CBD as an AntiMicrobial Agent

I saw a CBD hand sanitizer on the internet yesterday. I do not know if it was photoshopped or it was real but it sent a lot of messages to my brain as I needed to grasp how it has effect when used as a sanitizer. Well, cannabis is still a very illegal plant in my country but for science reasons, we have enjoyed reading articles and even staying with people who research on the plant with approval to research but not consume.

Cannabis is known to make cannabinoids with its most abundant being tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) which is responsible for its psychoactive ability and the reason why a lot of government still bans the plant but asides this, it also has non-psychoactive compounds like Cannabidiol (CBD). People have been looking into CBD and how it can be beneficial to humans and not make them high but there have been a lot of sales that are not supported by science or let me put it that people now sell CBD as the the ultimate solution without proper science backing.

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For instance you might have heard of CBD placed inside of pillows so as to allow for face rubbing which allows for the break opening of CBD microcapsules. Another one is spraying CBD oil on the face to help with proper sleeping and I even saw a lot of this products on TEMU but I couldn't find any science study that proved that spraying or rubbing CBD on the face helped with sleep. In fact a study I saw in the Journal for Clinical Sleep medicine showed both placebo and CBD when given orally to people didn't really show much difference.

At least we know topical application will not help with sleep, so next was seeing CBD on sanitizer. I still want to believe it is photoshop but so I do not zero them out completely, CBD actually kills bacteria. Researchers in 2020 published a research titled "Uncovering the Hidden Antibiotic Potential of Cannabis" and they tried CBD with MRSA and it killed the bacteria by breaking down the walls of the bacteria, infiltrate cytoplasmic membrane and prevent them from forming biofilms. So until we have good evidence that it can be used with other thing and not just in vitro test, then we can be good to go.

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In all, the one I think I ride with is CBD and Acne. If you have acne and it is not genetic, then you can listen to this as it might help you. It might still be able to work for those with Acne Vulgaris. Bacteria can trigger inflammatory response through cytokines like Interleukin-6 which leads to acne but CBD is anti-inflammatory. When tested in a petri dish, CBD stopped acne growth by reducing the overproduction of interleukin and when put on people's faces, it also cleared acne on their faces about 2/3 of the acne in the first month of the three month trial.

Soon and very soon we might be able to use CBD for a lot of thing but for now, we should focus on the things that are scientifically backed and not those that we cannot prove. We do not need to purchase things marketed to us without proof.

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