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A Brief History of Hemp as Medicine

The history of hemp being used for health and the management of illness doesn’t go back a mere couple hundred years, but instead, thousands of years and deep into ancient times. Over 5,000 years ago, Ancient Chinese, Indians and Egyptians understood how important hemp was for physical and emotional health. All three cultures used it to help alleviate depression, sleep difficulties, seizures, muscle spasms and pain. Around 4,500 years ago, the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung, who practiced natural medicine and is...

The Future of CBD

Although it’s difficult to predict exactly what CBD’s future will look like, there are some clues and trends occurring today in medicine, research and people’s changing perceptions of CBD that might shed some light on this issue. The good news is that research continues to examine multiple physical, emotional and neurodegenerative conditions that may be treated with CBD. With more evidence-based studies, the future of CBD is currently looking bright. Society’s perception is changing about CBD and for the better. There...

The Endocannabinoid System

What is it? Albert Einstein once said “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough”. This statement holds particularly true when attempting to explain what the endocannabinoid system is and how it works. Although it is believed this system evolved millions of years ago, it wasn’t until the mid-1990s when Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, an Israeli scientist, discovered it. The word “endo” means internal and the cannabinoid system consists of cells, receptors and enzymes that are present throughout...