What is CBD?
Cannabidiol (CBD) is a chemical found in marijuana. CBD doesn’t contain tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive ingredient found in marijuana that produces a “high.”
Because it doesn’t produce a “high” Mainstream pharmacutical scientists have activly been researching it more seriously than its counterpart THC. The usual CBD formulation is oil extracted from the marijuana plant.
In Short Cannabidiol oil like CBD is a prescription medication derived from the cannabis plant. Having antinflamitory properties the oil is often combined with topical ointments for bruises, cronic pain, seizures and Parkinson’s disease, in other combinations CBD has acted promising fighting schizophrenia, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and anxiety.
Dispite its various uses and remedy properties, most research has not indicated having any negative side effects when taken over a short period of time
At the moment, the only CBD product approved by the Food and Drug Administration is a prescription oil called Epidiolex. It’s approved to treat two types of epilepsy.
Cannabidiol is one of over 60 compounds found in cannabis that belong to a class of ingredients called cannabinoids. Cannabinoids existing in all living things, it makes sense that a natural product utilizing cannabinoids especially CBD/Cannabidiol could prove promising within the health and welness fields.