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Plants that interact with the endocannabinoid system

It's not unusual for people to think that cannabis is the only plant that produces cannabinoids (after all, it has “canna” in its name). But other phytochemicals (known as 'cannabimimetics') also interact with the endocannabinoid system in a wide variety of plants and fruits, which could open other alternative routes to explore new therapeutic compounds. What role do these substances play, and what other species contain them?

10 benefits of CBD to treat unexpected diseases

Cannabidiol offers many therapeutic benefits which are well-documented by scientific literature, and include pain relief, anti-anxiety, and anticonvulsant properties. But plenty of medicinal properties of CBD go largely unnoticed. While many CBD supporters tend to claim this cannabinoid is a magic formula that cures pretty much everything, in the above cases, scientific evidence is there to back up any anecdotal accounts. However, we should admit we're still learning about what CBD can exactly do to our bodies; after all, research on its potential properties is still in its infancy, and very few clinical studies have been conducted on humans. After sifting through heaps of scientific reports, here are some of CBD?s most interesting or unexpected health benefits:

Whitey or greening out after consuming cannabis: what is it and how to act?

Sometimes, cannabis doesn’t have the effect you might expect. Every seasoned smoker has experienced - or has seen someone going through it - at least once, a series of really unpleasant and adverse effects that are the result of their body’s reaction to THC. In stoner jargon, this is usually known, among other things, as a "whitey" or "green out". But... do you know exactly what it is? Why does it happen? What can you do for a person who’s greening out? In this article, written alongside a medical professional, we delve further into this subject and explain why these episodes occur, what happens to your body during them, and above all, what you can do to make these unpleasant sensations disappear as fast as possible.

How to make Cannabis Capsules (Canna Caps)

How do I make cannabis oil capsules? Cannabis is a plant that can be consumed orally and form part of a healthy diet, but too often, the characteristic flavour of this plant can be a turn-off, and it?s not easy to find tasty new recipes to which we can add our weed. Preparing cannabis in the form of capsules allows us to get over these two limitations and orally ingest cannabinoids in a simple and effective way. In this article, we?ll show you how to make your own cannabis capsules, or ?canna caps? for therapeutic and recreational use.

How to make cannabis creams and ointments with CBD

Cannabis creams and ointments with CBD The many benefits offered by the cannabinoids such as CBD that are found in cannabis have been the subject of research for years, with numerous studies that directly relate the use of CBD with an improvement in a wide range of diseases or symptoms. Products such as CBD creams and cosmetics are now widely available on the market, and often also include other substances such as rosemary, tea tree or even terpenes (as we will demonstrate). As we mentioned, it's relatively easy to find this type of cream these days, but we also know that many of you grow for yourselves or have access to CBD-rich cannabis. Therefore, today we're going to explain how to prepare a cream with CBD easily at home, with no more danger or difficulty than cooking any simple recipe! In addition, we will take a look at the main uses for this type of cream, which, as you'll discover, can range from pain management to psoriasis.

Flavonoids and Cannabis

The many different varieties of cannabis contain hundreds of compounds (the exact number is hard to calculate), each with its own characteristics and properties. You'll most likely have heard of cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids as components of the plant, with the first two occupying much of the general interest. However, it is estimated that flavonoids represent 10% of the total substances produced by the plant, and 2.5% of the dry weight in leaves and flowers. But what are flavonoids? What is their purpose, and how do they act? In this article we will answer these questions.

How cannabis can help during your period

A large proportion of women have several symptoms before and during their period, no matter their age, physical condition or medical record. Furthermore, the days before the start of menstruation are sometimes the hardest for most of them, with a group of symptoms commonly called PMS or premenstrual syndrome. For centuries, medical marijuana has been used across the world for its therapeutic potential, and menstrual cramps are not an exception. In this article we'll focus on how cannabis can help relieve these symptoms, and we'll tell you everything you need to know if you decide to use marijuana to treat them.

