Can anyone break down the medicinal differences when .....
Activating through heat such as canna butter and hemp oil
vs
Eating it in its raw form???
I was actually attempting to do just that in my post above.
You will have to understand first there are many different strains
which all have varying degrees of available compounds .
These alkaloids themselves are each being tested for their individual contributions and effects on various diseases currently across the globe in actual studies.
The alkaloids are
THC
THCA
CBD
CBDA
CBN
CBT
CBC
for starters,these are the most widely studied and focused on .
They vary from each other but when readily available they are proving to compliment each other very well in treatment .
The THC A and CBD A are being studied to prove effectiveness in cures when dosed in massive amounts which are harmless and non psychoactive as available with juicing .
It's this massive dosage that is proving to be key .
but when altered they are converted to the commonly known THC and CBD which have had the most study done and have been noted as being extremely effective for treating and fully curing or reversing terminal diseases such as Leukemia, most types of cancers,and auto immune diseases.
The THC itself is very effective in this endeavor and deserves respect as I'd venture to say that Rick Simpson's oil that he was and is using today has never been a lab tested high concentrate of CBD.
This current focus on CBD is relatively new , Rick has been procuring and making his oil with Indica dominant strains since he has started and anybody testing hotrod indicas in a lab will see a very small amount of CBD .
But it's this very oil that he has been very successful in reversing cancer in thousands to date.
I've had some of my best Indicas test at only 2 to 2.5 % cbd so far but are all over 20% THC.
I know Rick surely wasn't aware nor had available any strains such as Cannatonic to cure the cancers .
My current goal is to mix an oil with 15 -18% CBD from a Cannatonic that I will acquire shortly with an equal amount of THC in one of my Chem or OG phenos I have for my MS and cancer patients .
I'm most interested and hopeful to prove that studies I've read claim that the pairing of equal amounts actually stifles the psychoactive effect of the THC , while allowing a very high amount of these alkaloids to be used in the body to eradicate cancerous cell growth.
for a better understanding on thca and cbda I feel Dr William Courtney is a leader in this field...
http://www.cannabisinternational.org/about.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-iU9QN0fEM