize the endocannabinoid system as well as the other systems of the body.
Acupuncture influences the opioid and cannabinoid system by releasing endogenous receptor ligands.
Emperor Shen Nung, a pharmacologist, wrote a book The Great Herbal on TCM treatment methods and supposedly was the first to mention the benefits of cannabis to the human body.
8. Almost every animal, with the exception of insects, has an endocannabinoid system.
Cannabis does not affect disease as much as it affects the endocannabinoid system (ECS) that regulates the processes affecting said inflammatory related diseases. Proper activation of the ECS helps to homeostatically regulate the inflammation in the body that is associated with many diseases.
It is a fact that Chinese medicine has used cannabis (Ma Fen) as a healing herb for millennia according to The Divine Farmer’s Materia Medica (Shen Nung Ben Cao Jing). However, Traditional Chinese medicine physicians are dedicated Qigong, herbal and acupuncture practitioners so they have the skills to harness the transformative healing potential of cannabis, and neutralize its mild side-effects. Self-medicating with cannabis without the Chinese medicine knowledge and therapies, and Qigong training can make existing symptoms worse or create other imbalances.
Western research has confirmed that cannabis, Qigong and acupuncture work with the endocannabinoid system of the body, and a specific type of acupuncture can heal pain, anxiety, depression, addiction and deliver that great stoned feeling similar to cannabis. Therefore, medical cannabis can revolutionize the practice of TCM because the body’s endocannabinoid system is activated to heal diseases. Additionally, Qigong and acupuncture are definitely needed to balance Qi in the body when cannabis is taken.
Cannabis is regarded as the “food of Kundalini”, the female subtle creative energy that transforms sexual energy into spiritual experience.
As a Chinese medicine and Qigong practitioner, I find that Cannabis is both an herbal medicine and an entheogenic substance used for healing and awakening our inner divinity via meditation/ Qigong. – Ricardo B Serrano, R.Ac.
Ganja, Sanskrit word for cannabis, is associated with the Hindu God Shiva. Kundalini is also directly associated with the Hindu God Shiva. Every year in Nepal, one of the most holy events, the Shivaratri, is the celebration of Shiva through prayer, meditation and cannabis. The God Shiva consumed cannabis as a blessing according to interpretations of ancient Hindu text. Holy men and women of Shaivism are dedicated to achieving moksa (liberation) via yoga, meditation, and a devotional ritual of smoking cannabis. They find cannabis to be a catalyst for kundalini awakening, self-realization and mystical experiences.
“The subtler attainments come with birth or are attained through herbs (cannabis), mantra, austerities or concentration.”
Cannabis use allows for a quieting of the outside world, and the ability to focus more totally on the interior process of meditation.” – Patanjali Yoga Sutras 4.1
Theologian, Ariel Glucklich, PhD, Georgetown University states, “Marijuana is used in rituals for Shiva in order to attain higher levels of consciousness, visions, loss of individuality, identity with God. A whole range of psychic and spiritual phenomenon that are produced by cannabis are the goals of allowing and encouraging it’s utilization.”
Cannabis is not only used by yogis of every tradition for spiritual awakening but also used for healing chronic diseases due to its homeostatic balancing effect on inflammatory diseases by the endocannabinoid system of the body activated by cannabis.
Ricardo B Serrano, a registered acupuncturist, herbalist and Qigong practitioner, and author of seven meditation and Qigong books, is a Filipino-Canadian expert in the natural alternative treatment of major depression, pain, PTSD, addiction and anxiety disorder, cancer and other chronic diseases.
DISCLAIMER: The educational information in the website is for references only. Please consult your licensed physicians. The author will not be liable for the use of the information especially in the use of cannabis or herbs in this website.
“This is how I quiet my monkey mind – I become aware of my breath and my monkey mind quiets down. Where awareness goes, energy flows. Where energy flows, awareness follows.”
– Acharya Ricardo B Serrano
Meditation and Qigong Books and DVDs to learn Meditation and Qigong to awaken and embody Christ Consciousness:
The following two cannabis breast cancer patient testimonials were derived from www.cannabispatientnetwork.com, one cannabis prostate cancer patient testimonial from patients4medicalmarijuana.wordpress.com and one cannabis eye pain patient testimonial from qigongmastery.ca:
Brenda L. of Ohio: Breast Cancer
“Eight years ago, Brenda was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was in stage I when they found it. She underwent the lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy.
