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Keywords: Cannabis, Chinese medicine, historical changes, bencao, cannabidiol
Citation: Brand EJ and Zhao Z (2017) Cannabis in Chinese Medicine: Are Some Traditional Indications Referenced in Ancient Literature Related to Cannabinoids? Front. Pharmacol. 8:108. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00108
Received: 24 October 2016; Accepted: 21 February 2017;
Published: 10 March 2017.
Edited by:
Giuseppe Esposito, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Reviewed by:
Anastasia Karioti, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Rajendra Karki, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA
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*Correspondence: Zhongzhen Zhao,
zzzhao@hkbu.edu.hk