Posted by Dr. Eric Jones on Jan 30th 2020
Why is it important for Hemp Oil to be Full Spectrum?
When hemp oil is extracted from the hemp plant, it is full of numerous cannabis compounds with
medicinal attributes. These include terpenes that give the plant its taste and smell and over one
hundred different cannabinoids, including CBD. Research shows us that taking an oil with all
the cannabinoids such as CBG, CBC, and CBN provides more medical benefits than taking
CBD alone.
Single-molecule CBD (isolate) is extensively refined from industrial hemp. CBD is singled out of
the plant matter, leaving a single cannabinoid. Single-molecule CBD is less effective
therapeutically than whole plant CBD-rich oil extract (Full Spectrum Hemp Oil). Scientific
studies have established that synthetic, single-molecule CBD has a very narrow therapeutic
window (such as in seizure treatments) and requires precise, high doses for efficacy. However,
lower dose, whole plant CBD-rich (Full Spectrum Hemp CBD Extract) treatment regimens are
already showing efficacy for many other conditions. Whether synthesized in a Big Pharma lab
or derived from Industrial hemp, single-molecule CBD lacks critical secondary cannabinoids and
other medicinal compounds found in high-resin cannabis strains. Perhaps the best way to think
about hemp oil extract is to say the therapeutic impact of whole plant cannabis is greater than
the sum of its parts.