In Russia, since ancient times, such a product as hemp oil has been famous for its nutritional properties. Its benefits and harms are assessed by many researchers in different ways. But given the rich chemical composition and the positive feedback from people who use it for medicinal purposes, it's still hard not to appreciate its usefulness, although there are some caveats.
Brief notes on hemp oil
This product is made from hemp seeds by hot or cold pressing. The oil has the following characteristics:
- mild taste with sourness;
- light greenish tint;
- pleasant smell.
Hemp oil surpasses even linseed in its healing properties. The above product, in order to preserve all its beneficial properties, is recommended to be consumed raw, as, for example, salad dressings, an additive to soup, pasta, and various sauces.
It should be noted that hemp oil is simply indispensable for vegetarians or fasting people, as it helps maintain the human body in a he althy state.
Composition of hemp oil
This product has a rather useful composition. It contains the following healing ingredients:
- Fatty polyunsaturated acids (for example, oleic) are especially necessary for people who suffer from cardiovascular diseases, disorders of the nervous system. They also act as an additional source of fat for non-meat vegetarians.
- Antioxidants - prevent premature skin aging.
- Phytosterols - ensure the normal course of the childbearing period in pregnant women, contribute to the intrauterine development of the fetus.
- Amino acids - stabilize metabolic processes and maintain normal all functions vital for the human body.
- Vitamins A, group B, tocopherol acetate, O, K.
- Chlorophyll is a special component of the oil, which contributes to the body's active fight against cancer. This substance has antitumor properties.
Hemp oil: benefits and harms
The healing properties of this product make it very important in the treatment of many diseases. People who encounter it for the first time are wary of its use. Therefore, neverthelessit is important to determine the main points of treatment with this remedy and to establish what hemp oil is in a particular case. The benefits and harms of its use are assessed differently by many patients.
Use of this product:
- Helps cure multiple diseases.
- Contains in its composition special substances - cannabinoids, which allow you to actively resist cancer, various types of tumors.
- Is an indispensable product for a vegetarian lifestyle.
- Excellent natural preventive remedy for various diseases.
- It has a regenerating effect, due to which the elasticity and softness of the skin return, and its youth is preserved. Hemp oil also helps to rejuvenate the skin, nourishes and moisturizes it remarkably.
Harm hemp oil:
- Cannabinoids have a psychotropic effect on the patient.
- This substance can cause unpleasant side effects such as hallucinations, dizziness, fear, unreasonable anxiety.
- Cannabionides are the psychoactive agents of all cannabis preparations.
Therefore, one should be especially careful when using hemp oil in alternative medicine. The benefits and harms of this product are strictly determined by the doctor. In this case, all the individual characteristics of the patient must be taken into account.
Hemp oil: he alth benefits
Many experts in the treatment of diseases of the skin, lungs strongly recommenduse hemp oil. Useful properties, reviews of which the majority of patients leave positive, are so obvious that this product is widely used in alternative medicine. Hemp oil has a beneficial effect in the treatment of the following diseases:
- cardiovascular system (heart attack, stroke, atherosclerosis, hypertension, thrombophlebitis);
- hematopoietic systems (anemia);
- musculoskeletal system (arthritis, osteochondrosis);
- respiratory system (pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, bronchitis);
- oncological diseases (cancer, tumors);
- digestive system (gastritis, colitis, enteritis, ulcers, cholecystitis, hemorrhoids).
Hemp oil for women's and men's he alth
With negative manifestations of premenstrual syndrome, as well as during menopause, it is especially important for the female body to use a product such as hemp oil. Patients' testimonies indicate that if you use only 2 tablespoons of this oil for dressing food, you will soon feel much better:
- pains during menstruation will go away;
- menopause will be normal;
- pain symptoms of anemia will be relieved.
This product enriches the body of a pregnant woman with vitamin E, vital for her fetus, prevents fluid retention, especially in the later stages.
Hemp oil is also very important for men's he alth. Reviews of the strong half of humanity claim that if you use thisthe product regularly, the risk of falling ill with such dangerous diseases as prostate adenoma, male genital cancer, impotence is reduced.
Using hemp oil for hair
In modern cosmetology, the following trend is observed: the use of this product for he alth purposes in cosmetic procedures. Hemp hair oil is great for all hair types, enriches the scalp with fatty acids and vitamins.
This product restores the natural look of the hair, prevents moisture loss, especially in dry curls, minimizes the likelihood of scalp irritation.
Properties of hemp oil in hair treatment:
- stimulates their growth;
- increases their he alth;
- gives them shine;
- strengthens them;
- great for dryness.
Two weeks of regular use of this product will make your hair strong and shiny.
Ways to use hemp oil
This product can be consumed and used for medicinal purposes as follows:
- to strengthen immunity - 1 tbsp. l. after sleep and at bedtime for three weeks;
- to replenish the body's reserves of useful substances - 1 tsp. morning, afternoon and evening, on a full stomach;
- for burns - hemp oil in combination with chicken protein in equal proportions is applied to the affected area for 2 hours;
- with abscesses - a mixture of this oil with starch perfectly softens painfeeling;
- hemp oil enemas recommended for constipation;
- for arthritis and rheumatism, therapeutic massages using this remedy are shown;
- oil compresses will help to effectively get rid of mastopathy.
Contraindications to the use of hemp oil
This product requires restriction of use when there is an individual intolerance to its components.
Hemp oil has practically no contraindications. It is undesirable to use it for medicinal purposes if the patient has symptoms of a nervous system disorder or mental illness, since this remedy can have a psychotropic effect.
Cases in which hemp oil is used for treatment, the benefits and harms of the product, as well as the recommended doses, are strictly determined by the doctor, taking into account individual characteristics. Only this approach to the use of this product is the most favorable and beneficial to he alth.
