Can CBD Help Your Complexion?
Is there anything substantive behind all the hype? Can CBD really protect, heal and restore the skin? What, if anything, does the science say about all this?
Skin Care
How to Make a CBD Topical for Healthy Skin
Given CBD’s potent antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-bacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties, it’s a perfect ingredient to add to a natural skin oil preparation. Learn how to make yours.
BUG OFF! A True Story About CBD & MRSA
As you gaze upon these words, dear reader, a horde of alien marauders are ransacking all corners of the globe, chewing through the latest pharmaceutical defenses and leaving behind a gruesome trail of dead and weakened victims. According to a recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO), ferocious tribes of bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi are on the rampage, and some are proving virtually invincible to the so-called “last resort” antibiotics.
Cannabis Roots: From Traditional Medicine to Modern Science
It has long been known that resinous cannabis flower tops are well endowed with medicinal components. But that’s not the only part of the plant that has been used for therapeutic purposes. Cannabis roots have also provided relief for various ailments in traditional cultures.
CBD as Preventative Medicine
Cannabinoid therapy is connected to the part of the biological matrix where body and brain meet. Since CBD and other compounds in
Weed Power: Milk Thistle, Liver Disease & the Endocannabinoid System
Both milk thistle and cannabis convey therapeutic benefits that are mediated by the endocannabinoid system.
I’m Just Mad About Saffron
Numerous plants — not just cannabis — are endowed with compounds that interact directly or indirectly with the endocannabinoid system. The health benefits of many common kitchen spices are mediated by the same cannabinoid receptors in the human brain and body that marijuana activates.
What Are Terpenes?
There’s nothing that can hide the sweet smell of cannabis. But what is responsible for that impressive aroma? Terpenes not only give cannabis its signature scent, but may also have a role to play in its therapeutic effects.