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events with your friends, or if you want to be productive around the house. Sativa’s can be wonderfully suited for daytime use, and can often produce a creative cerebral high that will bring your mind pure energetic bliss. Generally speaking, these strains in pure form have a higher concentration of THC in comparison to their ratio of CBD. Potential Therapeutic Benefits of Sativa Weed Both Sativa and Indica marijuana strains have medical benefits, but each has different effects on its users. Sativa tends to be more stimulating, and is known to be more effective in treating things like: • Migraines • Chronic Pain • Nausea Sativa cannabis strains also tend to have a positive uplifting effect on its patients, which typically results in a stimulating, creative, psychoactive high. Most patients prefer to consume Sativa strains throughout the day. Medical Effects of Indica Strains Indica marijuana strains generally produce a classic couch-lock high that makes them a wonderful choice for relaxation, or to help with falling asleep if you suffer from insomnia or other sleep-related issues. These cannabis strains work their magic especially well during the night, or during periods of the day when you don’t need to be super active. They can offer an immense feeling of calmness and serenity, with complete body and mind-numbing levels of psychoactive intoxication. Indica in pure form usually (but certainly not always) has a higher concentration of CBD in comparison to Sativa varieties, with CBD acting to counteract the mind-altering properties of THC. This is why generally speaking, the Indica high is slightly more of a “body experience” than it is a cerebral one. Of course, there are always radical exceptions to this general rule. Potential Therapeutic Benefits of Indica Weed Those of you that have been smoking for a while probably know that Indica strains work wonders during the evening time, or before bed. Indica strains are known to be sedatives, and are becoming increasingly popular among medical patients for treating things like: • Insomnia • Muscle spasms • Chronic pain • Anxiety Some have said that Indica weed is the “perfect natural sleeping pill,” and that it tends to bring on a kind of “heaviness in the body” and a “lightness in the mind,” which is both comforting and relaxing at the same time.