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What is Yellow Sunshine?

Yellow Sunshine is an indica-dominant hybrid strain of marijuana. It is uplifting, motivating, and stimulates the appetite. Insofar as cannabis goes, this hybrid strain is one of the best. It’s not going to knock you out, but you’re going to feel it.

Yellow Sunshine Strain Profile

As always, here’s what the version of this strain used for the review tells me about what’s inside:

• THCA 23.39%
• CBGA 1.37%
• THC 0.5%
• CBG 0.22%

Check out this terpene profile:

• Beta-Myrcene 1.73%
• Beta-Caryophyllene 0.28%
• Pinene 0.21%
• Limonene 0.14%
• Ocimene 0.14%
• Humulene 0.08%
• Beta-Pinene 0.07%

Indica vs. Sativa:

• Nearly even
• No specific percentage provided

Yellow Sunshine Scent & Flavor Profile

What a strain! You can tell it’s parents are Mazar-I-Sharif (indica dominant hybrid) and Skunk #1 (hybrid) – this strain is a perfect mixture of sappy sour-sweet pine that oozes traditional marijuana skunk. And when I say oozes, I mean it – open up a container of this strain and the entire room will smell like it (or, like someone hit a skunk).

This strain is sticky, and you can smell the sappy trichomes that stick to your fingers after breaking up the buds. You can almost taste from the scent how great this strain would taste if used in savory dishes. This earthy, tangy pine is will take you back to the classics, and remind you of the woods heating up on a crisp summer morning.

Overall Thoughts

This strain is a newbie – mine was from a local company that is known for its quality cannabis and focus on medicinal elements. The scent is delightful and fresh, and the taste is a classic that everyone will love. This one can knock you out if you consume too much (as most marijuana does), but if you don’t over-consume, this strain will inspire creativity, uplift your mood, and melt away anxiety, all while stimulating your appetite.

Bonus points: in my experience this strain of marijuana also helps with focus (cue: writing this post) and relieves symptoms of ADD/ADHD, where you can feel as though you are hopping from task to task without focus or direction. This will help you to settle in, think outside of the box, and calmly complete tasks.

Pros:

• Inspires creativity by helping to reduce self-awareness and anxiety. This strain is potent enough insofar as a head high that you’ll be stoned without necessarily registering it or falling asleep in your seat.
• Smell and taste are a classic – think skunk run over by a pine tree while eating an orange.
• Helps with focus and attention – this seems counterintuitive, since most media depicts being high as being distracted and dopey. But if you consume the right amount of the right strain, it can help you to at least feel more focused as it slows your thoughts down slightly. This is one of those strains.
• Mood boost central! This strain of marijuana gently uplifts your mood while calming anxiety. It’s hard to be anxious if you feel grounded, settled, and uplifted. This can help with both treating depression/anxiety as well as insomnia.
• Appetite central! This one also gives a huge appetite boost, with huge benefits for anyone struggling with eating disorders or stress related diet issues.

Cons:

• One of Yellow Sunshine’s parents, so part of its genetic make-up, is Mazar-I-Sharif cannabis. Also known as “Mazar,” or “Mazar Sharif,” this potent strain is native to Afghanistan and contains notoriously high THC levels. Consuming too much can take its strong mood-boosting effects too far, causing a mind warping distortion in perception. Yellow Sunshine has somewhat inherited this – be careful as you figure out how much to consume.
• The raw form of this cannabis literally oozes the scent – it can overtake a room and it definitely is noticeable from quite a distance. It isn’t the most discreet strain of marijuana to consume, if that is something you need to be concerned about.

**Remember: take it slow – you can always consume more cannabis, but it’s nearly impossible to un-consume it.**

Conclusion: One of the Best Strains of Marijuana

This is one of my all time favorite strains of marijuana. It has very few drawbacks – basically, don’t over-consume it. Otherwise, it is a mood boosting, creativity inspiring, and settling high that will help you to focus and enjoy whatever activity is at hand.

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