in CA Dr.'s are recommend juicing it....the whole plant, then drinking the juice spread out 4 times a day.....each day you're suppossed to harvest a plant juice it, then drink it....they recommend patients planting 1 plant each day for 60 days....they recommend using autoflowering strains....that way the plant flowers immediately after planting...on the 60th day you can harvest 1 plant and juice it, then drink it.....you also plant another plant after you harvest....that way everyday you'll have a plant to harvest and drink....it treats many different illnesses & ailments....the reason you drink the juice is for the CBD.....CBD not THC is the magical cure in canabis....that's why the salves work so well.....it's the canabidoil that are treating the symptoms, not the THC.....before the juicing fad that's been around for the last yr or 2 they were recommending eating the fresh leaves....making a salad w/ 12 or so leaves and eating it.....the industry is expanding beyond most people's wildest dreams.....the medical breakthroughs will be unlimited$$$