Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of the more than hundred substances which are extracted from the hemp plant. It is not possible to get high from the resulting CBD oil, but according to users, the oil helps to relieve mental and physical complaints. These include mood swings, sleep problems and various pain conditions. One of the most well-known uses of CBD oil is to relieve stress and anxiety symptoms. This is possible because cannabidiol resembles a number of substances in the body.
These affect cognitive functioning, the immune system and motor control. In short, cannabidiol contributes positively to your quality of life. It provides better sleep and more energy, your concentration improves, you will be more positive in life, your resistance improves, your blood sugar level is better balanced, it preserves muscles and makes them flexible, your blood pressure and cholesterol levels remain normal and your vascular walls are stronger than ever, it ensures healthy tissues and cells and you will be mentally more balanced. These are just a few examples of what CBD oil can do for you.
How to use CBD oil
CBD oil is taken orally. You drop the drops under your tongue using a pipette and swallow them 30 seconds later. For swallowing, you can use a glass of water. The cannabidiol is immediately absorbed by the oral mucosa. Do you have trouble with the taste? Then you can also take the drops with a piece of bread or choose CBD capsules. CBD oil is however easier to dose, because you work with drops.
What dose of CBD oil you use
CBD oil is legal in the Netherlands because the active ingredient is not psychoactive. In addition, you can obtain the oil in different strengths. Which strength you should use for your symptoms is different for each person and complaint. Therefore, you are advised to try the CBD oil, starting with a low dose and building up. Think of one drop in the morning, and one drop in the afternoon. It may then take fourteen days for the CBD oil to take effect.
After this period, do you feel that the CBD is not working? Then you can increase the dosage. The most important thing is that you listen carefully to your body. You can, for example, keep a journal about the working of the CBD oil. This gives insight into how the oil works and allows you to keep track of the effects on your body and any symptoms you may have.
Be critical with CBD oil. It means taking a moment to think about your desired application. We propagate the 1 for 1001 method. One bottle of CBD oil for applications you think up yourself. That can be your own variations on products that are now offered “ready-made”, such as CBD patches, CBD ointment, CBD beer or CBD jelly beans.
Be critical with CBD oil
In other words, ask yourself if it is desirable to add CBD oil to products: ‘is it desirable to add CBD oil to my salad, hot coffee or yogurt?’ After all, the fact that there are manufacturers offering products with CBD says absolutely nothing.
Pretty much all of the positive properties that come up in scientific studies have been done with CBD oil under the tongue. Or in some other direct way. Check out this article by Readers Digest for more info on CBD oil.
Unknown Effect
Nothing is known about the effect of CBD oil in, say, yogurt. An effect will definitely be there, even a positive one. But the influence of yogurt bacteria on the beneficial properties of CBD oil is unknown. And so are many other applications.
On the other hand… If CBD oil works favorably on a wound you can assume that a Band-Aid will do just as well. Although a plaster may absorb some of the CBD and seal the wound from air. The latter can contribute to the beneficial effect especially with CBD directly on a wound, so without a plaster.
