Cannabis For Gut Health

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Cannabis is such a potent medicine for the entire body. While most scientific research is focused on the plant’s healing abilities to treat epilepsy, headaches, and cancer, few are still aware of the fact that cannabis is also beneficial for your gut health.

Yes, you read that right! You can take cannabis to prevent and manage disorders of the gut along with your other natural treatments such as yogurt and other probiotics. This is because the gastrointestinal tract (GI) in your stomach, is home to 80% of the immune system. The GI tract is also where you’ll find a large amount of cannabinoid receptors.

So how exactly can your gut benefit from consuming cannabis?

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Nausea prevention

So many medical patients turn to cannabis to find relief from nausea, whether they are experiencing it as a result of pregnancy or a side effect of chemotherapy and other conditions. Cannabis works so well to quell nausea because it has calming properties on the central nervous system. The endocannabinoid system plays an important role in controlling the urge to vomit, no matter what the cause is.

Prevent intestinal inflammation

Cannabis can help prevent diarrhea, as shown in small human studies. Cannabis is effective in treating inflammation and is able to prevent intestinal clamping. It can also have therapeutic benefits in cases of hypermotility, or when the food moves through the body too fast. This is why cannabis is useful for irritable bowel disease and similar disorders of the gut, such as celiac disease.

Since weight loss is an unhealthy side effect of inflamed or irritated bowels, cannabis can also aid with stimulating the appetite. Studies showed that consuming cannabis for 3 months was effective in addressing weight loss issues in patients who had irritable bowel disease. This is beneficial for patients because it enables them to better absorb nutrients from food.

Cannabis is good for gut health!

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Research tells us that there are significant amounts of endocannabinoids in the GI system. This is important because good health is founded in the gut. This is why you can take cannabis as a health supplement to help maintain a healthy gut instead of a medicine to treat certain ailments. The stomach and intestines contain a large amoung of microbes that aid in digesting food as well as processing other biological tasks needed to keep you healthy and strong.

Since the gut is home to a significant amount of CB1 and CB2 receptors, this means that the digestive system will natural attract endogenous cannabinoids – those that you consume from cannabis. Stimuatling the endocannabinoid system with these cannabinodis can relax digestive muscles, decrease inflammation, reduce spasms and cramping, improve intestinal motility, and decrease the amount of irritating chemical secretions that are common in many digestive conditions.

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THC, CBD, and the other cannabinoids in cannabis will enter your body through these receptors in your gut and communicate to the brain in order for systems to regulate themselves more efficiently and stop inflammation in its tracks. Numerous patients have been successful in using tinctures, cannabis oils, edibles, vaporizers, and even edibles all of which help the body absorb cannabinoids quickly through the gastrointestinal tract. However, smoking cannabis is always a good option if you’re not fond of these other medicating options.

If you or your loved ones are suffering from a gut-realted issue, cannabis is a safe and natural therapy that you can experiment with. There are absolutely no side-effects and with the number of studies validating its therapeutic benefits throughout the body and in the digestive area in particular this can help prevent gastrointestinal disorders in the future while helping you feel good and restore your quality of life.

Thinking of trying out cannabis? You know what they say… go with your gut!

Cannabis For Indigestion and Gut Health