Cannabis Sativa

Sativa

Sativa strains and hybrids high in sativa provide an effect that is  more energetic than what you’d experience with an Indica. They also tend  to cause creativity. Consuming Sativa is less likely to result in a  feeling of being stoned and more likely to be invigorating, opening you  up to fresh ideas. Many creative types enjoy using Sativa to help them  dive deeper into their art.

Sativa is less often used for therapeutic purposes because many  people prefer a more relaxing high. However, it is helpful for certain  conditions, such as depression, fatigue, and ADD. Although many medical  marijuana users choose high CBD strains or Indica-dominant strains, a  sativa-heavy strain may also provide relief.

If you use marijuana recreationally, you’ll probably love the giddy  psychoactive experience of Sativa. It is especially popular in a social  setting. Many people either smoke or vaporize it, but Sativa can also be  consumed any way that you prefer.

Sativa is native to the tropics. The hot weather and long summers in  that region allowed the plant to develop a long flowering time – much  longer than Indica, which is from a harsher climate. Sativa cannabis is  found in places below a latitude of 30o N, such as Thailand, Mexico,  India, and Nigeria.

Sativa seeds look exactly like indica cannabis seeds. It is  difficult, if not impossible, to tell the difference between the two by  just looking at them. That’s why you’ll want to make sure that you  purchase all of your marijuana seeds from a reputable supplier.

Indica

This particular strain of marijuana is famed for behaving much like a  sedative. After you smoke it (or consume it in some other manner),  you’ll soon find yourself in a state of deep relaxation. Most people  choose to use Cannabis indica right before bed or watching a  movie, not when they are looking for the more psychoactive  creativity-inducing effects of other strains.

Those relaxing effects mean that this strain of cannabis is also  great for medical marijuana patients who are suffering from pain or  insomnia. Taking it at night can help them to enjoy a relaxing full  night of sleep.

Cannabis indica first grew in the Hindu Kush mountain range, in Afghanistan and Pakistan (we even have a strain named Hindu Kush). It can also be found in Nepal, Lebanon, and Morocco. It flourishes in a temperate climate,  with low temperatures at night even in the heat of summer.  Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, a French biologist, classified the plant in the  late 1700s, noting that (unlike the hemp grown in Europe at the time)  the plant was intoxicating.

Those intoxicating effects were quickly taken advantage of and were used in European medicine throughout the 19th century.