A lumpectomy is where just the tumor is removed as well as the normal breast tissue that closely surrounds the tumor. Sentinel node refers to the first lymph node(s) that drains from the breast tumor area (found by injecting a radioactive dye).
“They shoot radiation into your breast and they follow it up to the nodes to make sure that you don’t have cancer in your lymph nodes. And I did not, so all I had to have was radiation…and hormone therapy. Because my cancer was fed by the estrogen.”
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“That’s the drug from Hell, too…the hot flashes were like a hundred times worse. I mean you just break out into a sweat all over. For no reason. I mean 25, 30 times a day. And the radiation…it was..I don’t know…it was a weakening. It didn’t hurt. It was completely painless. You wonder, what are they shooting through your body? But you…can’t feel it. But you can afterwards.”
Brenda still has scars from the over-spray of the radiation, now, eight years later. It burned her skin. Brenda was lucky that she’s dark skinned. After the treatment, “…they were surprised because they said, most of the time, the skin peels away. But I’m part Indian. They said I did very well.”
One of her breasts is bigger than the other because of the effects of the radiation.
“After the radiation, it left you very drained. And, so nauseous, you didn’t even want to think about food.”
Brenda had heard that cannabis was good for treating the nausea following cancer therapy. So she tried it. “And I could eat my dinner.”
Maintaining a consistent weight was important. The wasting that follows this kind of treatment can kill just as easily as the cancer it’s self.
Brenda underwent thirty-five days of radiation. “Boom, boom, boom.” That’s the deliberate way the treatments went. Then, another type of radiation. “They gave me two different kinds.”
“If I hadn’t had the cannabis to get through the nauseousness, I would have lost weight and, I don’t know, who knows what would have happened.”
“Cannabis gives me a lift. It doesn’t lay me back or anything. I want to do things, and it gave me energy that I didn’t have at that time. I could eat. That was the important thing.”
Since she smoked her cannabis, she did have some respiratory irritation, but that was minimal and could have been remedied if she would have known about vaporizers.
Brenda also suffers from arthritis in her knee and in her hip. In addition, she has chronic pain in her feet and has had surgery in both of them.
“…I get around real well. Fifty-seven and I still mow the grass. I usually smoke cannabis before I do. It kind of lessens the pain and keeps me going.”
The anti-inflammatory benefit of cannabis helps her with her arthritic pain. “It takes your mind away; away from your pain.”
Brenda sums up her feelings about cannabis by saying, “They should let people grow their own medicine if they want to. And it would be so easy. So easy for somebody. Plant a little seed. Get some medicine.”
Catherine Adaberry of Missouri: Breast Cancer
Catherine developed breast cancer in 2002. She was in her 40’s. No one in her family had ever dealt with the disease. It was a difficult time for her and her loved ones. She underwent surgery and considerable chemotherapy and radiation treatments. “Physically, it took quite a toll on me…I was very sick.”
“I was sick the whole time, and I used marijuana. It helped.”
She had heard that cannabis could help with those battling cancer. A member of her extended family had dealt with brain cancer. He used cannabis and attributed his prolonged life to his use of cannabis.
With the chemo, Catherine didn’t want to eat. She just didn’t have an appetite. She was a nervous wreck. “I would smoke and I could eat. I would smoke and I could sleep. With the radiation, it was the same thing.”
“There’s just so much stress with having cancer. I mean, your hair falls out. You don’t feel good. I had grand babies during that time and I couldn’t hold them. I was an emotional wreck. It helped. So many pills…you don’t want to take another pill. It was so much better just to smoke – and to eat – and to smoke – and to sleep.”
She lived in Sheldon and would have to travel to treatment in Kansas City or Joplin. When she was undergoing chemotherapy, she would have to spend the night there. It was stressful having to carry cannabis with her. But it was necessary, to get through the treatments.
She would tell others who were also battling cancer about cannabis. “It helps with your stomach. Your stomach is just in knots all the time. It does help. It helped me a lot.”
The stress of trying to find cannabis was particular hard. It’s unfortunate, but most cancer patients across this country have to go to the street to get their medicine; from someone they don’t know, dealing out of their car. Never knowing what they are getting. “And you don’t know what kind of trouble you might be getting yourself into, either. If it would have been legal, things would have been a lot easier.”
