We are not doctors and we are not knowledgeable about your particular health condition, so you have to get medical advice from your practitioner. However, what we can say is that typically, its virtually impossible to take too much. We use the following analogy: Can you eat too much spinach? Well, the answer is yes, you can. But, you’d have to eat such an unimaginable amount that it’s not realistic to think you could truly eat too much spinach. The same holds true for CBD oil. It’s not realistic to think you could take too much, but of course, at some level it would be possible. (Again, please consult your physician regarding your specific situation).

The US FDA and Australian TGA do not allow any claims about what CBD oil can do or may do for you. But we can pass along that there are thousands of people worldwide who use CBD oil regularly to relieve the symptoms of many health and you can find out for yourself by searching online for “CBD oil and your condition”.  But the only way you’ll know for sure if it will help you is to try it. (If you need further advice, your doctor or medical practitioner might be able to help.)

Scientifically, industrial hemp and marijuana are the same plant, with a genus and species name of cannabis sativa. They have a drastically different genetic profile though. Industrial hemp is always a strain of cannabis sativa, while marijuana can be cannabis sativa, cannabis indica, or cannabis ruderalis. The major difference is how industrial hemp has been bred compared to a marijuana form of cannabis sativa.

Typically speaking, industrial hemp is very fibrous, with long, strong stalks, and barely has any flowering buds, while a marijuana strain of cannabis sativa will be smaller, bushier, and full of flowering buds. However, newer industrial hemp varieties in the USA are being bred to have more flowers and higher yields of cannabinoids and terpenes.

99% of the time marijuana has a high amount of THC and only a very low amount of CBD. Hemp, on the other hand, naturally has a very high amount of CBD in most instances, and only a trace amount of THC, the psycho-active component of cannabis that gets you “high”.

Fortunately, the cannabinoid profile of hemp is ideal for people looking for benefits from cannabis without the ‘high.’ Hemp is used for making herbal supplements, food, fibre, rope, paper, bricks, oil, natural plastic, and so much more, whereas marijuana is usually used just recreationally, spiritually, and medicinally. The term cannabis oil can refer to either a marijuana or hemp derived oil, since marijuana and hemp are two different forms of cannabis.

Cannabidiol (CBD) is a naturally occurring constituent of industrial hemp/cannabis. It is the most abundant non-psychoactive cannabinoid found in cannabis, and is being scientifically investigated for various reasons.

CBD oil is a cannabis oil (whether derived from marijuana or industrial hemp, as the word cannabis is the Latin genus name for both) that has significant amounts of cannabidiol (CBD) contained within it. CBD oil is derived from industrial hemp, also often called CBD-rich hemp oil, hemp derived CBD oil, CBD-rich cannabis oil, or plainly “hemp extracts” since it typically contains much more than just CBD. Again, cannabis doesn’t mean marijuana, but is the genus name, and general umbrella term which all forms of marijuana and hemp fall under.