What Are Cannabinoids & How Can They Benefit Patients?

Cannabinoids are chemicals found in cannabis. There are at least 113 different cannabinoids isolated from cannabis, exhibiting varied effects.

Oct 28, 2015

CBD has been found to give the most medical benefits of all the components found in medical cannabis. CBD can also decrease the social isolation characteristics introduced by THC. CBD have low psychoactive characteristics associated to it ranging from 0.1 – 12 percent.

Studies have show CBD’s particular medicinal values:

Helps control certain cancers
Helps with controlling pain
Stimulates bone growth
Stops growth of bacteria
Suppresses muscle spasms and convulsions
Slows Inflammation
Helps with nausea
Reduces the risk of artery obstructions
Decreases pressure in the blood vessel walls
Reduces blood sugar levels
Assists in controlling epileptic seizures
Helps reduce risk of nerve damage
Decreases the social isolation caused by THC

There is very little CBN present in fresh marijuana plants. The more CBN the less THC, medical cannabis containing high levels can also indicate its age and improper handling of medicine. High CBN levels also have shown undesirable symptoms like confusion, lightheadedness, and acts as a weak agonist of the cannabinoid receptors. CBN have a mildly psychoactive characteristics associated to it.

Studies have show CBN’s particular medicinal values:

Acts as a sleep aid
Slows inflammation
Helps with controlling pain
Suppresses muscle spasms and convulsions
helps fight free radicals in the blood stream

THCV is an analogue to THC and shares characteristics that help to increase additional benefits of THC in smaller doses. Recently studies have shown THCV in larger doses reduce the medicinal effects of THC. THCV have medium psychoactive characteristics associated to it.

Studies have shown THCV’s particular medicinal values:

Effective in appetite suppressant
Helps control obesity
Type II diabetes human testing currently underway

THCA is a precursor of THC. THCA is typically the main constituent found in fresh cannabis and will decarboxylate to its active form while drying or when heated. THCA does not have psychoactive effects but can be used as an anti-inflammatory or neuroprotective medication.

Studies have shown THCA’s particular medicinal values:

Slows inflammation
Help control cancer cell growth
Suppresses muscle spasms and convulsions

THC has shown to have a wide range of medical benefits associated to it. THC is most associated with the high and Euphoria feeling when using cannabis. THC has very high psychoactive characteristics associated to it typically ranging from 5 – 25 percent. Over medicating with THC can cause adverse side effects. Side effects including disorientation and even hallucinations. Additional but uncommon side effects studied have shown depression , anger , anxiety , and even short term memory loss.

Studies have show THC’s particular medicinal values:

Helps with controlling pain
Helps with relaxation
Suppresses pain from nerve damage
Helps reduce risk of nerve damage
Helps control anxiety
Suppresses muscle spasms and convulsions
Helps control certain cancers
Helps with nausea
Slows inflammation
Helps fight free radicals in the blood stream
Encourages eating and appetite stimulation
Stimulates new growth in nerve tissue
Relieves chronic eye pressure and pain caused from glaucoma and other eye disorders

Very little is known about CBC however research has shown to have valuable medicinal properties. CBC has no psychoactive characteristics associated to it.

Studies have show CBC’s particular medicinal values:

Helps with controlling pain
Stops growth of Fungi
Slows inflammation
Stimulates bone growth
Encourages cell growth
Stops growth of bacteria
Assists in contraction of blood cells

CBG are not found to much in medicinal cannabis but more commonly found in higher concentrations of hemp. CBG have no psychoactive characteristics associated to it.

Studies have show CBG’s particular medicinal values:

Stops growth of bacteria
Stimulates bone growth
Encourages cell growth

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