Friday, July 17, 2015

Marijuana Could Heal Bones, New Study



 
Marijuana has been a popular natural remedy around the world for hundreds of years. Studies do, in fact, show that the natural compounds of this plant can ease the symptoms of a variety of conditions.
But new research shows that this plant could possible help to heal bone fractures too.
This study shows that the non-psychotropic aspect of the plant—cannabinoid cannabidoil (CBD)—can actually help to heal mid-femoral fractures in rats. This supports older research which does suggest that cannabinoid receptors in our bodies that can stimulate bone formation and even help to stop bone loss.

“The clinical potential of cannabinoid-related compounds is simply undeniable at this point,” explains Yankel Gabet with the Bone Research Laboratory at the Department of Anatomy and Anthropology at the Tel-Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine. Gabet continues, “While there is still a lot of work to be done to develop appropriate therapies, it is clear that it is possible to detach a clinical therapy objective from the psychoactivity of cannabis. CBD, the principal agent in our study, is primarily anti-inflammatory and has no psychoactivity.”
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Gabet also says, “We found that CBD alone makes bones stronger during healing, enhancing the maturation of the collagenous matrix, which provides the basis for new mineralization of bone tissue,” noting, too, “After being treated with CBD, the healed bone will be harder to break in the future.”
Finally, Gabet adds, “Other studies have also shown CBD to be a safe agent, which leads us to believe we should continue this line of study in clinical trials to assess its usefulness in improving human fracture healing. We only respond to cannabis because we are built with intrinsic compounds and receptors that can also be activated by compounds in the cannabis plant.”

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