Live from the Institute for Functional Medicine Annual International Conference 2019

Cannabinoids for stress and pain management

The endocannabinoid system has a significant role to play in regulating stress and pain, said Cecilia Hillard, PhD, at the 2019 Institute for Functional Medicine Annual International Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

Cannabis is an annual herb. The botanical family includes hemp, cannabis indica, and cannabis sativa. There are over 100 unique chemicals and a family of terpenephenols found in cannabis. Strains have differing amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), thus aggregated data regarding effects of cannabis on humans are difficult to interpret, Hillard said.

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