These days, she’s doing well. But she still talks to people about cannabis; those diagnosed with cancer. If they can’t eat or can’t sleep – “I know it will help them.”
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Cannabis Patient Network – Giving a voice to the chronically and terminally ill. A tool for the activist and individual, demonstrating the efficacy of medical cannabis through the words of the actual patient.
Biochemist Dennis Hill, prostate cancer survivor
“My opinion is that oral cannabis extract with equal parts THC and CBD is the ideal cancer killer without the mental effects. The cannabinoids work in concert to kill cancer; this is known as the entourage effect; THC disrupts the cancer cell mitochondria, and CBD disrupts the cell’s endoplasmic reticulum, bringing certain cell death.” – Biochemist Dennis Hill
This brief survey touches lightly on a few essential concepts. Mostly I would like to leave you with an appreciation that nature has designed the perfect medicine that fits exactly with our own immune system of receptors and signaling metabolites to provide rapid and complete immune response for systemic integrity and metabolic homeostasis.
~Dennis Hill
It Works (Abstract)
There is a plentiful supply of research articles and personal testaments that show the efficacy of cannabis effecting cancer remission. However, only a few point to the mechanism by which the cancer cells die. To understand this better we need to know what metabolic processes provide life to the cells.
There are two structures in most cells that sustains life; one is the mitochondria, and the other is the endoplasmic reticulum. The mitochondria primarily produces adenosine triphosphate (ATP) that provides the necessary energy. The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a loosely bound envelope around the cell nucleus that synthesizes metabolites and proteins directed by the nuclear DNA that nourish and sustain the cell.
Let us look first at tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and observe that THC is a natural fit for the CB1 cannabinoid receptor on the cancer cell surface. When THC hits the receptor, the cell generates ceramide that disrupts the mitochondria, closing off energy for the cell.
Disruption of the mitochondria releases cytochrome c and reactive oxygen species into the cytosol, hastening cell death. It is notable that this process is specific to cancer cells. Healthy cells have no reaction to THC at the CB1 receptor. The increase in ceramide also disrupts calcium metabolism in the mitochondria, completing the demise to cell death.
The other cannabinoid we know is effective in killing cancer cells is cannabidiol (CBD). The primary job of CBD in the cancer cell is to disrupt the endoplasmic reticulum through wrecking of the calcium metabolism, pushing calcium into the cytosol. This always results in cell death. Another pathway for CBD to effect cancer cell death is the Caspase Cascade, which breaks down proteins and peptides in the cell. When this happens the cell cannot survive. Again, these processes are specific to cancer cells, no normal cells are affected.
Reference:
The Journal of Neuroscience, February 18, 2009 • 29(7):2053–2063 • 2053
Cannabidiol Targets Mitochondria to Regulate Intracellular Calcium Levels.
Duncan Ryan, Alison J. Drysdale, Carlos Lafourcade, Roger G. Pertwee, and Bettina Platt.
School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom.
Mol Cancer Ther July 2011 10; 1161
Cannabidiol Induces Programmed Cell Death in Breast Cancer Cells by Coordinating the Cross-talk between Apoptosis and Autophagy
Ashutosh Shrivastava, Paula M. Kuzontkoski, Jerome E. Groopman, and Anil Prasad.
Division of Experimental Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Ricardo B Serrano of British Columbia, Canada, chronic eye pain
Initially, nine years ago, I persistently learned and practiced Wuji Qigong from Taoist Master Michael Winn, Sheng Zhen Wuji Yuan Gong from
Master Li Jun Feng, and finally became certified as a Pan Gu Mystical Qigong instructor from Master Ou Wen Wei. I have noticed that my symptoms of fatigue, depression and high blood pressure gradually went away for good but my failing left eye with soreness seemed to still bother me. I started using EFT therapy, Zhan Zhuang Qigong, Qi Dao, Shaktipat Meditation, and Guru Yoga with Master Choa Kok Sui’s Super Brain Yoga which greatly relieved the eye pain.
Realizing that I have to balance my heavenly yang practices like Qigong with earthly yin Chinese tonic herbs, I started taking the three main Chinese tonic herbs Reishi Mushroom (Ling Zhi), Panax ginseng (Ren Shen) and Schizandra fruit (Wu Wei Zi) with other tonic herbs, cannabis and Alkaline Water with Western herbs which eventually took care of my left eye soreness and blurred vision.
