https://www.journalejmp.com/index.php/EJMP <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>European Journal of Medicinal Plants (ISSN: <a href="https://nsl.niscpr.res.in/ISSNPROCESS/issnassignedinfo.jsp">2231-0894</a>)</strong> is dedicated to publish high quality papers (<a href="https://journalejmp.com/index.php/EJMP/general-guideline-for-authors">Click here for Types of paper</a>) in all areas of medicinal plants research including plant growth and development, agronomic management, plant nutrition, plant physiology, cell biology, molecular biology, biotechnology, medicinal properties, phytochemical constituents, fitoterapia, pharmacognosy, essential oils, ehnopharmacology and phytomedicine. By not excluding papers based on novelty, this journal facilitates the research and wishes to publish papers as long as they are technically correct and scientifically motivated. The journal also encourages the submission of useful reports of negative results. This is a quality controlled, OPEN peer-reviewed, open-access INTERNATIONAL journal.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>NAAS Score: 4.89 (2026)</strong></p> en-US [email protected] (European Journal of Medicinal Plants) [email protected] (European Journal of Medicinal Plants) Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:29:49 +0000 OJS 3.3.0.21 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 https://www.journalejmp.com/index.php/EJMP/article/view/1392 <p>Bhanga beeja (hemp seed; <em>Cannabis sativa L.</em>) is described in Ayurvedic literature as a nutritional and medicinal ingredient and is used in selected classical formulations. Contemporary research has focused increasingly on hemp seed and hemp seed oil because mature seeds are nutrient-dense and intrinsically contain negligible amounts of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-THC); low cannabinoid concentrations detected in commercial seed products are generally attributable to surface contamination during harvesting and processing. This narrative review integrates classical Ayurvedic descriptions with contemporary evidence on nutritional composition, phytochemistry, preclinical pharmacology, clinical studies, safety, and Indian regulation. Classical sources describe attributes including Deepana, Pachana, Balya, Vajeekarana, and Dhatu Poshana and report their use in selected gastrointestinal and other formulations. Modern evidence supports the nutritional value of hemp seed and identifies bioactive lipids, proteins, phenylpropionamides, phenolics, and other constituents. Seed- or seed-oil-specific studies report preclinical neuroinflammatory and platelet effects and limited clinical findings relating to blood pressure, fatty-acid profiles, musculoskeletal outcomes, skin parameters, constipation formulations, and other conditions. However, the evidence base is heterogeneous and frequently involves multi-ingredient products, small studies, or preparations that are not directly equivalent to classical Bhanga beeja. Accordingly, contemporary findings should be regarded as supportive or hypothesis-generating rather than direct validation of Ayurvedic therapeutic indications. Standardised, authenticated seed preparations and well-designed clinical studies are required to clarify efficacy, dose-response relationships, long-term safety, and the correspondence between classical indications and measurable biomedical outcomes.</p> Nilofar Korbu, Shalini Varshney, Prashant Kumar Gupta, Meenakshi Sharma, Yogita Munjal, Atul Babu Varshney Copyright (c) 2026 Author(s). The licensee is the journal publisher. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://www.journalejmp.com/index.php/EJMP/article/view/1392 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000