good afternoon everybody and welcome to this
presentation of pacer integrative behavioral health today we are talking about terpenes in
cannabis cbd and essential oils and as always i'm your host dr donnelly snipes so let's start
out with the important information and disclaimers always consult with your doctor about any changes
to health behaviors including the use of essential oils taking supplements or changing your diet
cannabis and cbd interact with most medications unfortunately including over-the-counter
medications so medical supervision is essential that being said let's talk about terpenes
and terpenes are the aromatic compounds found in plants that's not just in cannabis or cbd
any of your plants so terpenes are what you are finding in the essential oils if you're
familiar with those so we're going to talk about specifically the terpenes that are found in
cannabis but i'm also going to tell you where you can find those same terpenes in other
plants if you are not you know interested in cannabis inhalation or ingestion of terpenes
the aromatic compounds can have anti-inflammatory anti-anxiety antidepressant anti-fungal
antibacterial neuroprotective and cognitive enhancing effects so terpenes can be awesome and
if you are familiar with essential oils you are familiar with the fact that a lot of essential
oils have been demonstrated in research to have calming effects or uplifting effects um appetite
suppressive effects it does this when we inhale the terpenes the in terms of essential oils
when we inhale the terpenes it activates sensory receptors in our nose that send messages to our
brain that alter our neuro chemicals they actually interact with the receptors in our well it causes
the neurochemicals to interact with receptors in our brain so terpenes can be really awesome um
because you know again they are something that can be smelled um in terms of cannabis and cbd
related products terpenes are also found in the in the plant itself and well and you can also
find it in other plants like sage and rosemary and oregano when you eat those plants you
are ingesting the terpenes now do not ingest essential oils essential oils are extremely
extraordinarily potent distilled down forms of this the essential oil from the plant
and high high high concentration of terpenes they can be toxic very easily i know some
people do ingest essential oils but it is extremely dangerous and needs to be done
definitely under a doctor's supervision that being said when terpenes are ingested orally
and again that can mean just eating oregano or cumin they exert their influence in the digestive
tract and throughout the immune system so just because you're not smoking it or inhaling it
doesn't mean the terpenes aren't doing the work so that that's kind of my take home there
is no matter how your body connects with the terpenes they do have effects of the 120 different
terpenes that are found in cannabis for example um any of them may influence the their overall
effects of cannabis by helping the cannabinoids to penetrate the blood or penetrate the
blood-brain barrier more easily by altering liver metabolism of the cannabinoids or by
contributing to their own therapeutic properties this is called the entourage effect and
basically it says you know when you have the effects of the cannabinoids like thc or
cbd um plus terpenes that also activate those receptors or um assist in in creating
those effects they may work synergistically and that's not just true of cannabis that's
true of a lot of things that they they found that essential oils can actually enhance the
effectiveness of certain herbs and medications so let's talk about some of these terpenes and
the terpenes give things their unique smell if you are familiar with essential oils
you know for example that there are like 12 different kinds of lavender each
one of them has a slightly different aroma to it same thing there's not as
many different types of frankincense uh chamomile there's roman and german so each one of
these has a different balance of terpenes in them but in terms of the main terpenes that are can be
found in different types of cannabis or cbd oil we have mircine this is typically found in your
indica strains of cannabis it can also be found in bay leaf verbena pine juniber and lemongrass
plants and essential oils so if you're looking for an essential oil that will produce the effects
of myrcin you know those are some options that you have mircine is anti-inflammatory antiometic
which means it helps you helps with nausea and sedative so it helps you calm down it reduces
inflammation and makes your tummy feel happier now i did do some research i am um relatively
new to learning about cannabis um so i did do the some research and found that cannabis strains
that tend to have mir seen in it include blue dream sour diesel northern lights pineapple
and skunk xl you can also again get a mircine it's available in certain broad spectrum cbd
oils you just you need to really do your research and specifically look and ask if it if if they
know whether the cbd oil has this particular terpene in it the next terpene and this
is one of my favorite it's limonene you can typically find it in the