Cannabis with Qigong is the main herb that took care of my left eye pain together with my other symptoms such as sciatic pain, fatigue, high blood pressure and depression.
Please email Ricardo with similar medical conditions relieved with medical cannabis so he can publish your testimonial in this blogsite.
As a certified cannabis specialist and author of The Cure & Cause of Cancer, I can vouch for the effectiveness of medical cannabis (Mafen) in relieving the cancer patient symptoms such as nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy, lack of appetite, lack of energy, sleep and mood problems, constant pain and wasting syndrome – cachexia. It also raises the patients’ spirits, mood and will to live, improving their overall chances of recovery.
Guo Lin Qigong is integrated with medical cannabis to unblock the Qi and blood flow in the meridians and the Wei Qi Field which can be learned in the seven books by Ricardo B Serrano, R.Ac.
Cancer is no longer a “death sentence” and can be cured naturally without the killing side-effects of cytotoxic chemotherapy, surgery or radiation.
DISCLAIMER: The educational information in the website is for references only. Please consult your licensed physicians. The author will not be liable for the use of the information especially in the use of cannabis or herbs in this website.
“This is how I quiet my monkey mind – I become aware of my breath and my monkey mind quiets down. Where awareness goes, energy flows. Where energy flows, awareness follows.”
– Acharya Ricardo B Serrano
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Why do we need to be certified or educated in medical cannabis?
Getting certified will make you stand out from the crowd and show that you are serious about your cannabis (marijuana) or hemp education. The cannabis and hemp industries are exploding nationwide. Knowledgeable, well-educated and certified professionals are needed in every aspect of the cannabis and hemp movement.
As a registered acupuncturist professional, certified cannabis specialist designation is necessary to further continuing studies in Chinese herbal medicine and assist patients to effectively manage the following debilitating health issues:
It can be used to treat Glaucoma.
It may help reverse the carcinogenic effects of tobacco and improve lung health.
It can help control epileptic seizures.
It also decreases the symptoms of a severe seizure disorder known as Dravet’s Syndrome.
A chemical found in marijuana stops cancer from spreading.
It may decrease anxiety.
THC slows the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
The drug eases the pain of multiple sclerosis.
Other types of muscle spasms could be helped too.
It lessens side effects from treating hepatitis C and increases treatment effectiveness.
What is the difference between cannabis and hemp?
Even though cannabis and hemp describe the exact same plant, their composition, cultivation, processing and end uses are sufficiently different that it is often useful to draw a distinction between cannabis and hemp.
Terminology: Cannabis vs. Hemp
We use the word “cannabis” generally as an overall term, to mean any variety the plant Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica.
We will also use the word “cannabis” or “medicinal cannabis” to mean psychoactive or high-THC preparations of the cannabis plant used for medicine.
We usually use the word “hemp” or “industrial hemp” to mean cannabis plants that are non-psychoactive and low in THC and are grown primarily as industrial crop, for building materials, paper, plastic, fiber, seed oil, etc.
Marijuana is a Racist Word
We try to use the word “marijuana” or “marihuana” only when we are referring to laws or racist propaganda that contain those terms. The word “marijuana” is a racist term that was invented in the 1920s during the Reefer Madness campaign to demonize cannabis. Cannabis and hemp opponents wanted to convince the public that Mexicans and black people were smoking cannabis and raping white women, so they coined the word “marijuana” to give the herb a racist connotation. The public did not realize that “marijuana” was what they had always known as “cannabis” or “hemp”. The public believed that “marijuana” was some new devil weed, which was causing mayhem and madness among minorities. We try to use only the historically correct terms, cannabis or hemp.
DISCLAIMER: The educational information in the website is for references only. Please consult your licensed physicians. The author will not be liable for the use of the information especially in the use of cannabis or herbs in this website.
“This is how I quiet my monkey mind – I become aware of my breath and my monkey mind quiets down. Where awareness goes, energy flows. Where energy flows, awareness follows.”
– Acharya Ricardo B Serrano
Meditation and Qigong Books and DVDs to learn How to Be the Change You Want to See:
As a registered acupuncturist, I have been researching for over 30 years on the best alternative holistic – body, mind and spirit – therapies for healing cancer and degenerative diseases that work. The main focus of the seven books of You Hold the Keys to Healing – is to heal the body, mind, and emotions by building the Qi of the energy body (lightbody or energy bubble) while achieving Self-realization through meditation and Qigong.
