HEMP OIL/CBD   USERS GUIDE

Edibles and Capsules are two of the most common ways people or taking Hemp Oil Products. Convenient & not leaving a bad taste in the mouth unless you pick a bad quality edible. Lots of Edibles are full of artificial flavors, coloring, preservatives, and who knows? But not all of them.

Edibles

Edibles follow the same digestive process as capsules but there is so much more to think about. Ask yourself how many edibles have you seen in the market? Well, I have seen 1000’s myself. My meaning is knowing what is in those edibles is very difficult and finding the proper credible source for quality edibles is vitally important. How do you know you are getting a consistent dose?

• Tinctures

• Pump Spray

• Hemp Extract Concentrate

Edibles and Capsules are two of the most common ways people or taking Hemp Oil Products. Convenient & not leaving a bad taste in the mouth unless you pick a bad quality edible.

Tinctures

Many of the Tinctures are available using carrier oils such as  MCT coconut oil or hemp seed oil.  Cannabinoids in hemp extract are fat soluble and blend well with these oils. These oils have their own health benefits and compliment the Hemp Oil and the combination allows the compound to effectively be processed through the body.

Pump Sprays

Pump Sprays are similar to tinctures, but you pump the top to get a spray effect. There you might push down on a top that will spray out a liquid blend of hemp oil, CBD, with some other ingredients. Again, beware of the other ingredients.

Hemp Extract Concentrate

Hemp Concentrate Sublingual is usually undertaken when the consumer wants a strong dose for more severe health issues. This would be placed under the tongue in the same way as tinctures and pump sprays but would be a lot more potent. You would again try to hold it as long as you can and hopefully like natural earthy flavors otherwise it will not taste so pleasant.

Out of all the ways to take Hemp Oil or CBD smoking is one of the most popular. It is effective very fast and the fast bioavailability is very high. Meaning the most efficient when delivering key compounds to your body. Within seconds to minutes, you will absorb the product to your bloodstream.

Hemp is either smoked by using the whole flower, smoking the extract concentrate, or smoking the concentrate in a Vape (electronic Cigarette).

The problem with Smoking as we all already know,

“Smoking of anything is bad for our Health”.

Electronic Cigarettes “Vapes“

“BEWARE” IS IT SAFE TO INHALE HEMP CBD OIL FUMES FROM A VAPE PEN?

Don’t smoke tinctures blended with hemp seed oil or MCT oil or any oils. And BEWARE of vapes blended with propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin that companies have added for consistency when smoking and to dilute the product to make more money. Real bad stuff for your lungs.

When propylene glycol is heated up, it becomes a type of chemical that produces formaldehyde, a carcinogen, as a byproduct. Look it up. Bad.  Avoid Vape products that contain polyethylene glycol (another thinning agent) flavoring agents as these are very toxic and should never be inhaled.

Smoking Hemp Flowers

Smoking Hemp Flowers is a large wide topic you will need to do in-depth research. We do not do any business in that area but can make some recommendations on what to watch out for.

Smoking Hemp Concentrate “Dabbing”

Hemp Concentrate on smoking is popular and sold to smoke in vape pens.  Sold as a 100% Concentrate. Check your ingredients.  We don’t do any business in these areas so we suggest you also do in-depth research before deciding if this is a way that is best in taking hemp concentrate.

Concentrates or Dabs come in many forms. Thick oils, like rock candy, or find oily granular powder. They can be golden honey colors to dark motor oil consistencies. Some smell sweet and flowery rich and others bland and or sour.

There are many viable reasons why you should consider hemp oil topical for your skin.  Hemp Oil/CBD is very receptive to absorbing the benefits through the skin into the body. The poor act as a good doorway to make that happen.

Muscle & Joint Topicals

When using hemp oil or CBD for muscle and joint pain you will need to make sure you have a very strong blend of ingredients.  A Full-spectrum hemp oil product is going to be a lot more effective than a product that is full of CBD isolate.  The full spectrum product will have lots of other great elements that work synergistically to ease your problems.

Skin Care Topicals

When using hemp oil/ CBD topical s for skincare issues you need to consider all of the ingredients.  They can also affect your skin and possibly the combination of ingredients can react negatively to your body.  There are only so many ingredients a lotion, salve, or balm can have to be effective. Sometimes to many additional ingredients will make the natural hemp oil counter react.  Especially perfume fragrances, thickeners, and alcohol ingredients.

This steps into the niche market for hemp oil products. They have become popular because they are highly bioavailable (very effective) for their individual purposes and have a whole realm of uses. They also take deeper specialty research because they each are individually applied.

They are more complicated in their daily use and require specific niche research into their uses and better recommended and directed by a professional physician or health expert in that niche area of health care.

Some Tips on Helping Increase Results

“Bio-availability“

Hemp Oil/CBD blended with fats enhance the absorption. But we recommend healthy fats such as healthy oils like Hemp Seed Oil, MCT Coconut Oil, even Chocolate.  Tinctures that are already blended with these types of oils are a plus a convenient

You also can try taking products on an empty stomach, after a workout, or if you are taking it for sleep, right before you go to bed. Also, be aware of what else you are putting into your body. For example, if you have just taken your dose and then go out and eat a supersize fast food meal from McDonald’s with 3-24oz free refills of soda, this most likely will kill off any healthy peace you might be seeking.

