CBD, or cannabidiol in recent years has proven to be nature’s miracle in medicine. Countless diseases, ailments, and conditions can be improved or cured altogether with a strict CBD regimen.

One of the greatest pharmaceutical benefits is the way cannabidiol responds with our bodies. It doesn’t produce a psychoactive high by itself, allowing for for pure therapeutic effects on the body. As we move further down the medicinal research road, break throughs will come daily.

It’s impossible to lay out all the positives of CBD and marijuana in just one breath, but here are 8 benefits of CBD.

1.Diabetes

Research involving CBD in mice showed when healthy and coupled with treatment diabetes was non-existent. CBD prevents the production of IL-12 by splenocytes. Thus preventing the function of a huge player in aut0-immune diseases.

2. PTSD

Sufferers of PTSD can greatly benefit from the anti-anxiety effects of cannabidiol. PTSD is a condition that attacks patients with gripping stress and anxiety daily. Due to CBD not being psychoactive, patients can enjoy stress and anxiety relief without the worries of a psychotic episode. A true nature’s miracle, right?

3. Helps You Quit Cigarettes

If you’re having trouble getting rid of cigarettes from your routine, CBD has been shown to cut down the withdrawal symptoms of nicotine. In a placebo-controlled study, 24 smokers were chosen at random to take either a placebo vape or a CBD vaporizer.

The group taking the placebo saw no decrease in cigarette usage, while the people using the CBD vaporizers saw a 40% decrease! Although more research is needed, that would put it ahead of Nicorette for a quit smoking aid.

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4. Crohn’s Disease

Crohn’s is a debilitating disease that affects the bowels. Marijuana has anti-inflammatory properties that help relieve symptoms of Crohn’s. CBD interacts with the system in your body that controls gut function and helps regulate it.

5. Insomnia

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One of the prominent side effects of CBD is sleepiness. For some though this is is exactly why they choose cannabis over doctor prescribed sleep aids. Sleeping pills are habit forming and known to leave users extremely tired and groggy the next day.

CBD heavy strains have will help alleviate your insomnia. Indica’s will normally have a higher CBD content than its sativa counterpart.

6. Mad Cow Disease

Through clinical research CBD has proven to stop prions, the protein that cause diseases such as mad cow. Cannabidiol prevented the formation of prions in mice that were exposed to mad cow.

7. Multiple Sclerosis

Scientists at the Cajal Institute used animal models and cell cultures to find that CBD reversed inflammatory responses and served as durable protection from the effects of multiple sclerosis. Mice with 10 days of CBD treatment had superior motor skills and showed progression in their condition. Using this information, researchers concluded that CBD has the potential ability to reduce various aspects of MS.

8. Schizophrenia

In 2012, a group of German researchers published a study in the journal Translational Psychiatry. The potent antipsychotic Amisulpride and CBD were compared between 42 schizophrenia patients. The two treatments were deemed effective, but the short side-effect profile of CBD out shined the pharmaceutical option.

There are multitudes of ways CBD helps patients with all types of ailments and conditions. No wonder it truly is nature’s miracle.