Sure, you know about CBD and THC, but what about CBN?
Meet the cannabinoid stealing the spotlight for its sleep-inducing, anxiety-reducing potential.
The green boom is here to stay, and it looks like this health-centric trend is anythingbuta trend.
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learning and memory, sleep, pain control, eating, among others), according toHarvard Health Publishing.
What Is CBN?
Simply put: When the THC molecule ages, it can break down and become CBN.
So, if CBN’s essentially a byproduct from THC, what does that mean about its legality?
Think of CBN like a mellowed-out THC; it won’t have the intoxicating effects (e.g.
the head high, altered mental state, intense relaxation) that THC does.
(Since THC is fresher than CBN, it has more intense effects.)
(And that’s not all it also boasts abountiful list of other benefits.)
It was honestly cannabis that finally was helpful.
I put two and two together, and realized strains high in CBN were most effective."
This doesn’t mean it doesn’t work just that there’s not much concrete evidence yet.
As a package, this becomes quite soothing, quieting, or ‘sedating.’
But they can also play a “key role” in chronic inflammation.
Downregulating the proliferation of T-cells, in theory, may reduce inflammation.
“It’s been shown that there’s a correlation between inflammation and cancer,” says Dr. Solomon.
“And nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have been shown to reduce varied cancer risk.”
MightBe Able to Lessen Anxiety
Can CBN help with anxiety?
CBN doesn’t seem to have the same strong link with anxietythat CBD does.
“The marketing of CBN as a sedating compound may be something of a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
After all, Dr. Solomon says that he’s seen nothing that suggets CBNalonelessens anxiety.
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The entourage effect, Dawson explains, is like “a New York club.”
For this reason, she suggests always opting for full-spectrum products over isolates, if you’re able.
Isolates are when specific compounds are, yes, isolated from other components of the plant.
