In the last couple of years, I’ve struggled with stiffness in my fingers. So at first, I wasn’t exactly sure what was causing the pain & stiffness, then I thought that I’d overworked my hands due to typing on the keyboard for days in a row. So my task has me working at my PC for entirely long hours. In my spare time, I want to work in the gardens & paint, which are also tough on my fingers and wrist, but, my fingers eventually swelled up so suddenly & badly that I had to chop the rings off of my right hand. So that’s when I finally googled my symptoms & realized that it was arthritis. I started trying whole home remedies, such as soaking raisins in gin. That absolutely helped quite a lot. I still needed something stronger & more effective to combat the inflammation & pain. I am not a fan of pharmaceuticals. I’ve read up on the long-term & harmful side-effects of prescription medicines. I’d rather deal with arthritis pain than a stroke, then when I was reading up on possible natural remedies, I came across cannabis. Although I’d smoked marijuana a few times in school, I wasn’t all that typical with the therapeutic properties. I am lucky to live in a state where medicinal cannabis is legal & arthritis is a qualifying condition. After a visit to the doc, I was able to get my medical marijuana card & visit a dispensary. I consulted with the budtender about the most beneficial strains for my needs. He recommended a tincture & told me to both take it sublingually & to rub it directly onto my sore & swollen fingers.