INDEX

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• Acne, reducing, 92
• Addictions
  • quitting smoking, 53
  • marijuana withdrawal, 62
• Aging
  • of brain, lessening, 84
  • reducing age-related agitation, 58
  • reducing skin aging, 93
  • supporting longer life span, 82
• ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), reducing progression of, 72
• Altitude sickness, alleviating, 85
• Alzheimer’s disease, 54, 58, 84
• Amyloid plaques, reducing, 54
• Anger, calming, 64
• Antibiotics. See Immune health
• Antioxidant power, 11, 12, 38, 66, 77, 84
• Anxiety and stress
  • calming anger, 64
  • easing anxiety, 28
  • enhancing stress relief from yoga, 79
  • quieting overactive thoughts, 88
  • relaxing mocktails for, 57
• Appetite, suppressing, 49
• Arthritis pain, relieving, 45
• Asthma, easing breathing, 70
• Athlete’s foot relief, 106
• Attention span, lengthening, 43

• Back pain, 18
• Bad breath, 105
• Bath bomb, 103
• Beauty. See also Hair and nails
• Beauty, CBD and, 91. See also Oral and dental care; Skin health
• Blood pressure, high, 55
• Blood sugar, managing, 30
• Body scrub, soothing, 116
• Bone growth, stimulating, 81
• Brain and head, CBD oil for
  • Alzheimer’s disease and, 54, 58, 84
  • brain cell growth, 22
  • increasing blood flow to brain, 75
  • lessening aging of brain, 84
  • protecting against brain damage, 35
  • reducing amyloid plaques in brain, 54
  • reducing seizure frequency, 46
• Brands of CBD oil, 120–21
• Breath, bad, 105
• Breathing, easing, 70
• Bruising, reducing, 99
• Burns, soothing, 96

• Cancer
  • chemotherapy efficacy improved, 56
  • lowering risk of, 66
  • nausea reduction, 40
  • targeting tumor growth, 24
• Cannabinoids, about, 9–10
• Cardiovascular health
  • high blood pressure, 55
  • reducing heart attack risk, 71
• Carrier oils, 11–12
• Cavities (tooth), fighting decay, 118
• CBD oil
  • about: this book and, 5, 15
  • benefits overview, 5, 17. See also specific benefits
  • chemical properties, 9–12
  • dosing, 13–14
  • history of, 8
  • how it works in the body, 8
  • other names for, 5
  • quality care and help, 121
  • safety precautions, 15
  • selecting, 12–13
  • sourcing quality brands, 120–21
  • storing, 14
  • variations (full-/broad-spectrum, and isolate), 12–13
  • what it is, 7
• Chemotherapy, CBD oil and, 24, 56, 63
• Cold sores, healing, 98
• Crohn’s disease, 31

• Dandruff, alleviating, 100
• Dental care. See Oral and dental care
• Diabetes, managing blood sugar, 30
• Digestive health, CBD oil for
  • IBS, 21
  • liver function and, 77
  • mental focus and, 36
  • motion sickness relief, 76
  • nausea reduction, 40
• Dosing, 13–14

• Eczema relief, 95
• Emotional health, CBD oil for
  • balancing moods, 86
  • calming anger, 64
  • easing anxiety, 28
  • improved sense of well-being, 41
  • improving focus ability, 36
  • lengthening attention span, 43
  • quieting overactive thoughts, 88
  • reducing age-related agitation, 58
  • reducing fears/phobias, 80
  • reducing nightmares, 48
  • relaxing mocktails, 57
  • releasing painful memories, 69
• Endocannabinoid system, about, 8, 9, 11, 17
• Endorphins, boosting, 19
• Exercise
  • athlete’s foot relief and, 106
  • boosting recovery time, 47
  • enhancing stress relief from yoga, 79
  • runner’s high and, 37

• Fat, burning, 42
• Fatigue. See Sleep
• Fears and phobias, reducing, 80
• Feet, aching, 32
• Fertility, boosting, 89. See also Sexual health and reproductive system
• Fibromyalgia, 52
• Flavonoids, 10–11
• Flavoring, 10, 11
• Focus, improving, 36, 43
• Fragrance, 10
• Free radicals, neutralizing, 38

