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by August Dunning
With newly discovered healing
properties, terpenes are more
important than previously
thought. August Dunning
explains how minerals and light
can be used to boost terpene
levels in cannabis plants.
Our olfactory sense is hardwired to our immune system. If a
fragrance produced by a strain is particularity pleasing, there
might be a reason. Fragrance can be a means of identifying strains
for medical application, not just recreation. When we’re sick with a
cold, we identify certain fragrances, like lemon, for example, to bring us
relief. We evolved with this plant to ultimately be able to incorporate the
plant’s cannabinoid compounds in our endocannabinoid receptor system.
Cannabinoids (CBD) interact with the body’s organs, nerves, and CB1, 2, and 3
receptor sites in the brain to mitigate conditions of pain and anxiety and establish
a means for the terpenes to get into cells to perform medical functions far greater than
sedation or elation, like slowing cancer cells. It’s not the CBD that attacks cancer —
the CBD opens the cells in a tumor for terpenes to get inside cells to end replication
in cancer cells without poisoning the body. With growth halted, the tumor may die.
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