Emacembu emaHemp

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Kulenancwadzi, Psychedelics Encyclopedia, Peter Stafford uchaza kutsi liningi letati livuma kutsi kukhona cishe emacembu lamatsatfu etitjalo te Cannabis letehluka kusuka kusinye ngekuhluma, tinhlavu, emahlanga kanye ne tintfo letimtfubi leticinile (icannabinoid) letfwelwe.

Emacembu eHemp ne Cannabis

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iCannabis sativa L. licembu lemacembu ecannabis lelatiwa ngekutsi yi hemp. Tinhlobo titfwele iTHC lengaphansi kwa 0.3%. iHemp yindlela lete intfoyekuhlanya ye cannabis leyatiwa ngekutsi yi hemp. Lamacembu atfolwa engadzeni yase China ase abekwa ngemnyaka wa 1753 ngekutsi ngema Cannabis sativa Linnaaeus, labitwa ngemuva kwa Carl Linnaeus,ingadzi yase Swedish. Lomkhicito walamacembu ucinile ngefibre, ingakhula ifike ku 5m ngebudze kantsi futsi ulungele tinhlavu te hemp kanye nemkhicito wetinhlavu te hemp.

iCannabis indica Lamarck sitjalo sasehlatsini lesimfisha lesikhula ngendlela letsite kantsi futsi ilungele umkhicito we fibre. iCannabis indica noma insango seyinetigaba letiphakeme te psychoactive tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) ne THC letfwele 18% kuya ku 38%.

Emacembu esitsatfu, iCannabis ruderalis yatfolwa ngemnyaka wa 1924 eSiberia lapho ihkhula ehlatsini. Lawamacembu, lahluma ngetulu kwemasentimitha lamashumi lasitfupha ngebudze, anentfoyekuhlanya lencane emkhatsini wemaviki lasikhombisa. Tinhlavu te C. ruderalis tasetjentiswa emingcwabeni kusuka ngetikhatsi ta 450 B.C.

Le C. sativa-inhlobo leyaba yekucala kutsi isakake emhlabeni wonkhe, kumbe ngenca yekusetjentiswa kwe fibre yayo kanye netinhlavu letidliwako.

Tinhlobo te Hemp

iNyuvesi yase Kentucky ku Kolishi lwe Tekulima, Kudla kanye neMvelo neKuhlanganisa Kukhula kweKusebenta icwayisa kutsi balimi be hemp kutsi bacwalinge ngetinhlobo te hemp letibukene nekuhlangana kwesitjalo se hemp lapho kubukwe kuvuna. Inhlangano ingaba yifibre yemayadi kanye nekwakha emayadi, tinhlavu letisetjentiswa ekukhokheni oyili we hemp noma tincenye tetibhidvo te CBD kumkhicito we Oyili. Kudzingeka kutsi kukhetfwe tinhlobo letikhetfwe kutsi tisebente kahle ngalokukufakwa.

Le hemp ye fibre lendze ngaphandle kwalelihlanga lwe hemp iyasetjentiswa kutintfo tekuhlanganisa, kucindzetela, emayadi, emaphepha kanye ne pulp. Lamafibre lacinile langaphandle ahlanganiswe kuhlanga lelingekhatsi leline pectin, icarbohydrate.

Leligodvo lelifana nentfo lecinile yeluhlanga lwe hemp (hurd) lisetjentiswa etintfweni, tephethiloli, imibhedze yetilwane kanye netibhidvo letonakele tekuvala tijalo. Titsi tinhlavu te hemp tiphuma tiphakama ngema protein kuflour. Timbali kanye nemacembe kuyasetjentiswa kutsi kutsatfwe icannabinoid ioyili ye CBD levutsiwe kanye nekufaka imphilo.

Tintfo letiyinkinga kutiko lwe hemp tiyasetjentiswa kwentela kukhokha imikhicito letstite ekugcineni; tinhlavu te hemp, ifibre kanye netizatfu lapho bakhiciti befibre kanye netinhlavu. Tidzingo ye hemp netidzingo atikhokhi kangako njengoba noma kwelizinga lelifanako lenhlanyelo ye hemp.

Translated by Phindile Malotana