Let’s not kid ourselves; products for pain relief that are derived from the cannabis plant are controversial. Yet, it would be incorrect to assume all chemicals in such products are the same. They aren’t at all.
To be clear; hemp oil, which is nowadays increasingly sought out by sufferers of chronic pain to relieve their symptoms, contains no psychoactive element. That’s to say, a naturally-sourced hemp oil supplement is specifically designed to aid the body, not give you a high – it won’t give you a high.
That’s because hemp oil isn’t derived from the part of the cannabis plant that contains the chemical tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive, high-generating chemical; but from the part of the plant that contains the chemical cannabidiol (CBD). These hemp oil products, then (especially if they’re supplements featuring broad-spectrum hemp oil), offer a rich variety of nutrients, fatty acids and other bioactive chemical compounds that might well prove useful for pain and inflammation relief – as well as providing other health benefits, too.
Pain relief
It’s widely known that many people use hemp oil as a natural form of relief from pain – especially chronic pain – and to treat inflammation. For these people, this treatment doesn’t appear to be just a natural alternative to prescription and/ or over-the-counter medication, but a more effective and satisfying form of pain treatment and, as you’d expect, these adherents are adamant it helps them.
However, so far, research results are yet to truly catch up with this anecdotal evidence. Undeniably positive results in this area have been recorded, which is good news, for sure, but it does come from scientific tests on mice. So, more research on human subjects needs to be undertaken here.
Skin health benefits
Regarded as highly nutritious and, because of this, naturally helpful for skin health, hemp oil owes this reputation to its lipid profile, which features many vitamins, healthful oils and fatty acids. These ingredients mean its advocates believe it can nourish and protect skin from inflammation, oxidation and ageing effects, in general.
Brain health support
Hemp oil might be additionally good for brain health. This most significant of the body’s organs requires a high number of health-giving fats to do all the work it does (that is, running the body).
Another mice-focused study has found that hemp seed extract, with all its useful active compounds (such as polyphenols) and fatty acids, is capable of providing the brain with protection against inflammation. Again, however, one may suggest more research needs to be carried out here on human subjects.
Heart health help
Finally, it may also be true that hemp oil is beneficial for heart health. The results of one study suggest its nutrient profile might well provide a positive effect for the likes of high blood pressure and high levels atherosclerosis and cholesterol.
Meanwhile, another scientific review found that the more alpha-linoleic acid (one of hemp oil’s many fatty acids) there is present in the body, the more unlikely it is cardiovascular disease might develop.
Hemp oil supplements
As the above points make clear, then, specific scientific testing has been carried out to ascertain different areas of health that hemp oil may benefit and many advocates definitely believe it can provide aid in these areas; certainly, scientific studies have reaped positive, if limited, results. In which case, hemp oil is an increasingly popular source for boosting good natural health (especially pain and inflammation relief) – and supplementation has become one of the most popular forms of consumable hemp oil.
Advocates and the curious, therefore, may well be interested to learn that a particularly high-quality and high-strength hemp oil supplement has been developed and released by Higher Nature – and is now available through us at The Finchley Clinic.
This legal and thoroughly safe, advanced, broad-spectrum Hemp Oil (10ml/ 10% strength) comprises phytocannabinoids (CBD) and is flavoured with a delicious peppermint taste. It’s entirely naturally sourced, with its hemp oil base extracted from the cannabis plant via the well-recognised CO2 method for the best possible quality ingredients and best possible results. Indeed, we believe this new, high-strength Hemp Oil from Higher Nature may well prove a good partner product with Omega 3 Fish Oil Capsules, Lemon Fish Oil or Organic Flax Seed Oil (all of which, like hemp oil, are great sources for fatty acids, such as linoleic acid).
So, why not try it (and partner it with one of these other supplements) and let us know what you think? We’d be delighted to hear how you get on…