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What Terpenes Can Reduce Anxiety?

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What Terpenes Can Reduce Anxiety?

In 2020, we've all felt anxious about something. Anxiety is a normal part of everyday life, but you may experience anxiety that is persistent, seemingly uncontrollable, and overwhelming. If it’s an excessive, irrational dread of everyday situations, it can be disabling. When anxiety interferes with daily activities, you may have an anxiety disorder.  For quick relief of anxiety and stress, reaching for cannabis is hardly out of the question for many. Nearly all strains are loaded with a variety of fragrant terpenes that work through the entourage effect to take you to a state of cool, calm, and collected bliss. However,...

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Homemade Hand Sanitizer (With Terpenes!)

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Homemade Hand Sanitizer (With Terpenes!)

As more and more stores sell out of hand sanitizers due to concerns over SARS, MERS, Covid-19, and coronavirus, learning the simple steps to make a homemade, pleasant smelling hand sanitizer may be necessary (particularly for those in large cities). Miryam Wahrman, a biology professor at William Paterson University authored "The Hand Book: Surviving in a Germ-Filled World," a book about combating a germ-riddled world.All you really need is alcohol, either isopropyl (rubbing) or ethyl (used in beer, wine, and spirits). As long as the solution is at least 60 percent alcohol, you can rub the liquid into your hands...

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10 Cannabis Strains & Terpene Profiles For Exercising

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10 Cannabis Strains & Terpene Profiles For Exercising

Many people associate cannabis with its commonly sedative, indica, “in-da-couch,” effects which leave users relaxed, sluggish, and yearning for snacks. However, due to specific terpene profiles, many cannabis strains can provide an energizing, boosting effect which is great for exercise, yoga, or simply a boost during that 3:00 pm lull of the day. For many, THC and terpenes can make exercising like running or lifting weights feel enjoyable and pleasurable like a good stretch, rather than strenuous, laboring work. There is very few better feelings than a runner’s high coincided with a THC high. Terpenes have a profound effect on...

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10 Terpenes You Should Know

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10 Terpenes You Should Know

There are tens of thousands of terpenes found in nature. They're in cannabis, plants, bugs, trees... just about everywhere you look you can find and breathe terpenes! While there are many, many other important terpenes outside of the following ten, these are the most popular, the most prominent, and the most useful terpenes both inside and outside the cannabis world. The following terpenes have shown to improve heart health, brain function, boost creativity and short-term memory, and much much more. Terpenes are much more than the favoring agents behind the scenes in your favorite cannabis strains, and here are 10...

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