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CBD Topical Medicine: What Does the Science Say?

Project CBD

Such products rely on chemical enhancers (called excipients) like ethanol, propylene glycol, oleic acid, and even terpenes to help cannabinoids sneak past the skin barrier and into the bloodstream. New clinical trials are urgently needed, they repeat in a familiar refrain.

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The Science Behind Charlotte’s Web: How CBD Oil Works for Seizure Disorders

LifeCannMD

.” When the FDA Finally Caught Up You know what really legitimized all this for me? 2018, when the FDA approved Epidiolexthe first cannabis medication ever approved in the United States. We call this the “entourage effect”imagine the difference between a single violin and a full symphony orchestra.

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Medical Cannabis and Anxiety: Natural Treatment Options

Miss Marijuana

Clinical trials have been looking into both THC and CBD and their individual roles in treating anxiety. Beneficial Terpenes for Anxiety Wait, what’s a terpene? Well, terpenes are aromatic compounds found in cannabis that give it that distinct smell and flavor. But high doses? The takeaway? And that’s a wrap!

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Cancer patients medicate with cannabis with or without clinical trials

Cannabis Life Network

Clinical evidence, however, has yet prove that cannabinoids, terpenes, or cannabis treat cancer. With or without clinical trials, though, cancer patients who medicate with cannabis remain optimistic in Canada and The Netherlands. (1, 1, 2) Before legalization in […].

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Terpene Spotlight: Nerolidol

FloridaMarijuana.net

In 2017, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published a statement that the use of cannabis for the treatment of pain is supported by “well-controlled clinical trials and that there is substantial evidence that cannabis is an effective treatment for chronic pain in adults.”.

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Best strains and terpenes for creativity

The Cannigma

We also don’t know which, if any, terpenes have an effect on creativity. The best strains for creativity are Type II, with a balance of THC and CBD and a terpene profile that includes pinene, linalool, and beta-caryophyllene. Best terpenes for creativity. 19 Eucalyptol (a.k.a. Best strains for creativity.

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Best strains and terpenes for focus and flow state

The Cannigma

There is certainly some evidence that cannabis may be helpful with increasing focus, in the right dose with the right terpenes and cannabinoids. The best weed strains to help you focus have a balance of CBD and THC, are energizing and stress-relieving, and have a terpene profile that includes pinene, linalool, or beta-caryophyllene.

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