CBD Minute Archives - Page 5 of 12

21DecDecember 21, 2020

Who Was William Brooke O’Shaughnessy

If you are interested in CBD and live in the Western hemisphere, credit must be given to the Irish doctor who re-introduced cannabis to the modern world. Not only did he discover medicinal uses of the plant while he was working in a hospital in Calcutta, India, he invented a treatment for cholera and made significant advances in telegraphy, electricity and underwater engineering. At the youthful age of 24, O’Shaughnessy graduated from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and set off to...

What Is CBDA?

You may already be familiar with CBD, or cannabidiol, but CBDA is something different. Cannabidiolic acid comes from the cannabis and hemp plants that contain high CBD levels. CBDA is actually a precursor to CBD. When CBDA is exposed to heat, a process known as decarboxylation, it becomes CBD. Both CBDA and CBD both stem from CBGA or cannabigerolic acid. CBGA converts into three compounds depending on which plant enzymes are activated. It can produce THCA (tetrahydrocannabinolic acid), CBCA (cannabichromenic acid),...

Hemp and Ancient Greece

Today’s interest in natural remedies and plant-based medicine has dramatically increased. More and more, people are looking for non-prescription alternatives and natural treatments for various physical and emotional issues. Interestingly, this trend is nothing new and ancient civilizations have used hemp and other plants as medicine for both people and animals. Ancient Greece provides us a fascinating example of this. Some experts believe that the first agricultural crop among the Ancient Greeks was hemp. It is also thought that they were...