Medicinal Cannabis has been used as medicine for centuries, records as far back as 4000BC show the use of the cannabis plant by ancient physicians in South Asia and Egypt. The indications for which cannabis was used to treat have also been consistent throughout history.
The naturally-occurring cannabis family encompasses three major species (Cannabissativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabisruderalis) 🞄 the cannabis plant contains more than 500 natural compounds that include more than 100 cannabinoids.
Cannabidiol, CBD is a major component of the cannabis that acts as a non-competitive negative allosteric modulator of CB1 receptors and an inverse agonist of CB2 receptors
CBD has been indicated in treatment of :
There are over 1000 publications on the effects of CBD in the human body. Some of these studies have shown that CBD is useful in the treatment of various ailments and medicines have been registered according to the findings of clinical trials. More clinical trials are underway for various ailments including, some forms of cancer where it is thought to reduce tumour growth, Tourette syndrome, mental health disorders among others.