Ok guys and gals. I have a friend who was just diagnosed with a large fibroid uterine tumor. The problem is that she also is suffering from a blood disorder that is throwing clots so she is not a candidate for surgery. Anyone treated fibroids with CCO?
I do not believe budwashing the product you purchased would be beneficial, and might be extremely detrimental to the trichomes. We budwash at harvest, when the plant and the trichomes have lots of flexibility and the only trichomes damaged are ones already compromised.
The smell diminishes because most of that was volatile monoterpenes. You lose up to 50% of them while the plant hangs and drys anyway, so not the concern it might appear, unless your goal is to retain as many terpenes as possible, in which case you'd be processing it into oil right then and there. I hear the new wave of oil producers are doing this by freezing the plant material within four hours of harvest.
Now, teach me how they process it from that point and I'm gonna dance a jig around my kitchen.
Cannabis expresses individually with each patient, so yes, you start every regimine at a sub-therapeutic dose and follow the slow and methodical process of titration until you find that patient's optimal therapeutic dose. The ratios you'll end up with will be determined first by what we're treating, and then by the tolerance levels of the patient. What we're beginning to discover though is that a balanced ratio is an excellent beginning point, and will effectively treat a myriad of concerns, including chronic pain, a fact that surprised most of us. Conventional thought was high THC for pain. Turns out we we're wrong in most , but notably, not all cases. A good rule of thumb is start at a balance of THC and CBD and then you fine tune for the individual.
If you try it in one direction (i.e. High THC, low CBD) and it doesn't work, flip it. Weight has nothing to do with dose, in the sense that a 140 pound woman can require a much larger dose than a 300 pound man for the same disease, at the same stage.
We're all lab rats around these parts. Until our federal government grows a pair that is.
Cajun once described it to us as the cannabinoids being the engine of the vehicle and the terpenes the steering system. The cannabinoids have the heavy-hitting potential, but it's the synergistic dance between cannabinoids and terpenes that get everyone in step and potentiates the medicine.
CBD works in ways no one really understands, at this point. There's speculation it's been misnamed as a cannabinoid, since it appears to have the ability to multitask. But you might not feel its effects until you stop taking it. I can testify to that. I ran short on CBD-dominant capsules before my next harvest, and took myself off my regimine to have enough on hand for my daughter. Her needs supersede my own. This has been going on for about a month now, and I'm beginning to see a resurgence of the patches of psoriasis that had begun to clear while I was on a regular schedule of dosing.
I'm working on training my ECS to heal without outside input. After all, we were designed to heal.
CBD both extends the euphoric effects of THC and tamps down extreme euphoric expression, simultaneously. That's only one example of the amazing capabilities of CBD. But on its own it's nowhere near that useful. Same with THC. Pair them together and you have a cannabinoid power couple. It thrills me to consider how much more learning we have ahead of us as we get into the "minor" cannabinoids and discover there was nothing minor about their effects on the human body.
You balance the ratios by individual patient. There is no standard dose in cannabinoid therapy, only starting points. Cannabis makes you pay attention, but won't smack you with ugly side effects when you overshoot. All you need do is back off until you're comfortable and then proceed with letting the natural healing commence.
Hey...... I don't know about you, but I've been growing younger for the past three years. Not really working that hard at it either. You should spend more time around me, it might rub off on you and you'll never say that crazy thing about your sparklingly intelligent brain and it's marvelous capabilities of recall and communication.
Sorry, I'm an extreme morning person, and you stepped right in front of me when I was feeling particularly loving. That usually sweeps everyone in the room closer to me or drives them running for the hills.
Got it. You have my back, I have yours my friend.I expect you to post pictures.
Well, you're planning to jump right into the adventure, don't you. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't use cannabis at all, do you? Hmmmm..... I warn you, this bug you caught about medicinal cannabis is a difficult one to walk away from. Once bitten few of us get our lives back to where they were before - not that a single one of us would choose to be anywhere different, just that I don't think a single one of us considered at the outset how much this would change our lives.
I admire your interest and growing passion. Just wanted you to know that.
Wow, ain't nothing anyone could say could top that! Pleasure and pain are our biggest motivators, so that leaves me with a big time motivation. I was misdiagnosed for many years, have had back surgerys, opiates and spinal stimulators and I'm about fed up with pain. BTW, That was an awesome post with good timing so thanks for the big dose of sweet sue!. You are a sweetheart!
Concern yourself with that no longer.
Hi Sue , made some more caps last night i used my waste from seed buds , was making some summer autos , i added the lecithin like you said i had granules so i blended it to a powder , i used coconut oil and palm oil (lard )
when i was done pouring it out to cool i stuck my finger in the pot just to get some to taste and in half hour i was stoned lol i mean i was Fxxxed ,
getting heaps of capsules ..
Everyone does that he or she do best. And we are people that share our passion and knowledge and those who judge us can judge all they want because we have eachother so I'm not worried!
Sue i had to look that word up "physiological" lol any ways yes i am in great form as of lately , i find my self wanting to do more with my life , got a bike , started a diet and instead of drinking twice week its down to once , with these caps if i think about going for a beer i take one and the feeling of missing out has gone, i enjoy tv , im well into family guy from taken the caps ,i bought all the seasons l just chill out and have a giggle
could never sit down ever i even eat standing up when people are in , i find wen i take one about 5.30pm i can actually sit and watch tv i can also sit and listen to music
These little victories we're chalking up, one at a time, aren't getting any notice in the greater scheme of things. How nice that we don't care about that.
Pretty nice little combination. The hemp seed oil taste pretty special! I like it! Now O wonder what it tastes like in my coffee!
My little first plants!
Well I have to say it tastes pretty good! Doesn't really look that good but it's still nice. I think I will spread the oil more trhoughout the day. Like a few drops in a mug and then a few in the next and so forth! I do drink much coffee though.I put a teaspoon of infused coconut oil in my coffee every morning. Yes, it floats to the top, but give it a stir and a swig and it is a great flavor.
I love what Cannabis can do... I am reading a book now about a patient interview who uses cannabis oil. Even people with cancer turn from a really depressive painful life to a life with a lot of joy and without pain.I have a friend with chronic pain that has started with an infuse olive oil. She is taking 1/4t 3-4 times per day, and has dramatically cut back on her oxy and it hasn't even been a week. She says she has been this pain free in years.
