Hello, Justin: been following along awhile now — always impressed with your results.
Question: what will smoking the CBG plant accomplish? Does it have psychoactive qualities?
I’m glad you asked, it’s not psychoactive.
Here is the best explanation (not mine) that I could find for CBG:
What Exactly Is CBG?
CBG (cannabigerol) is a non-acidic cannabinoid produced when heat is applied to the CBGA (cannabigerolic acid) molecule. Its close chemical relatives are THC, CBD, and CBC.
CBG is found mainly in hemp products, and strains bred for high THC usually contain very low amounts of CBG (less than 1%). High CBD strains, on the other hand, contain much higher concentrations of this essential cannabinoid.
CBG will not get you high. CBG is a non-psychoactive cannabinoid much like CBD. In fact, in brain-chemistry terms, CBG is what’s known as an antagonist because it interferes with the trippy high created by THC. That’s not a bad thing.
In fact, it underscores the danger of producing strong weed strains with ultra-high THC concentrations because, without CBG, it’s entirely possible to go from buzzed to bad trip in just one drag.
How Does CBG Work?
When you smoke, dab, eat, vape, or in any other way consume a cannabis product, you introduce cannabinoids like CBG into your bloodstream. Your blood then circulates the CBG throughout your body and into your brain.
When the CBG and other cannabinoids reach your grey matter, they dock with and activate special neurons that then produce a wide variety of effects elsewhere in your brain and throughout your body.
Think of CBG, THC, CBD, and CBN like keys that unlock and open certain doors. When those doors are open, messages can pass through to other parts of your brain and body.
So, for example, if you’re experiencing insomnia, CBG unlocks and opens the door that signals your body to release hormones that help you sleep.
Of course, the process is a bit more complicated than we’ve described here because science, but you get the basic idea.
Bottom line, it all comes back to the way CBG interacts with neurons.
When you ingest, inhale, or imbibe your favorite strain (let’s say Wedding Cake), the THC molecule fits snuggly into certain receptors (CB1) and will turn those neurons on.
The CBG molecule will fit snugly into other receptors and turn them on.
But CBG will also try to dock with the receptors designed for THC. It won’t be such a snug fit, but they’ll try.
The benefits that CBG has to offer are closely tied to what it does in the human body. In the right dose, CBG acts as an:
- Analgesic (relieves pain).
- Antibacterial (slows bacteria growth).
- Anti-convulsive (reduces seizures and convulsions).
- Anti-inflammatory (reduces inflammation).
- Anti-insomnia (aids sleep).
- Anti-proliferative (inhibits cancer cell growth).
- Antidepressant (raises mood).
- Bone stimulant (promotes bone growth).
- Brain cell stimulant (promotes neuron growth).
- Appetite stimulant (increases appetite).
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Well done! Those are beautiful and an unbelievably amazing job with the pollen. I love what you are doing Justin & hope to eventually start doing similar. Truly appreciate you doing an amazing job with this, the CBG looks like something I love to try as well one day.
