CBD - Cannabidiol
What is CBD & Hemp Extract?
What is CBD and Hemp Extract?
CBD / Hemp Extract comes from the hemp plant. Hemp Extract is different to Hemp Oil. What makes Hemp Extract so unique is the high content of cannabinoids found in the tops and flowers of the hemp plant.
There are about 115+ different types of cannabinoids found in the hemp plant. Cannabinoids can offer a wide range of health and therapeutic benefits for most people. They have significant and profound effects on how our bodies maintain homeostasis in the face of internal and external stressors. This is huge! We are all struggling with extra stress in our modern lives and our systems can easily get out of balance. Hemp Extract can help get us back into balance.
Unfortunately, a lot of people still associate hemp with marijuana, but there is NO THC in hemp. It will get you healthy, but it will not get you high. Once people understand that there is no “altered state high” associated with CBD /Hemp Extract, they get very excited about the many ways that it can support a healthy body and mind.
Cannabinoids are normally garnered from the hemp plant, but they can also be found in other plants such as Echinacea, Electric Daisy, Cacao, and Helichrysum, just to name a few. Many others can also activate our natural endocannabinoid system, such as black pepper, liverwort, black truffles, kava and Chinese rhododendron.
Cannabidiol (CBD) is the most abundant (non-intoxicating) compound found within the hemp plant. This remarkable plant offers so many wonderful health benefits with over 400 active compounds including phytocannabinoids (CBD being one of them), terpenes, and flavonoids. These are some of the most studied at the moment, leading many scientists to refer to the plant as a “pharmacological treasure-trove” of potential. This is so exciting!
The hemp plant has been used for thousands of years in Traditional Chinese Medicine along with many other cultures in the world. It has been used for medicine, food, fiber, ropes, clothes, and building materials successfully for that same amount of time but we are just now rediscovering its many benefits.
Hemp Extract / CBD can be produced as a broad spectrum, using the whole plant, or from an isolate of just the Cannabidiol. In Virginia cannabinoids can ONLY be obtained from the hemp plant which contains less than .3% TCH.
Hemp Extract / CBD can be taken for a variety of health concerns via a tincture, a pill, an edible (chocolate, mint, honey, tea, gummies, etc.), a topical cream or as an inhalant.
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How does CBD & Hemp Extract work?
Hemp Extract contains natural cannabinoids, called phytocannabinoids, that are utilized through our natural Endocannabinoid System (ECS). The ECS is found in mammals, birds, reptiles, and earthworms…it is what maintains homeostasis within all our bodies.
Our body naturally makes cannabinoids that maintain the homeostasis in the body, these are called endocannabinoids. CBD is an example of one type of cannabinoid that is called a phytocannabinoid, meaning it is a type of cannabinoid from a plant, but it can be used by our own ECS to increase our body’s ability to maintain balance.
Like vitamins and other medicines that are used to support and strengthen the naturally produced compounds created by our bodies, naturally produced cannabinoids from plants (phytocannabinoids) also support how the body functions.
Hemp Extract impacts our body by working with our ECS through our CB1 and CB2 receptors, stimulating these receptors while also blocking key enzymes (FAAH & MAGL) from breaking down our own endocannabinoids, thus increasing our naturally produced cannabinoids. Anandamide and 2-AG are both naturally occurring cannabinoids that we produce in our bodies. (See our Endocannabinoid page for more info on this system.)
Cannabinoids and the Endocannabinoid System
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