Across North America, more and more people are turning to cannabis to solve a myriad of health concerns. As the legalization of cannabis for both medicinal and recreational use increases across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, more and more health professionals are looking at cannabis as a safer alternative to pharmaceutical sleeping tablets and pain medication.
Microdosing takes what you think about using cannabis and reverses it. Instead of utilizing large amounts of cannabis high in THC and CBD, microdosing involves using the least amount of cannabis possible. It may seem odd at first, but microdosing is rapidly gaining popularity among medical marijuana users.
Microdosing with Cannabis To Help Improve Sleep
Most strains of marijuana contain both CBD and THC cannabinoids. They are the two most predominant cannabinoids found in cannabis. THC is responsible for the psychoactive effects of cannabis, while CBD is more therapeutic.If you suffer from sleep problems, then you’re going to want to try and focus on using strains which are high in THC and low in CBD.
Indica strains of cannabis are the preferred strain for people looking to sleep more as Sativa strains often come with a boost in energy levels not ideal for sleep. While cannabis has been used for thousands of years as a medicinal substance, being classified as a narcotic in the early 20th century has slowed down a lot of research into cannabis. Researchers around the world are scrambling to discover more about cannabis and unlock all its secrets.
ScienceDirect.com published a study in 2006 called “Cannabidiol, a constituent of Cannabis Sativa modulates sleep in rats” which studied the effects of both CBD and THC and their correlation to sleep. Cannabis science is a very fluid area of science at the moment, with hundreds of studies currently underway into the effects of cannabis and cannabinoids on the human body.
One of the most interesting discoveries is that strains of cannabis which are high in cannabinol (CBN) can produce better sleep results. CBN is found in higher amounts of cannabis which is older or aged. According to Steep Hill labs and other groups, CBN has five times the level of sedation compared to either THC or CBD. Unfortunately, cannabis dispensaries often have very high turnovers of their products. This means that cannabis isn’t sitting around on their shelves aging which results in lower levels of CBN.
Cannabis and Microdosing
Microdosing with cannabis is a growing trend which involves using as little cannabis as possible to get the medicinal benefit you’re looking for. It isn’t the easiest method to get used to, but so far, the results look promising. Many people utilize cannabis-infused edibles for microdosing with cannabis as it can be easier to measure dosages. It’s important that you start off with very small dosages and then increase again until you begin to feel the cannabis effects. The goal of cannabis microdosing is to achieve the desired results without using excessive amounts of cannabis which can sometimes be counter-productive.
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