The effects of cannabis on sleep

Many users ? both medicinal and recreational ? use cannabis right before going to sleep because of the effects on this important phase of our life. While many of them get a more restful sleep, one of the side effects reported by users is not dreaming or, at least, not remembering any dream. But, why does it happen? Why do we sleep? Before understanding what are the effects of cannabis on sleep, we should start with the basics?why do we sleep? The research about sleep is still at a very early stage, in fact until recently it was thought to be a passive state of the body. Today, and with all the information that we can get from brain waves, heart beat and blood pressure, breath frequency, hormone segregation and some other biomarkers, is it believed to be as active as the waking stage. Sleeping properly is essential (Photo: Alissa L. Miller) Sleeping is a regeneration state. In studies of sleep deprivation it has been observed that if we shorten the sleeping hours, then the body will try to catch up on sleep in the next sleeping period. Moreover, if we deprive our sleep of one of its phases, our organism will try to recover this phase in the next sleep. Pushing the limits of sleep deprivation may lead to death.

Medicinal properties of CBD

What is CBD? CBD is a cannabinoid present in cannabis plants with a very similar molecular structure to THC but without any kind of psychoactive effect. Indeed, CBD does not cause any effect on the user, no paranoia, euphoria or intoxication, which are usually associated with THC and the recreational use of marijuana. Cannabidiol (CBD) has several therapeutical properties that we'll present in this post. As mentioned, some of the most interesting aspects of this cannabinoid are its low toxicity and few side effects associated with its use: in the worst case, an over-dose of CBD would simply put you to bed. It has been demonstrated that CBD has low affinity with the CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors, but it does act on other receptors of the human body like GPR55 or 5-HT1A.

Benefits of Cannabis for Alzheimer's disease

What is Alzheimer? Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative pathology that causes progressive and total loss of the cerebral functions in elderly people, especially memory. This disease affects about 30 million people worldwide, a number that will double in the following 20 years due to the aging of the popolation in the industrialized world. Alzheimer affects more women than men, especially because women live longer and this disease development is closely linked with aging.

Cannabis against epilepsy

Epilepsy, a neurological disorder that can be very difficult to cure According to the World Health Organization, epilepsy is a neurological disease which affects around 50 million people worldwide, 30% of which won't find a suitable treatment. We must keep in mind that anyone can be affected by epilepsy at any time.

How to make a cannabinoid analysis

How to make a thin-layer chromatography Probably, many of you wonder what kind of test is performed to determine if a marijuana strain has significant rates of the main cannabinoids, as well as the method used to know the percentage (more or less accurate, as we will see) of each cannabinoid contained in the tested sample. In this post, we will explain step by step how to do a thin-layer chromatography (TLC), an analysis that will show us the approximate percentages of the main cannabinoids detected in each sample. To do this, we used eight different samples of the marijuana strain Fruity Jack / Jack el Frutero from Philosopher Seeds, with the simple purpose, in this case, to know which of the analyzed phenotypes have high amounts of the cannabinoid CBD. The medical use of marijuana is constantly gaining ground in the past few years, as well as the interest from breeders and consumers to know the exact amounts of cannabinoids present in their favourite cannabis strains. That?s why expressions such as "thin-layer chromatography" or "gas chromatography" are becoming more and more familiar for the cannabis community. To learn more about these analysis systems, we met with a good friend and collaborator who explained us a system based on the thin-layer chromatography with which we get reliable results quickly and safely for our health.

A Sativex user tells us his experience

Marijuana and Sativex We have spoken to Màxim, a multiple sclerosis patient who has been using Sativex for more than 6 months to alleviate the pain caused by this disease. Here you have the interview; we would like to thank Màxim for his cooperation, as everyone who can benefit from his experience using this drug will surely appreciate his testimony.

Effects of marijuana

Marijuana, used since ancient times for both its medicinal and spiritual properties, contains several substances called cannabinoids. The main responsible of the psychoactive effects of cannabis is the cannabinoid called Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as THC.

Cannabidiol CBD capsules in Achimia

What are cannabidiol capsules? It's been a long time since we wanted to introduce edible cannabis extractions in our catalog, but we had to make sure that all the hard, costly registration and certification requirements from the Spanish authorities were met in order to legally offer these products across the European countries.

82 studies on the efficiency of marijuana against cancer

In this post, we will list 68 studies on the marijuana cannabinoids' efficacy to fight against the different types of cancer existing today in our society. Much research has been carried out, but the more research is done, the better will be the use of medicinal cannabis in the fight against cancer and many other diseases.