Benefits of CBD Shatter

CBD is a cannabinoid that is fast gaining popularity. This compound is infused into various products, including shatter. This article discusses the benefits of CBD shatter, including relieving pain, reducing inflammation and alleviating stress and anxiety.

The buzz around CBD is increasing due to its numerous health benefits. This follows the legalization of cannabis and hemp-derived compounds by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). However, many are still skeptical about the compound causing the ‘high’ feeling. CBD does not cause a high feeling since it does not have a psychoactive effect like THC. Most states have legalized hemp-derived CBD since the plant contains a high concentration of cannabidiol. However, since states have the mandate to make their laws regarding cannabis and its products, some have prohibited the use of CBD products.  

What Is CBD Shatter

There are many CBD products, such as skin care products, drinks, and beverages. However, CBD shatter is uncommon. This product is also a form of CBD isolate since it contains only pure CBD but the difference is CBD shatter takes different forms, not just powder. CBD comes in diverse concentrations. CBD shatter is highly concentrated with cannabidiol compared to other forms of CBD; most are derived from hemp.

CBD shatter contains cannabidiol and has no other additive or compound. The compound gets its name due to its texture; it has a brittle texture, hard like wax. Most CBD shatters are made from hemp extracts since the plant contains more of a cannabidiol amount. To obtain the CBD alone, additional extraction steps are used, such as carboxylation, winterization, and fractional distillation. This is to ensure the manufacturer attains pure CBD. Therefore, manufacturers should make the isolate undistributed and away from heat and light, with the conditions maintained the attained products will shatter.

As mentioned earlier CBD on its own cannot cause a high feeling. CBD shatter is a form of CBD isolate and, therefore cannot cause a high feeling. CBD isolate is a type of CBD, the other CBD types are full spectrum and broad spectrum. The full spectrum is also called whole plant CBD since it contains all the compounds from the plant including THC. Compared to CBD isolate, the compounds are less processed to have the full spectrum. Broad spectrum CBD includes all the compounds from the plant such as terpenes, flavonoids, and all the cannabinoids except THC.

Benefits of CBD Shatter

Many people like using CBD shatter since they contain a high amount of CBD, thus the best for people who would like to benefit from highly potent and concentrated CBD. CBD shatter has the following benefits;

Alleviate Stress and Anxiety

Statistics indicate that many people today have mental disorders such as stress, anxiety, and depression. They are manageable but can advance into serious health issues such as heart attack and stroke, which are life-threatening when ignored. There are medications prescribed for people with such mental issues but they tend to have diverse effects on the body like increased fatigue. Post traumatic mental disorder is a major mental issue experienced by many people today. According to García-Gutiérrez et al. (2020), CBD can help alleviate post-traumatic mental disorder since it has a relaxing and soothing effect on the mind. The study showed that most patients who use CBD significantly improve compared to a placebo. When CBD is used alongside the normal daily routine there is a great improvement.

Relieve Pain

Pain can be manageable depending on the cause. It can be classified as acute or chronic pain. Despite the form of pain, they all affect your focus and daily activities and thus impact your productivity. Pain can also affect your sleep pattern. Pain killers and other drugs like opioids are majorly used for pain relief. However, these drugs are connected to different side effects such as addiction and headaches. According toÜberall (2020), CBD is the natural remedy used by many for pain relief. This is the main reason for the widespread of CBD. CBD relaxes and calms the body's muscles, nerves and joints, thus making it reliable for any pain. Sativex is a CBD drug widely used for treating health conditions characterized by severe pain, for example, arthritis and multiple sclerosis. studies show that many arthritis patients showed reduced inflammation and pain and gained motion after using CBD.

Anti-Inflammatory

 Inflammation can be internal or external. According to Pellati et al. (2018), CBD can reduce inflammation due to its relaxing and calming effect. For the same reason, CBD can be used topically to reduce the appearance of acne and eczema whose main signs are swelling on the skin. Also, from oral ingestion, CBD helps to deal with internal inflammation, for example, inflammatory bowel disease. Oral ingestion does not have an immediate effect but you will benefit from the compound for a long while the topical application can offer an immediate effect since the product is applied directly to the affected area. CBD is gentle to the body and the skin, and thus there are fewer side effects associated with the product. However, there is a need for more research on human beings since most are carried out on rats and mice.

Is It Worth Buying CBD Shatter?

For veterans, CBD shatter can be the best way of enjoying CBD. However, they are limited in access to many users since they are not as common as traditional CBD products, for example tinctures.

CBD shatter contains cannabidiol alone. The theory of benefiting from the whole form of cannabinoids is through the entourage effect; cannabidiol with other compounds from the plant such as flavonoids, other cannabinoids and terpenes. THC is the most famous cannabinoid which has a hallucinogenic effect. However, the legal amount of THC is below 0.3% which is proven nonintoxicating.

Obtaining CBD shatter in isolate form requires an additional extraction method, making the products more expensive. Also, most isolates tend to require specialized tools when using the products.

Therefore, your choice of cannabidiol shatter will depend on the reason for using CBD and the body's tolerance because CBD shatter is highly concentrated compared to other forms of CBD.

Conclusion

Many appreciate the use of CBD since it can relieve pain, reduce inflammation and alleviate stress and anxiety. CBD isolate contains only cannabidiol as the compound derived from the cannabis or hemp plant. Hemp-derived CBD is emphasized since the plant contains more CBD than marijuana, which has more THC, the compound that has the psychoactive effect; it alters the user's mental state by causing a high feeling. CBD shatter is the best way of taking cannabidiol; however, it is limited to veterans. Since CBD shatter is the form of CBD isolate, and isolates require special equipment and additional steps when manufacturing, they are expensive.

References

Überall, M. A. (2020). A review of scientific evidence for THC: CBD oromucosal spray (nabiximols) in the management of chronic pain. Journal of pain research, 13, 399.

García-Gutiérrez, M. S., Navarrete, F., Gasparyan, A., Austrich-Olivares, A., Sala, F., & Manzanares, J. (2020). Cannabidiol: a potential new alternative for the treatment of anxiety, depression, and psychotic disorders. Biomolecules, 10(11), 1575.

Pellati, F., Borgonetti, V., Brighenti, V., Biagi, M., Benvenuti, S., & Corsi, L. (2018). Cannabis sativa L. and nonpsychoactive cannabinoids: their chemistry and role against oxidative stress, inflammation, and cancer. BioMed research international, 2018