The Solari Wellness Series: CBD or not CBD – An Interview with Dr. Robban Sica

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1. This report inspired me to make my own CBD oil. What fun. It was so easy to water extract. I purchased dried Organic hemp flowers legally. 2c H2O in my digital crook pot at 150F. Test temp with thermometer. 150 F will not harm most of the full plant goodness.
   1C Organic extra virgin olive oil. 1 c organic cultured butter. 20 grams ground Hemp. Put in Crock-Pot for 6-8 hours, checking for consistent 150 F temp. Cool 1 hour. Stain mixture through muslin cloth .Pour mixture into gravy separator. Elixir into jelly jars. I made 16 oz.
   It’s wonderful! I can envision adding all sort of essential oils to this.
   Most of all it was fun

   1. Wow.

      1. Double Wow

   2. Crock Pot , oh my goodness what a slip crook pot!

      1. Still have a double meaning!

         1. Yes duely noted.

   3. I’m looking into other sources for organic hemp. My subjective assessment of the quality of the batch I made is
      high. I think it is like taking an anti-inflammatory. I was surprised.
      Most CBD I have tried didn’t seem to do anything.
      I will look forward to finding better sources for the raw materials.
      I was playing Back organ music when I worked with the batch. I said prayers sending love and gratitude to the mixture.
      What I am enjoying, is the ability to add a little bit of the oil Elixir to food. I think I will make a batch for seasoning. I’ve started a few small jars with Tumeric , Ginger and one with garlic!
      Thank you Catherine. Solari inspires the creative!

      1. Well that is good. The anniversary for da Vinci has been so inspired this year. If the Italians could help drag us out of the medieval, maybe they can help drag us out of this neomedieval thing that is happening.

         1. I have noted subjectively, although making CBD oil is brilliant fun , I am never going to know the dosage of my finished product.
            I may continue to make it , then compound it as I would any of prepared
            cooking oils diluting it to be safe.
            For medicinal purposes I would go with the quality laboratories in the interview.

            1. Hi Gina,

               You are amazing and thank you for sharing your experience/experiment! I want to learn more about the manufacturing process myself and will share anything useful I learn. Best, Brigitte

2. What a fascinating interview. I just listened again and got a chance to go through CFTO’s website. Still in due diligence mode so will order some this week to try.
   The link here at the commentary goes through Brigitte’s affiliate link so that is the one to use.

   Would love to hear your experience if and when you try.

   1. Hi Catherine,

      I’ll share my experience 🙂

      I have been taking CTFO’s hemp oil for 8 months now but switched to 10x Pure about a month ago as I learned that that new product was much more bioavailable. My main problem is sleep. I didn’t experience any improvement with the prior CTFO hemp oil products I was taking, although it felt OK to take them. Since I started with 10x Pure, I’ve been feeling that I am drifting into a peaceful sleep when going to bed, which is very unusual for me, and I stay more or less asleep during the entire night instead of being wide awake after a few hours of sleep. This happened immediately and it is still the case, except for last week as I was travelling and didn’t have 10x Pure with me. I have never experienced anything like this with any other natural sleep aid, so this is a positive sign for me.

      1. Very good to know. I will try it.

3. Bridgette –

   GREAT interview on CBD! Very informative and helpful. Now I can see why ‘hemp’ has been a Schedule 1 ‘drug’ for so long.

   It looks like CTFO is set up as a direct marketing company. I’m good with that as there are either direct marketing costs or paying for retail space.

   Question: Is there a name / number that we can sign up under? Seems a waste to NOT form a Solari CBD Circle.

   Thank you again ….

   1. No name or number. Generally stay away from taking these kinds of steps. In part, I am still in due diligence mode on CBD oil.

      1. No surprise! I get it … 🙂

   2. Hi David, Thank you for your feedback! Yes, this topic can be very confusing, so I’m glad you found it informative and helpful. Regarding CTFO, the link I provided is actually my link. But this should not reflect in anyway on Solari. As a marketing professional, I usually stay away from this type of business as well. I signed up with CTFO because it seemed to be the best way to get access to high-quality hemp oil products, and CTFO seems to be a very ethical company with a very fair compensation system. My recommendation is based on my personal experience with CTFO products, and what I’ve learned from Dr. Sica and CTFO, but I personally have not tried any other brands.

4. Before the recent Farm Bill passed making hemp once again legal, all Cannabis was on the Drug Enforcement Agency Schedule One list –drugs with “no known medical uses”– resulting in black markets, drug wars, violence and wasted lives. All the while, another US government agency, the Department of Health and Human Services holds US Patent #6,630,507 –cannabinoids for the prevention and treatment of diseases including auto-immune disorders, stroke, trauma, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and dementia. The Patent Office granted GW Pharmaceuticals multiple cannabis patents: #8,790,719, #9,017,737, #9,168,278 and #9,205,063, for treatments of prostate, breast and colon cancers, neural degeneration, psychotic disorders, and as an appetite suppressant. More patents for GW Pharmaceuticals are pending. A descriptive name for this is hypocrisy.

