Lavender: Health Benefits & Medicinal Use
My interest in natural treatments is deepening. Nature’s mysteries continue to unfold for me and I am appreciating its wisdom in a way that I have not in the past. That plants have evolved alongside humans and developed chemicals to help them survive is nothing...
Cannabinoids: Essential Oils – Copaiba & Black Pepper
The endocannabinoid (EC) system helps the body manage anxiety, inflammation, and other physiological responses to different forms of stress. Cannabinoids are signaling molecules that trigger the activation of the EC system when they are detected by cannabinoid...
THC & CBD – What You Want To Know
In the last post I described the endocannabinoid system. So where does hemp, marijuana, THC and CBD fit in? Cannabis is a genus of flowering plants in the Cannabaceae family. Three primary species include cannabis sativa, cannabis indica and cannabis ruderalis. There...
CBD – What You Want To Know
The three forms of cannabinoids include phytocannabinoids (those derived from plants), endocannabinoids (those produced naturally in the body) and synthetic. Cannabis sativa, the plant used to make hemp or marijuana, has about 500 chemicals including the cannabinoids,...