Hi Sense, I’m sorry your mum is in poor health, you don’t mention where the disease is manifesting. Crohns can strike anywhere in the digestive system as you also mentioned IBS I have assumed it’s gut related.
I have suffered with IBD & IBS for over 10 years, I haven’t found any weed strain that impacted my gut inflammation and IBD is a lesser disease than crohns as it only effects the first layer of tissue.
That said all indica/Indica hybrids help with the symptoms of feeling like shit and reducing the pain, it’s also fabulous for stimulating appetite but it does not stop, reduce or control the inflammatory response in my experience. This stimulation can also be a negative if your disease has flared up and you hit uncontrollable munchie’s.
I would avoid sativas as they tend to speed things up when your mum needs to rest and relax not rush around.
I have smoked, vaped, eaten and even boofed to no avail.
The best advice I could offer would be to drink kefir daily and eat simple organic non processed foods, non spicy, non fatty foods I used to call this the beige diet. Maintain a good fibre intake using soluble fibre like oats rather the indigestible fibre like bran.
Kefir changed my symptoms dramatically, it is the perfect mix of protein and fat fortified by billions of positive bacteria to aid digestion and assist the immune system.
It helps to repair your gut lining. It’s full of b vitamins and will aid bone density which is important for ladies with the threat of osteoporosis, it also makes your hair and nails grow faster and healthier the things woman give a fuck about in my experience.
It’s low lactose, it can be made at home, it’s cheap and effective and can even be dairy free if you use coconut milk.
I was in pretty bad shape before I started the kefir, I’m 6,1 and at the worst point I weighed in at 49kg, I had to have weekly vitamin injections and other injections to reduce my immune response. I asked the hospital to remove my large bowel as I was so Ill at one point, thankfully they refused to obey.
I’m a healthy 78kg now after three years of steady gains and medicine free, it has been an incredible recovery.
TLDR: having a chronic disease is no joke, smoke to alleviate symptoms, drink kefir to heal the immune system/gut and grow your own organic autos for shits and giggles.