Natures Terpenes And Edibles

In the canna world we often hear the word ‘ terpenes ‘ being used and understand that this is what creates fragrance, aroma and even taste. However, terpenes are present in everything on the planet from fruits to vegetables to flowers, even to trees and the smells of entire forests. Without smell we could not connect one thing with another so well, therefore terpenes play a big role in society and are as important to humans as the aroma of a flower is to a passing Bee. Terpenes found in nature and cannabis play a much bigger role than we ever imagined on the way our bodies use them.

Dr Sanjay Gupta recently made a statement about the way cannabis works once consumed, where his research found that isolated compounds did not work as effective, as when grouped with other terpenes and cannabinoids. “Unlike other drugs that may work well as single compounds, synthesized in a lab, cannabis may offer its most profound benefit as a whole plant, if we let the entourage effect flower,” There are over 480 different compounds present in cannabis ranging from cannabigerol, cannabichromene, nitrogenous compounds, amino acids, ketones, and terpenes.

How these all interact with one another is only just being discovered and made commercial knowledge. What is more interesting is how the interaction between the terpenes present in the foods we eat daily and the cannabis we consume, alter the way the cannabis affects our bodies. CBD To The Rescue: With such a friendly welcoming name that all age groups are comfortable with, CBD is now becoming seen as a commercial painkiller, that is readily available to buy in different forms. Royal Queen Seeds produce a CBD oil which is 4% CBD and 1% THC and is considered very medicinal and the best toothache remedy ever created from my experience! Without the 1% THC, the CBD would not work within the body the same as if combined with THC.

The entourage effect can be the decider between the user feeling one sensation like happiness and awareness to feeling sluggish and sleepy. There is a fine balance which is still being researched but I would recommend having a CBD spray around the house or with you on your travels. Making your own edibles and incorporating CBD into your daily diet is highly beneficial in many ways, once you find the happy medium that you can enjoy socially and can operate on at the same time. There are many patients who find consuming an edible has much more medicinal effects compared to smoking or dabbing.

With more and more companies emerging trying to break into the edible sector, I asked the chef behind Cheffy Medibles about his views on making the best edibles and getting the most out of the entourage effect by using fruits. “ Started in 2015, with an idea of producing healthy medicated edibles. I knew cannabis like most and was a recreational and social smoker but after experiencing sleeping problems, I started to use in a therapeutic way. In my firsts steps I saw that ingested cannabis is much stronger than when smoked so tried some cookies and brownies recipes, however they expired too soon and often the ingredients were wasted.

After testing several recipes, I simply just fell in love with Fruit Roll-ups by its natural flavour and it's a healthy anytime snack. The Fruit Roll-ups are a fruit based vegan snack. There are only two ingredients we use and they are fruit and sweetener. In this product the best way to get the most concentrated cannabinoids is to use some dry kief or bubble hash and mix well. Take your favourite fruits in a big jar and then dehydrate enough to touch, similar to a leather texture.The Fruit Roll-ups are oven cooked the whole process is carefully monitored under 41 degrees celsius, so we don’t alter the food’s or cannabis properties. When I use dry kief from selected strains of our local indoor farmers, I prefer to use under 100 micron mesh screen usually from popcorn sized buds and sugar leaves. This is perfect to concentrate all of the glands and loose some of the original taste.

If I use bubble hash my preference is to use a full spectrum extract, from 160 to 25 microns. It is perfect for medical users because its cannabinoids profile increases. Usually our team runs nugget-size buds and sugar leaves for edibles. There are so many ways to work your edibles. There are other people that need some specific cannabinoids in their body for medical relief and others just want a THC rocket! For all of them we can use differents forms of cannabis as we know. If you’re a newbie to edibles, then you should start with a minimum piece of bud infused in some oil or similar and see how your are effected.

We must say effects starts 30 minutes after consumption and don’t stops rising till 60 minutes later, lasting as long as up to 4 to 6 hours, so don’t take it if you must to do serious work or operate heavy machinery for that matter! If you need just CBD, THCA, THCV or the right amount of THC, you could try some concentrated extracts from different cannabis strains and experiment with your own edibles, to see which have the most medicinal effects. As all of us must know, Cannabidiol or CBD is the most known cannabinoid in the world. CBD doesn’t produce psychoactive effects and has multiple medicinal benefits. It is the antagonist of THC, decreasing secondary effects and mixed in a correct ratio, we can see good results in therapy treatment. ” Cheffy Medibles Spain Author: Stoney Tark