CBD & Cannabis for Inflammation, Body Pain & Anxiety Control
Cannabis is most often associated with Hippies and getting High but this ancient plant is now being found to contain healing substances, e.g., CBD that could see it become a front-line medicine for inflammation and nervous system disorders.
Cannabis is reported to have first been grown in China for its nutritional properties as a food with the seed being highly nutritious with a combination of Omega 3, 6 and 9 essential fatty acids that are crucial for normal body functions. There is also the amazing fiber that one can make clothes, rope and other textiles from.
Raw Cannabis contains THCA (acid) and CBDA (acid) which are not psychoactive and that these substances eaten fresh contribute significant healing benefits for the body!
Only when Cannabis is heated (smoked/cooked etc) does the acid forms get converted into THC which makes it very psychoactive and the slightly relaxing CBD. Yet when we eat the leaves fresh or juice Cannabis the acid forms are incredibly good for reducing inflammation and preventing disease and do not have psychoactivity.
The compound CBD (Cannabidiol) is fast gaining attention in the scientific, medical and wellness fields.
What is CBD?
CBD is a legal chemical compound found in the flowers of the cannabis plant.
CBD belongs to a group of chemicals called cannabanoids, of which there are many that are found in the Cannabis plant. These chemicals were called “cannabanoids” because they were first isolated from the Cannabis plant -and hence the name. CBD and another cannabanoid THC are now receiving a lot of attention due to their anti-inflammatory, anti-anxiety and anti-cancer properties!
CBD should not be confused with THC, another chemical found in Cannabis that results in one getting high. CBD does not have the intoxicating effects as THC does, but has a broad therapeutic potential for helping to reduce pain and inflammation and anxiety but without causing intoxicating affects.
To understand CBD one needs to understand the system it works on in the body called the Endo- (internal) Cannabanoid System or ECS. The ESC is a vital body system just like the other main body systems such as the circulatory, immune and nervous system, but this system has been left out of many medical text books and has not received much public attention until recently.
In fact, the Endo-Cannabanoid System can be likened to the ‘boss’ of the entire body, helping to control all the other systems according to Dr Rachel Knox a medical doctor from the US. “The ECS is a vital molecular system for helping maintain homeostasis or balance in appetite, mood, motor control, immune function, pleasure and reproduction and is found in all animals except insects” she says. Disease, drugs, medications and injury can all negatively affect the ECS and its functioning causing motor control (movement) conditions, and all sorts of dysregulation and imbalances in the body.
The body makes its own endo (internal) cannabanoids that have an important function to regulate pain and inflammation.
This is where CBD comes in, in that it mimics the action of the endo (internal) cannabanoids helping the endo-cannabanoid system to work, so it is a very powerful medicine for conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, cancers and stress and depression as well as pain conditions. ” Since CBD has important advantages in comparison with the currently available pharmacological agents for the treatment of anxiety disorder, such as an early onset of action and lack of important side effects, this compound may be a promising novel therapeutic in the management of generalized SAD” says Dr S Crippa a leading cannabanoid researcher.
The CBD is extracted through various techniques into pure CBD extract that is then added to MCT coconut oil or into alcohol into tinctures and taken daily in drop form.
We need this type of medicine so urgently now as there is a staggering increase in the use of addictive drugs such as benzodiazepines and SSRI antidepressants and harmful drug reaction and side effects resulting from their use after a short period of time, most notably inflammation, weight gain and libido extinguishing. Thus, there is a crucial place for effective plant based medicines in treating inflammation and pain such as CBD.
CBD is being found in other plants like Clove, and so there is also great research potential to find cannabanoids in other plants that we could use, and very likely in African medicinal plants that I am busy exploring. The growing popularity of CBD as a medicine represents a catalyst for changing policy around Cannabis and an opportunity for South African farmers to cultivate Cannabis legally for future CBD production.
Jean-Francois is selling pure CBD Extract in an MCT oil base. 30ml pure CBD extract in Coconut MCT oil. R450 for 1 month supply. The Recommended daily intake is 1ml (20 drops) that contains 10mg CBD.
For ordering please contact Jean-Francois at phytoalchemist@gmail.com The oil will be delivered to you through Postnet counter to counter. Please check beforehand if stock is available before placing your order.
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