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Using Cannabis For Health and Wellness

United Patients Group

I’m sure you’ve heard it referred to as marijuana or pot, but those terms are actually slang terms used to describe the leaves and buds that come from the female cannabis plant (also known as a ‘flower’). This can help improve overall health by supporting processes like digestion, muscle function and more (3).

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How to Determine Your Ideal CBD Dosage: Factors to Consider

United Patients Group

Each form may have a different onset and duration of action and bioavailability, which refers to the amount of CBD that reaches your bloodstream and produces a therapeutic effect. For example, CBD oils that are taken sublingually (under the tongue) have a faster onset and higher bioavailability than CBD edibles that need to be digested.

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Cannabis Tinctures: A Comprehensive Guide

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

Cannabis tinctures are a special type of extract in a concentrated liquid form. Tinctures, and extracts in general, may seem to represent a new, emergent part of the cannabis market in some areas as high-test extracts skyrocket in popularity. What Are Cannabis Tinctures? This can be done using a few different mediums, however.

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How to Get the Most Out of Every Dollar You Spend on CBD

Otherside Farms

After all, if you buy a CBD gummy containing 1000mg of CBD, and 95% of that CBD goes to waste during the digestive process, you still paid for a full 1000mg. This is a pharmacological term that refers to the percentage of a given drug that will reach “systemic circulation” after the drug is administered. Understanding Bioavailability.

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Which Is Better: Cannabis Flower or Concentrate?

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

The extraction process for concentrates removes plant material and isolates only the terpenes and cannabinoids you need, like THC and CBD. In addition, there are fewer regulations put in place for clean extract solvents in concentrate manufacturing. Concentrate names can also refer to the method of extraction.

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How CBD, CBDA and CBG work to improve sleep, reduce pain and relieve worry

The Cannigma

Cannabinoids can be extracted from the plant in different ways, and the method used to extract can either preserve or destroy the plant’s most beneficial compounds such as acidic cannabinoids, minor cannabinoids, terpenes, flavonoids and other phytonutrients. Find your preferred formula and extraction method.

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CBD Bioavailability

Cannabis Law Report

The term “bioavailability” refers to the quantity of a compound (including medicines or substances found in food) that enters the bloodstream when it is introduced into the body. Since the human digestive system is water-based, it does not breakdown and absorb lipids well. Most CBD will simply pass through the digestive system.

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