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LIVE-PLANT SEIZURE CONTROL
I use live hemp plants to maintain
seizure control. This discovery has
helped me more than any other
medication or herbal remedy. Depending
upon where I was living and what
decade it was, I was either breaking
the law, risking going to jail, or other
terrible consequences. I raise my plants
in an indoor growroom and then make a
tea from the fresh leaf, twice a day.
I have tried different strains and
settled on a hemp plant from
Poland that has a CBD-A content of
4.7 percent, and a THC-A content of
0.18 percent. I chose this product
because it routinely tests under the
0.3 percent THC, which is the federal
legal limit. The CBD-A and THC-A
are precursors to THC and CBD.
One of the ways I can test if I have
seizure control is the light flashes I
have in my head. Some days I will have
about 50 light flashes that look like
lightning and other days I will have
none. I relate to these as spikes in my
brain wave, and if I have too many, it is
an indication a seizure is coming.
CBD-A does not reduce my cognitive
abilities or turn me into a zombie. Many
seizure meds also required taking antidepressants
and combination led to a
reduced quality of life.
The fresh hemp plant leaf has
many more components than CBD-A.
There are an estimated 540 different
phytochemicals in the plant and 110 of
those are cannabinoids. There are also
terpenes, which are responsible for the
typical plant aroma, and help provide
the entourage effect.
I believe in using whole fresh herbs
for almost any herbal remedy. The fresh
leaf has a large complement of active
ingredients, and I might be getting
seizure control from any number of
them. While CBD-A could be the most
important component, it is likely not
the only one.
CBD-A AS AN ANTI-SEIZURE MEDICATION
GW industries, our Epidiolex creator,
has filed a patent, available on the
internet, for CBD-A. The patent claims
that CBD- A is better than CBD for some
types of seizure control. CBD-A is also
more bioavailable and requires a much
smaller dose than CBD.
BIOAVAILABILITY
One of the issues of taking CBD is
how much of the CBD tincture will be
available to the body. If liquid CBD is
swallowed, the journey through the
digestive tract means only about
20 percent of the CBD gets absorbed.
There is a vein under the tongue
called the sublingual gland. If the CBD
oil is held under the tongue, it can be
absorbed directly into the bloodstream
and perhaps as much as 50 percent of
the available CBD is absorbed.
According to the patent by GW
Industries, since CBD-A is more
bioavailable than CBD, the seizure
controlling dose of CBD-A might be as
little as 1-100 mg compared to doses
from 10-400 mg for CBD.
The conclusions of GW mean that
I could gain seizure control from
1.28-128 mg of CBD-A. Now, this could
have ramifications for the CBD industry.
CBD-A is available in fresh leaves and
requires no further processing.
HIGH COSTS OF CBD
CBD is formed from a hemp plant
and requires processing. This step
removes the other active ingredients
of the live hemp plant and restricts the
cannabinoids to just one component. Live
leaf has many components that might
help with a seizure disorder.
Also, the cost of an effective dose of CBD
oil can be very expensive. If I use CBD
oil for seizure control, I use a 1,000 mg
bottle and take 20 mg a day in two doses.
The necessary doses mentioned by GW
Industries can be as high as 400 mg a day.
The bottle I buy costs $100 and lasts for
50 days. However, I had a seizure on CBD
and always felt I needed a larger dose.
The cost is especially expensive because
CBD is not yet covered by most insurance.
CBD-A in the live leaf and flowers
is likely a better method of seizure
control, and more immediately
bioavailable than CBD.
CONCLUSION
The home-grown production and use
of hemp may be helpful in reducing
epileptic seizures. Since this involves
growing plants it can be accomplished
with very little cost. The evidence is
starting to build that a whole live plant
can help with a variety of health issues.
The results were important in terms of
health care. Hemp is a plant that can be
grown at home, in a garden, or indoors.
The annual cost of growing of the plant
is closer to $300 a year, as opposed to
$32,000 for Epidiolex.
There are an estimated 3.4 million people
in the U.S. that have a seizure disorder. If
10 percent could be seizure free, CBD could
help 340,000 people regain a normal life.
Globally, there are 50 million people
living with a seizure disorder who live
in countries and in conditions which
make any treatment or available
medications unlikely.
“ I use live
hemp plants
to maintain seizure
control. This discovery
has helped me more than
any other medication or
herbal remedy.”
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