Herbal cannabis was used in many early medicine recipes, often as a filler. Cannabis was used for making tinctures and infusions. Cannabis was used internally for menstrual pains, headaches, arthritis, and as a sleep aid.
Hemp oil, or hemp seed oil, is pressed from seeds of cannabis. Cold-pressed, unrefined hemp oil is light to dark green in color. Hemp seed oil was in common use in the human diet and as an animal feed.
As well as the small number of mythological subjects which are his best-known works today, he painted a wide range of religious subjects and also some portraits. He and his workshop were especially known for their Madonna and Childs, many in the round tondo shape.