What is CBD Hemp Oil?

 CBD Hemp oil or hempseed oil is obtained by pressing hemp seeds. Cold pressed, unrefined hemp oil is dark to clear light green in color, with a nutty flavour. The darker the color, the grassier the flavour. It should not be confused with hash oil, a tetrahydrocannabinol-containing oil made from the Cannabis flower, hailed by some for its medicinal qualities.

Cannabidiol, or CBD for short, is a naturally occurring chemical constituent of the cannabis plant genus. It is one of the major cannabinoids besides THC, CBG, CBN and CBC found in hemp and cannabis plants. In contrast to THC, CBD is a barely psychoactive cannabinoid and many medicinal properties are attributed to it. Both by researchers and users.

However, the largest proportion of CBD or cannabidiol occurs in the plants as an acid in the form of CBDa. In addition to the main cannabinoids, there are about 90 other secondary cannabinoids and terpenes found in cannabis plants. Since CBD and THC account for the largest part, these are also the cannabinoids that have been best researched so far.

In proportion of the total chemical constituents present in the plant extract, the CBD content is 40%. The majority of the remaining chemical components are tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), another molecule with many properties, but unlike CBD it has a strong psychotropic effect.

Nowadays, CBD is known equally among scientists, doctors and marijuana consumers, but it has not always been that way. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was not yet clear exactly what components and active ingredients make up the plant “cannabis sativa” despite the fact that it has been used over the centuries for medical as well as recreational purposes.

Fortunately, the research of some pioneers of that time began to bear fruit. With these first discoveries began the history of the exploration of the CBD molecule.