In my humble opinion, people should know how Indica, Sativa, and Hybrid strains affect them. If you don't have much access, it'll be trial and error until you're able to try everything or mostly everything. For example I don't/won't buy or grow a Bubba Kush strain. I absolutely can not function and go straight to sleep. For someone who needs pain management and sleep aid, that's a perfect strain. I absolutely won't smoke Cinderella 99 (sativa) due to how spicy in flavor it is and it makes me paranoid and I'm a veteran of vaped flowers. So until a person has tried lots of variety, you'll never know what's more of a medicinal value to you. You certainly shouldn't assess that for your friend in my opinion because you can't feel what they feel.
I don't want to take the pills my doc gave me for anxiety, no thanks doc, cookies and now 24 CT does just fine (to
@gbd's point) and doesn't leave me incapacited the way Zanax does. If a rocket fell from the sky while on that Dr prescribed med, I'd watch it in awe. If a rocket fell from the sky while on cannabis I'd cleverly come up with a way to avoid it and still have my faculties to save a few lives in the process.
Medicinal in my opinion is totally a personal consumption choice. What can cannabis do for you? Until the US Gov allows more testing it's just our opinions and independent lab tests that shouldn't be applied universally. What cannabis does for me might not do for you, medicinally or recreationally. I have friends that smoke eigths like eating a bag of chips. I'm sure it's doing something medically for them because they are much nicer guys after a toke. Lol! Anger management maybe? Don't know, not a Dr. I have a friend that hates autos, then he smoked some 24 CT Mitch's Pick and he sat down and wondered why he never considered the prospect of autos. Mephisto makes a believer out of men. To get the most value, you should have at least tried the strains they've crossed with to get a better projection of what's to be expected, medically or recreationally. Hope that helps. Or you can say to hell with Farmer Dee and get a indica, sativa and hybrid strain from Mephisto and see what works best for you/them.