https://www.leafly.com/news/cannabis-101/cbd-effects-benefits-whole-plant-medicine
To shed some light on the subject, we assembled a panel of five experts in different areas of the cannabis space to weigh in:
Jessica Peters (founder, Moxie Meds);
Constance Finley (founder and CEO, Constance Therapeutics);
Mary Lynn Mathre RN, MSN (president and co-founder, Patients Out of Time);
Eloise Theisen RN, MSN (director, American Cannabis Nurses Association);
Perry Solomon, MD (chief medical officer, HelloMD).
Heres what they had to say.
>"Mary Lynn Mathre: Many anxiolytic, anti-inflammatory, anti-seizure, neuroprotective, bone stimulant, anti-spasmodic, and more.
Jessica Peters: Anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, anti-proliferative, analgesic, anxiolytic (anti-anxiety), neuroprotective, anti-psychotic, anti-emetic (anti-nausea)
I can technically answer what are the properties of CBD, but these properties might not pop out if THC is not present. A potential new research category that Ive seen evidence of anecdotally are addiction-fighting properties
CBD seems to reroute those neural pathways.
Constance Finley: Studies have shown CBD to have a positive effect on inflammation, pain, anxiety, psychosis and spasms, but it should be noted that most of these applications are not treated with just CBD alone and in fact do require some level of THC, whose role as a phytotherapeutic compound has already been established vis-à-vis many of the same conditions. CBD acts on different receptors than THC in the body.
Perry Solomon: Its been found that CBD alone can cause a feeling of calm, relaxation. CBDs other medicinal effects stem from completely separate pathways, such as the cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2), mu and delta opioid receptors. Taken on its own, CBD has sedative, antioxidant, anti-anxiety, and antidepressant effects on the brain, but does not create any overtly psychoactive high like THC. Its also been shown to have change gene expression and remove beta amyloid plaque, the hallmark of Alzheimers, from brain cells.
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