   1. And this just to start off the whole sordid history of the Drug Enforcement Agency DEA: “Reefer makes darkies think they’re as good as white men.” -Harry J. Anslinger, Commissioner of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 1930

      1. A great description of the long sordid history is Drug Wars by Dan Russell

5. she is right.

   cannabinoids are retrograde signaling molecules in neurons and message pre-synaptic cells..

   there is an order of magnitude more cannabinoid receptors in most tissues than opioid receptors.

   unlike opioid receptors, however, the cannabinoid receptor density on the respiratory center of the brain stem is minimal.

   major endogenous cannabinoid ligand agonists are derived from fatty acids in cell membranes, predominantly arachidonic acid (the same thing that derives proinflmmatory cytokines inhibited by NSAIDS!), and, consistent with retrograde signaling, i do believe the endocannabinoid system evolved as a negative feedback check on runaway proinflammatory signaling.

   cannabinoid tolerance does indeed partially cross-tolerate with opioids.

   cannabinoinds facilitate LTD – commonly known as the process of forgetting – and the opposite of LTP. as such they help with fear extinction.

   remember, what we remember is just as important as what we dont!

   THC is a partial CB1 agonist (not a full agonist) and consistently impairs all aspects of learning and working memory, though tolerance generally develops with prolonged administration.

   use before 17 can persistently alter neurodevelopmental trajectory and must be avoided as it leads to long term deficits in verbal memory.

   chronic use of cannabis in adulthood weakens (likely reversibly) frontal cortical white matter integrity but high CBD in plants likely attenuates this.

   it takes as long as 3 months to fully reverse cognitive impairment from chronic cannabis use in adults.

   the plant has been called a ‘treasure-trove’ in the medical literature.

   1. Nick:

      So does use of CBD oil facilitate impairment of memory?

      Catherine

      1. There is always a dark side to these things. So I am curious as to whether some of the products are targeting the people who will not take Prozac, etc. Want to cut people off from the divine. Get them have a passive response to fascism. Ease their learning to resonate with machines instead of living things.

6. What is the name of the brand that Dr. Sica recommends, was organic cbd oil “Penex Pure” … the name is not clear from the audio. … oh … now I see from the text above it was ” 10x pure” … thank you.

   1. Hi Deborah, Yes, that is correct! 10X Pure from CTFO. Thanks!

7. Though I am by no means a puritan or prohibitionist, I view pot legalization as very much a mixed baggie. People in our world are dopier than ever with their noses stuck in their devices, their minds locked into corporate media-driven paradigms and their commonsense hijacked by brainwashed pipe-dreams of social justice. I have seen examples of drunk and stoned vehicle operators causing fatal incidents (and texting or other distractions wouldn’t help the matter). More intoxicants do not appear to be propitious.

   I do recognize, however that there are numerous legitimate uses of hemp (not least of which, it makes the best rope), including medicinal value in pain management and health promotion. I am also going to hang it out that it should be alright to use it sensibly for no reason beyond recreation.

   But there are sinister aspects of cannabinoids, which fall into Catherine’s “Traffic Tickets for White Collar Workers” category. Most professionals are regulated by strictures to ensure their non-usage of popular intoxicants. Loss of license (professional and/ or driving) and livelihood are potential outcomes for DUI convictions or drug test failures. It’s not clear how public health, safety and welfare could be assured by a relaxation of those strictures.

   For those of us who came of age in the hippie era, marijuana use was more of a sideshow than a fetish as it seems to have become today. Most were reasonable in their use of it and law enforcement, though quite a bit stricter overall in those days than now, were mainly tolerant of it. I am concerned that irresponsible people tend to ruin good things for everyone. If the parlance of those halcyon days could be enacted, it would be cool if everyone was cool about the stuff. That would include not having to be stoned all the time just because it is legal. If we wish a better world, as always, we must be a better people.

   1. The warning I saw about high THC content in legalized marijuana was quite sobering. I am wondering what the real deal on all of this is. If anyone has good sources on the underside of what is happening, please post!

      1. There are, or were, many strains of Cannabis one hundred years ago (it was a roadside weed). It is not surprising that during Cannabis prohibition repeated selection for strains with higher THC resulted, after all they are selling the ‘high’. Pay more for better? Now again plant breeding is in high gear this time to select for higher CBD compounds concentration.

   2. Hi John,

      Thank you for your comment! We did address some of those issues during the interview with Dr. Sica. Let’s see if that helps. Also, please note that the focus of the interview is on hemp oil, not marijuana! Brigitte

      1. I listened to this interview with interest.
         I use canibis oil for neuropathy pain.
         It is legal to buy in California..from pot shops…I have a problem with the fact there is no real regulation on the quality you are getting.
         I don’t eat produce grown in California unless it’s CERTIFIED ORGANIC.
         There is no way of knowing for sure you’re not getting GMO or pesticides.

         1. Hi Diane,

            Thank you for your comment and interest! I agree, it is hard to know what quality you are getting with a lot of products whether food or supplements, that’s why Dr. Sica recommends to only buy hemp oil products that are organic. Of course certified organic is even better. FYI, CTFO gets their hemp from Colorado. Always do your own research on the companies you are buying from, call their customer service and see how willing they are to answer your questions. Best, Brigitte

            1. Great advice…thanks Brigitte

   3. Yup. Yup. Yup.

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