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The heart can race at more than 200 beats per minute during an anxiety-induced panic attack. Need some context around that number? A healthy adult should have a resting heart rate of between 60 and 100 beats per minute.  While anxiety is believed to initially develop in our brains, it’s clear that it can impact much more than just what’s between the ears. In fact, other symptoms can include sweating, changes in appetite, restlessness, shortness of breath and muscle aches. But what many people have discovered in recent years is that CBD represents a well-tolerated and all-natural alternative to prescription medications that can become habit-forming. How CBD for anxiety works You may know by now that CBD’s influence on the...

For some, it comes after a long day at work. With others, it’s the result of a weekly round of golf or time spent in the garden. But no matter what brings it on, pain seems to get the best of all of us.  

Tossing and turning at night? You aren’t the only one. Medical research shows that about 30% of the general population suffers from chronic insomnia1, a condition defined by The Sleep Foundation as “a long-term pattern of difficulty sleeping2.”

It’s not every day that someone encounters a medicinal herb with usage that dates back more than 3,000 years, but that’s exactly how long people have been using ashwagandha.  

One of the most user-friendly aspects of CBD is that there are a wide variety of delivery mechanisms from which to choose. 

Spend even a few minutes researching CBD, and you’re bound to see the words “endocannabinoid system,” or ECS, scattered across the Internet. If the term seems foreign to you, just know that you aren’t alone. Despite the knowledge of hundreds of years of modern medicine, it took scientists until the 1990s to uncover the ECS, which we now know is one of the body’s most essential biological systems. 

It turns out the alarm clock on your nightstand isn’t the only clock regulating your sleep. 

Bringing symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats and mood swings, it’s no wonder they call menopause “the change.” Most women don’t realize that these symptoms actually occur in what’s called perimenopause, or the ongoing stage prior to menopause. Officially, menopause takes place when a woman has not had a period for a full 12 months—but getting through potentially years of perimenopause symptoms can be rough.

Medical research shows that CBD offers therapeutic benefits to reduce inflammation and the associated pain. A study from 2009 even found that CBD can particularly reduce acute inflammation, which commonly occurs following an injury.

CBD. You’ve seen it. You’ve heard of it. But still feel like you don’t know exactly what it is? Walk with us.

How hemp tackles inflammation

We often tell people that Woven Earth full-spectrum hemp extract is deep green for a reason: It’s thanks to our gentle lipid extraction process.