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The Health Effects of Cannabis: The Digestive System

Healer

Cannabis has broad effects in the digestive system, including increasing appetite, reducing nausea and vomiting, inhibiting acid secretion, relaxing smooth muscle, decreasing pain, decreasing inflammation, and decreasing motility, thereby relieving cramps and diarrhea.

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Cannabinoids Could Limit Brain Injury Damage, Researchers Say

The Cannigma

Inhibition of MAGL using cannabinoids. When these immune cells stay activated for too long, they begin a harmful inflammation cycle where they start to digest healthy brain tissue, promote further inflammation, and damage wider parts of the brain. MAGL, or monoacylglycerol lipase, metabolizes endocannabinoids such as 2-AG.

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Cannabinoids: Everything You Should Know

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

However, with the ongoing debate about the benefits and drawbacks of cannabinoids and other cannabis compounds , it can seem as if cannabis is an emerging trend. Cannabinoid Recognition. The medical field first began recognizing the benefits of the cannabinoid compounds within cannabis in 1850. What Are Cannabinoids?

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An introduction to cannabinoids: Everything you need to know

Canna Care Docs

The answer involves the many compounds, called cannabinoids, that occur naturally in the cannabis plant. Most are familiar with THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD (cannabidiol), the two most studied cannabinoids due to their prevalence—the rarer a cannabinoid, the more difficult it is to isolate. Major cannabinoids: THC and CBD.

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Cannabis and Constipation: What are the Benefits?

United Patients Group

Despite its known impact on slowing down the digestive system, recent research suggests that cannabis remains an effective remedy for constipation. Derived from the cannabis sativa plant, cannabis is categorized as a cannabinoid capable of activating receptors in the body, including those in the gut.

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The Cannabis Cancer Connection

Project CBD

There is a growing body of anecdotal and scientific evidence that the “major cannabinoids” tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), certain “minor cannabinoids” (some without a name), and other cannabis compounds have antineoplastic action against cancer cells. THC binds to two types of cannabinoid receptors, CB1 and CB2.

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Biggest Benefits of Cannabis You May Be Missing Out On: Acidic Cannabinoids (CBDA / CBGA / THCA)

Healer

While the focus has been on neutral cannabinoids, new research –and my own clinical observations– indicate that cannabinoids in their original, acidic form possess incredible healing properties that work both together with and different from their neutral counterparts. What are Acidic Cannabinoids?