How It Works

A safe, non-addictive substance, CBD is distinctive to Cannabis and provides the plant with its vigorous therapeutic profile. Doctors and Scientists have discovered that CBD and the Human Endocannabinoid System (ECS), which is the system that Cannabidiol interacts with, offers many exciting health and wellness possibilities.

Cannabinoid receptors are located throughout the human body. They play a specific role in physiological processes such as appetite, perception of pain, memory and your mood. These receptors are referred to as CB1 and CB2, and they are activated by Cannabidiol. The CB1 receptor is expressed in the brain (specifically the central nervous system) but also in the lungs, liver and kidneys. The CB2 receptor is primarily expressed in the immune system and the cells in red bone marrow, the core of your bones, but they are more commonly thought of as stem cells or building blocks for all other cells in the human body.

Cannabinoids bind to specific Cannabinoid receptors. It turns out that neuroscientists have identified links between specific serotonin receptors and the cannabinoid system. These receptors not only share a region in the brain, they activate another receptor which causes the release of endocannabinoids – which are naturally produced (just like serotonin) in the human body. While the serotonin receptors are primarily responsible for causing psychoactive effects, pain relief and other therapeutic benefits, they correlate directly in the cannabinoid receptor (CBD). In other words, our bodies produce the endocannabinoids in much the same way our body produces endorphins. The human body has receptor sites ‘cued up’ to happily receive cannabinoids that the body naturally produces.

*taken from SwissCBD site