sativas your cannabis sativa strains it's citrusy it has a you can find it in lemon
essential oil orange essential oil spearmint i actually ordered d limonene which is a an
industrial strength degreaser but it is limonene it to clean my house i use it
in my laundry i use it to clean it is very uplifting limonene has antidepressant
anti-anxiety effects and it also has been shown in some cases to enhance immunity so those are
all really awesome properties now in terms of cannabis and cbd limonene tends to be higher
as i said in the sativas and the strains that typically have higher amounts of limonene include
sour diesel sweet tooth and super lemon haze pretty much if it has the name of a citrus fruit
in it the rule that i found in on one of the sites was that it probably has a high level of limonene
in it the next one is another one of my favorites it's linalool and this is the main constituent
in lavender essential oil and we all are familiar with lavender essential oil and how it can be very
calming interestingly enough linalool is also very common or very very high concentration in
coriander cilantro and basil now i love basil and i love lavender i cannot stand coriander or
cilantro so i thought that was really interesting that this particular terpene was really high
in all four of those plants and they have such different aromas to them which tells you that
there are other terpenes at work and they may have slightly different therapeutic effects i know
my donkey for example isn't crazy about lavender but she loves cilantro i grow cilantro in
the garden and she just eats it all the time so anyway that's kind of a side note linalool
is helpful for relaxation sleep and they found in some research that it's helpful for seizure
reduction in terms of cannabis strains fire og og shark and amnesia haze are purported to
have higher levels of linole than other strains karyophiline is the next terpene we're going
to talk about and this is a spicy terpene and it is found commonly in black
pepper cinnamon oregano cloves and thyme so i thought it was interesting
going back here that um anyhow some things that have a clove-like smell
really don't have you know really aren't related to clove at all but in terms of terpenes
that are actually in cloves and oregano it's karyophiline karyophylene is anti-inflammatory
analgesic so it's pain relieving and they found in some studies it may reduce alcohol consumption
now i am not saying to do to use it as a detox um but karyophylline essential oil might be
helpful as an addition to a detox protocol under the supervision of a physician remember
alcohol detox can very quickly be life threatening even if you are not a an all the time
drinker even if you're a binge drinker sometimes your blood pressure can skyrocket
when you are detoxing from alcohol so please please please if you are undergoing alcohol
detox make sure to do it medically supervised strains of cannabis and cbd oil
that have karyophiline in them include northern lights fire og harlequin and
super silver haze and i'm sure there are others out there i was just kind of trying to give
you a quick um rundown of different types because you can if you've been to a
dispensary you know that there are different strains of cannabis and cbd oil derived from those
different strains of cannabis that have slightly different properties and that's really what we're
talking about here is figuring out uh which ones might have the um best terpenes that work for
you if you are in recovery from addiction again you can use essential oils you don't need to use
cbd oil you don't need to use cannabis to find these terpenes i just think it's interesting as we
start to learn more about cannabis how incredibly powerful this plant is that we've ignored for so
long and how many you know unique effects it has alpha and beta pinene are obviously um terpenes
that are derived from pine type plants they smell very piney think pine salt balsam rosemary
frankincense cypress and juniper berry are the ones that are more common i mean
there's also spruce and a few others if you've smelled different pine essential
oils you know some of them have a more woody smell and some of them have a more citrusy
smell and that tells you that there are other terpenes that are in there in
addition to the alpha and beta pinene pinene terpenes tend to be anti-inflammatory
improve breathing improve memory and alertness they can also help buffer against the memory
effects or the memory problems that can be caused by long-term cannabis use according to research
now it's important to remember that you know think about in terms of improving breathing you
know if you are smoking it's likely not going to improve your breathing so it's important if you're
trying to find a way to improve your breathing it's important to consider how are you going to
get that terpene into your system in order to do that and that is where you consult your physician
who can tell you the best way to do it but strains of cannabis with pinenes in them include pineapple
purple kush cherry bomb blue dream and sweet skunk cumulene is a terpene that's found in hops and