This final seventh book “The Cure and Cause of Cancer: An Alternative Holistic Approach to Heal Cancer,” is focused on the therapeutic measures to heal cancer manifesting in the body through the Budwig diet, Cessiac herbal formulas, electrotherapy, alkaline water, coconut oil, reishi mushroom, cannabis and other tonic herbs to detox the body and boost the body’s Wei Qi immune system fostering an anti-cancer terrain. Oriental medical therapies such as acupuncture, acupressure, pranic healing, meditation and Qigong are also used to balance and build the body’s Qi.
Vital cannabis information on how cannabis works with holistic biochemistry of cannabinoids are included because medical cannabis has a great potential as a curative herbal medicine for cancer and other chronic diseases without the toxic side-effects of prescription drugs.
An important therapeutic tool emphasized in this book is the addition of an unorthodox therapy using hydrazine sulfate or medical cannabis to address the wasting syndrome problem often seen with cancer patients – cachexia. Basically, hydrazine sulfate inhibits gluconeogenesis (the liver’s recycling of lactic acid into glucose) where the sugar is consumed in ever-increasing amounts by voracious cancer cells, and halt the leading cause of death in cancer: cachexia.
Dr. Joseph Gold, the developer of hydrazine sulfate therapy said, “For the past 50 years the attention of the medical profession has been focused on the tumor. But all attempts to treat the tumor — to kill the tumor and therefore wipe out the disease — have in general been futile. During the past 50 years the death rate from this disease has reportedly hardly budged, decreasing at the most 5 percent overall, and in the major cancers not decreasing at all. Cytotoxic chemotherapy, the major weapon to defeat cancer in the last 50 years, has succeeded in killing cancer cells, but in killing normal cells, too, and has been itself a cause of cancer mortality.
Effective cancer control may lie, rather, with therapy of the ‘shift’ to glycolysis, than with tumor therapy, potentially obviating such developments as drug resistance and major drug toxicity. In this regard it is recognized that not only can the “metabolic shift to enhanced glycolysis” provide a basis for cancer treatment but that discovery of the regulatory mechanism(s) underlying this metabolic shift may be essential to the future development of anti-cancer therapy.”
Why do I, as a licensed health care professional, recommend Hydrazine Sulfate or medical cannabis to my patients who are under the care of their medical doctors? Both hydrazine sulfate and cannabis are marketed in the United States and Canada as dietary supplements /nutraceuticals by some companies. In the United States and Canada, dietary supplements are regulated as foods, not drugs. However, I also believe that hydrazine sulfate or medical cannabis is the missing important therapeutic tool to solve the riddle of the wasting syndrome – cachexia – in cancer, and stop the voracious cancer cells to use glucose.
“These studies in essence suggest that it would be sheer insanity for a cancer patient failing current therapy, not to try hydrazine sulfate. To wait until his/her disease becomes truly terminal, from which there is no return.” – Dr. Gold
BOOK UPDATES and The main reasons for the updates:
1. I have included powerful herbs, ketogenic diet, hemp oil and coconut oil for cancer which are natural substitutes for the intake of hydrazine sulfate, an MAO inhibitor medication.
2. I have also included the reasons for acupuncture and meditation with Guo Lin Qigong as vital adjuncts to natural cancer therapy.
3. Finally, intranasal light therapy and an electromagnetic healing technology invented in the Philippines can rebuild the body’s Qi field by supplying negative ions and nitric oxide needed to heal cancer and other chronic degenerative diseases.
Cancer is no longer a “death sentence” and can be cured naturally without the killing side-effects of cytotoxic chemotherapy, surgery or radiation.
Product Details
Paperback: 136 pages
Publisher: Holisticwebs.com (January 31, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0988050234
ISBN-13: 9780988050235
Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.5 ounces
“If you have read my book, The Cure & Cause of Cancer: An Alternative Holistic Approach to Heal Cancer,” I would really appreciate hearing what you thought of it (Contact Us). You could write about what you liked about the book and how it helped you. I love getting reviews from the readers of my books and I am glad that you enjoyed the book.” – Ricardo B Serrano
Let us listen and respect the views of the real experts. The WHO has already spoken, acknowledging the benefits of medical cannabis.
