Bhang
Bhang ( Hindi भांग Bhāṅg ) is a traditional hemp preparation that is used in Hindu religious rituals , among other things . The word bhanga ( bhanj ) means in Sanskrit u. a. "Break" or "Waste".
Bhang consists of dried leaves and small inflorescences of the female hemp plant. It is dark brown-greenish and has a characteristic mild smell and taste. Since it contains no full-grown flowers and only a little resin, it is, in addition to ganja ( marijuana ) and charas ( hashish ), a hemp preparation with a comparatively low psychoactive ingredient content (<5% THC ).
Bhang is smoked mixed with tobacco , made into confectionery with honey, sugar and spices, or dissolved in butter ("Bhang butter"). When dissolved in cold water, it is a milky, cloudy drink. In addition to the plant-based raw material, various drink preparations made from milk / yoghurt, spices, honey and hemp leaves are also known as bhangs in India . In some Indian states (especially Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan) Bhang is legally available in state stores. It is traditionally drunk there especially during the spring festivals Holi and Shivaratri .
In Germany, Bhang is subject to the provisions of the Narcotics Act .
literature
- Gérard Huet: Dictionnaire sanskrit-français. 2007, p. 277.
- Bhang . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 3 : Austria - Bisectrix . London 1910, p. 844 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Stefan Haag: Hemp culture worldwide: About the hemp situation in almost 100 countries around the equator. Pieper's media experiments, 1994.