Cannabis and Respiratory Health
Concerned about the spread of Covid 19 ?
Well, you should know that multiple compounds found in the cannabis plant have demonstrated the following functions :
-antibacterial
-antibiotic
-antiviral
-antiseptic
-anti fungal
-anti inflammatory
-bronchodilator (anti-asthmatic)
These are all found in cannabis terpene’s (tur-peen’s). Most notably Alpha Pinene .
All of these functions may help respiratory troubles NOT to grow into infections in your sinuses and lungs. When it comes to terpenes they are best delivered in a low heat vapor to have maximum benefit inhaled into the lungs. This combined with the power of CBD or CBG, means there is great potential that *clean and *organic hemp flowers when vaporized and inhaled, may aid in the fight against the spread of Covid 19 and other respiratory infections (i.e, s.a.r.s family).
Hemp Flowers are legal in all 50 states in the U.S Look into your own states laws or visit your local hemp flower retailer.
For more info on terpenes and their specific effects :-https://www.leafly.com/news/cannabis-101/infographic-what-are-cannabis-terpenes-and-how-do-they-affect-you
ALSO related to allergies and respiratory function:-http://organtica.com/cannabis-terpenes-for-allergies/
-Notes post-publication of initial article.
After posting the initial article on social media march 15th 2020 I received some very negative responses. Some thought I was making a wrong forecast and was actually endangering people with bad information. At the time I did not want to attract negative attention on the novel virus issue so I pulled the post on social media and off of wiscannabis.com. But as of early May not even 60 days after my article I started noticing media covering actual tests of cannabis with novel virus. The connection to me was huge, I mentioned the primary aid of specific terpene’s, kinds found mostly in sativa lines, that’s what the study in Canada found. I mentioned administration via inhalation, thats one of the studies methods. I mentioned CBG and CBD being added benefits, and both of those are mentioned by name. Most notably CBG ability to fight MRSA a common superbug known to take 20,000 lives a year in the US alone. Here’s the supporting stories that came about after March 15th.
“Cannabis shows promise blocking coronavirus infection: Alberta researcher”
May 7, 2020 Calgary Herald.
from the article - “Cannabis extracts are showing potential in making people more resistant to the novel coronavirus”
“(they) have reduced the number of these (virus) receptors by 73 per cent, If they can reduce the number of receptors, there’s much less chance of getting infected.”
“If successful, the work could find practical medical use in the form of mouth wash, gargle, inhalants or gel caps, said Kovalchuk. “It would be cheaper for people and have a lot less side-effects,” he said.”
“The extracts of our most successful and novel high CBD C sativa lines, pending further investigation, may become a useful and safe addition to the treatment of COVID-19 as an adjunct therapy,”
“Given the current dire and rapidly evolving epidemiological situation, every possible therapeutic opportunity and avenue must be considered.”
“Our work could have a huge influence — there aren’t many drugs that have the potential of reducing infection by 70 to 80 per cent,” he said.”
“Israel Researchers Launch Clinical Trials To Test CBD As COVID-19 Treatment Supplement”
April 25,2020. Benzinga.com
“Researchers then believe CBD’s anti-inflammatory properties will repair the damaged cells through a synergistic effect”
“As COVID-19 attacks the respiratory system, scientists will have patients receive CBD-enriched exosomes through an inhalation device. Previous studies have shown CBD can help regulate the body’s immune system and reduce inflammation throughout the body.”
“We estimate that our CBD-based treatment can enhance the current treatment of those patients who are in life-threatening conditions,” Stero Biotechs founder and CEO David Bassa said in a statement. “Hospitalized COVID-19 patients are mostly being treated with steroids and our study is planned to demonstrate the benefit of a combined solution with Steroid treatments. We are hopeful that this study will lead to faster benefit for the growing number of COVID-19 patients in Israel and around the world.”
Do the Anti-Viral Properties of Cannabis Translate to the Coronavirus? #COVID19
Feb 28, 2020 Cannabis.net.
“At the beginning of 2020, scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, discovered further that cannabis can wipe out antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Researchers screened 5 unique cannabis compounds for potential antibiotic properties. Cannabigerol (CBG) was finally identified to have a specifically robust profile to fight off methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a very common hospital superbug responsible for many deaths every year.”
—WISCANNABIS—
sources:
Canada story - https://calgaryherald.com/cannabis/cannabis-shows-promise-blocking-coronavirus-infection-alberta-researcher/