we're all familiar with hops in terms of beer and things like that it has an earthy aroma and
humulin can be found in sage cloves again basil and black pepper it is also
anti-inflammatory sense a little pattern here appetite suppressant and calming now
a lot of people when they think of cannabis they think of the munchies um
and that can be a side effect but the um humulene is an essential oil that
actually can help suppress appetite birthday cake great white shark and sour
diesel evidently um are high in humulene terpinoline has a piney floral type
smell to it and it can be found naturally in sage rosemary and tea tree oil tea tree
oil is probably the preeminent example it is really strong in tea tree oil it has
anti-anxiety relaxation and sedative properties it can be found in strains such
as dutch treat and jack herrer geraniol this is another one that
i really like in essential oils some say it has a tobacco-like
aroma it also has a floral scent geraniol comes from the geranium plant
mainly that's where it's you know most uh most prominent most most strong but it's also
can be found in rose rose geranium and citronella so thinking about each one of those they smell a
little bit different but they all have high levels of geraniol which is a neuroprotective antioxidant
and antibacterial notice it's not one that's listed as anti-inflammatory but it does have
a lot of other really awesome properties to it that can be found in purple punch dutch
hawaiian kimbo kush og shark and amnesia hayes osiemanine osimin can be found in basil
and bergamot and it's said to have a musky odor to it i love both basil and
bergamot i don't think of either one of those as musky but you know whatever maybe
i have a different definition of musky but basil if you think about basil it does
have sort of a woody earthy flake smell to it bergamot is more of a citrusy smell so
obviously in most essential oils there are going to be multiple different types of terpenes
the same thing is true in just about every plant this is anti-inflammatory anti-fungal antiviral
uplifting and energizing in terms of cannabis strains it can be found in chocolate thai
strawberry shortcake goji og and huckleberry other terpenes that can be helpful they're
not as prominent in the cannabis plants but they have been shown to have some effect or they
think it has some effect for helping people with alzheimer's and with inflammatory conditions
um include eucalyptol eucalyptol can also be helpful for lung functioning think about you know
what's in vic vapor rub you know it's there's a lot of eucalyptus in there tea tree oil and
eucalyptus are both very high in eucalyptol strains of cannabis that are high in it
include bubble gum super silver haze and acdc and finally terpenes that have
antioxidant anti-inflammatory antifungal and possible cholesterol lowering
properties include camphine and sabinene and you can find the caffeine in acdc
banana kush ghost og and strawberry banana i am not advocating for the use of cannabis
what i am doing is letting you know about all of the components that are in a lot of plants
including cannabis and some of these terpenes or all of these terpenes can help us understand
why cannabis works the way it does why it is so powerful for example for nausea reduction and to
help people with pain they found that people who use cannabis and this can be you know it through
edibles have a significantly reduced amount of pain they've done a lot of testing on uh
with people using oral mucosal sprays that contain a one-to-one ratio of thc in cannabis
and they found that it has a lot of varied anti-inflammatory anti-anxiety effects to it so
there's a lot of new interesting research that's coming to the fore but all of these and that's why
for each one of them i also wanted to point out that the different essential oils that you could
also find these terpenes in if you want to stay way away from cbd or way away from cannabis that
is you know totally cool i mean a lot of people um need to stay away from it for one reason or
another if you are taking any other medication cbd and cannabis will likely interact with
it because of the pathway that metabolizes it so you know it may not be an option for you
um i know it's not an option for me because it interacts with medication i have to take
on a daily basis um so then you would look to some of the essential oils that i have listed
like the the lavender and the rose geranium and the rosemary and bergamot and and those
other things in order to get um similar effects now i know that there was a lot of
stuff in there and it may take you a few minutes to digest that but
are there any questions about terpenes morgan in terms of cannabis usage and dissociation
i would have to do more research on that um and and see what the correlation or what what
the correlating variables are because saying that there is or is not a connection
between cannabis usage and dissociation um for anybody or everybody is probably too broad
i would need to examine specific populations and see if there's a greater risk in uh dissociation
for them such as people with extreme ptsd alrighty everybody have a fabulous rest
of your day and i will see you next time