Is Taking More Better?

Not necessarily. Sometimes to much can have a counteractive effect and other times it will take several days to over a week to start seeing effects depending on what you are taking it for. Excessive consumption might exacerbate the problems you’re trying to alleviate. Observe carefully.

By now hopefully you know how you want to take hemp oil. Orally, sublingualy, topically, or smoking. Or your thinking to experiment with a few different methods until you find what you like and decide. It will also be important that you gage and observe your usage to understand what is working nor not. 

Before figuring out how much you should take you need to understand the strength of each product and about what type of Hemp Oil or CBD it is. This leads us back to the basics of the different types of products there are. CBD Isolate, Full Spectrum Extracts, Broad Spectrum, or even flowers to smoke.

Look closely at the company you are buying from and make sure they are credible, they are there to answer your questions, and they offer a Certificate of Analysis of exactly what type of Hemp Oil or CBD Isolate they have. Meaning what is the Cannabinoid and Terpene makeup? Lots of Homework but it is worth it. 

There are numerous varieties of Hemp and many methods of extraction which can change the makeup of the cannabinoids and terpenes. Even how it is grown, the maturity when harvested, hemp can result in different combinations of cannabinoids and terpenes.  

Most feel Co2 Extraction is still the best method of extraction of Hemp but operated by an experienced botanical chemical engineer.  Some Co2 extracts are not as good as others as many new producers are processing Co2 extracts with no experience. They get oils coming out at the end of the process, but they did not capture lots of the good stuff and lost it during the process. It is like having the fastest race car in the world which is not really so fast when you don’t know how to drive it.

Considerations when taking Hemp Oil or CBD?

Everyone’s physical makeup is different and how hemp oil interacts with each person is different.

Find the Dose that works best for your health Goals. 

Standard dosing will give you a starting point

Understanding your product give you a foundation in how bioavailable your product is, how long it will take to feel any effects, and how long those effects will last. and how long the effects will last. This will give you some basic guidelines on observation and deciding the next steps in finding the right dosage amounts.

Find products that provide reliable information on the “Hemp Oil/CBD” (cannabinoid).

Request and look at the certificate of analysis and ask questions so you understand what you are taking. This will allow you to also compare the other products you are considering.

Consider the reasons you want to take hemp oil & what health issues you are trying to resolve.

Do your own independent research on each issue as there is a large difference when taking it for minor everyday health problems to severe life-threatening health issues.

Hold the regimen of dosage.

Keep the same dosage for a few days to a week. If you are jumping around, then you truly will not find what will work. Let it take its course.

Consumers of all different types young and old need to seek whole plant full-spectrum hemp oil remedies.

Don’t Just think CBD Isolate. It is important to be consistent with a full range of natural elements like in a fresh orange compared to Vitamin C which is also a Isolate. 

Take into consideration your body weight, age, diet.

The amount you hemp oil you take will be change. For example, if you are a senior and thin then you need to take less compared to a heavy set young person.

What kind of lifestyle do you live?

If you are a heavy drinker, or smoking cigarettes or marijuana regularly, then this will definitely affect our health and you will have different results taking Hemp Oil.

Can I build up Tolerance to Hemp Oil or CBD?

Hemp Oil & CBD consumers can develop tolerance from regular dosage.

You will need to carefully observe yourself and after a month to three months if you are not getting the same reaction as before you might need to step it up a little bit to achieve the same results.

How to calculate Hemp Oil & CBD dosage in Edible?

Edibles or capsules are easy when calculating the dosage. The label on the package should say how many mg of hemp oil or CBD per single serving or per capsule. For example, gummy bears are usually 5mg per gummy bear.  If your goal is 10mg you would eat two. But be careful as your desire for sweets might have you consume 20 without knowing it giving you a whopping 100mg serving before you realize it.

How to calculate Hemp Oil & CBD dosage in Tincture?

If the Tincture method is your choice for consumption you will be measuring through a dropper.  Understand the size of the dropper (usually 1ml) and how many drops that equate to.  One drop is about 0.05 milliliters (mL). So that would mean 1ml is about 20 drops.

If the bottle says it has 360mg per 1fl oz. This means it is about 30ml in that one bottle. This would be 12mg per 1ml and .6mg per drop.

Oh My, counting drops of oil is tough in those little droppers. A big drop, small drop, or suddenly it all comes out in a big squirt.

We like to recommend when measuring to go with ¼ dropper, ½ dropper, ¾ or even full dropper. Just figure out how many mg per 1ml and then divide. If it is 12mg per dropper and your goal is a microdose of 6mg then take half a dropper.

How to calculate Hemp Oil & CBD dosage when Smoking?

Now, this can be a lot tougher than the tinctures or edibles. First, you need to understand how you are smoking it. If it flowers this is very difficult if not impossible if you are not testing the flowers themselves.

If you are using a vape pen you can measure the total amount in the pen and then as you are puffing judge how much of extract has been used. Some good suppliers will have details on how many “estimated” mg per puff. But does that mean big puff, small puff or?