• Gum disease, fighting, 97

• Hair and nails
  • balancing oily hair, 110
  • combatting hair loss, 108
  • dandruff relief, 100
  • fighting nail infections, 113
  • promoting hair health, 117
• Head. See Brain and head
• Headaches, relieving, 23
• Heels, hydrating cracked, 114
• Hepatitis virus, fighting, 29
• Hypertension, 55

• Immune health
  • balancing immune system, 67
  • enhancing antibiotic activity, 33
  • fighting hepatitis virus, 29
  • fighting nail infections, 113
  • increasing antibacterial activity, 68
• Inflammation. See also Pain, CBD oil for; Skin health
  • blood flow to brain and, 75
  • brain cell growth and, 22
  • brain damage and, 35
  • chemical properties of CBD to fight, 9, 10, 11, 12
  • combatting Crohn’s disease, 31
  • Crohn’s disease and, 31
  • fertility and, 89
  • fighting, 74
  • IBS and, 21
  • kidney health and, 51
  • liver function and, 77
  • muscle soreness/spasms and, 26, 39
  • NSAIDs reducing, 27
  • toothpaste to fight, 111
• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), 21
• Itchy skin, relieving, 104

• Joint mobility, improving, 87

• Kidney health, 51

• Libido, healthy, 61
• Lips, moisturizing, 102
• Liver function, 77

• Marijuana withdrawal, reducing, 62
• Mask, calming, 107
• Massages, maximizing, 65
• Memories, releasing, 69
• Menopause, easing symptoms, 44
• Menstrual cramps, relieving, 60
• Migraines, relieving, 23
• Moisturizing skin, 94
• Moods, balancing, 86
• Morning sickness, lessening, 59
• Motion sickness, soothing, 76
• Muscles
  • boosting recovery time, 47
  • maximizing massages, 65
  • soreness, easing, 26
  • spasms, easing, 39

• Nail infections, fighting, 113
• Nausea, fighting, 40
• Nightmares, reducing, 48
• Nipples (sore), soothing, 109
• Nursing, soothing sore nipples, 109

• Oils, carrier, 11–12
• Oily hair, balancing, 110
• Oral and dental care
  • anti-inflammatory toothpaste, 111
  • bad breath and, 105
  • cold sores and, 98
  • fighting gum disease, 97
  • fighting tooth decay, 118
  • moisturizing cracked lips, 102
• Orgasms, boosting, 25

• Pain, CBD oil for. See also Inflammation
  • arthritis pain, 45
  • back pain, 18
  • bath bomb for, 103
  • bolstering pain relievers, 27
  • boosting endorphins, 19
  • endometriosis pain, 73
  • fibromyalgia malaise relief, 52
  • headache relief, 23
  • joint mobility improvement, 87
  • muscle soreness, 26
  • relieving menstrual cramps, 60
  • runner’s high and, 37
  • soothing aching feet, 32
• Parkinson’s disease, 78
• Psoriasis, combatting, 115

• Quality CBD oil, sourcing, 120–21

• Runner’s high, powering, 37

• Safety precautions, 15
• Scarring, combatting, 101
• Scrub, body, 116
• Seizures, reducing, 46
• Sexual health and reproductive system
  • boosting fertility, 89
  • boosting orgasms, 25
  • easing endometriosis pain, 73
  • easing menopause symptoms, 44
  • lessening morning sickness, 59
  • promoting healthy sex drive, 61
  • relieving menstrual cramps, 60
  • soothing sore nipples, 109
  • vaginal lubrication, 83
• Skin health. See also Hair and nails; Oral and dental care
  • about: overview of CBD benefits, 91
  • acne reduction, 92
  • athlete’s foot relief, 106
  • calming face mask for, 107
  • combatting scarring, 101
  • eczema relief, 95
  • fighting psoriasis, 115
  • hydrating cracked heels, 114
  • itch relief, 104
  • moisturizing skin, 94
  • pain-relieving bath bomb, 103
  • reducing bruising, 99
  • reducing skin aging, 93
  • soothing body scrub, 116
  • soothing burns, 96
  • soothing sore nipples, 109
  • soothing sunburns, 119
  • tattoo healing and, 112
• Sleep
  • fighting fatigue, 50
  • pleasant, and reducing nightmares, 48
  • promoting, 20
• Smoking, quitting, 53
• Sobriety, nurturing, 34
• Sourcing CBD oil, 120–21
• Storing CBD oil, 14
• Sunburns, soothing, 119

• Tattoo, aiding healing from, 112
• Teeth, caring for. See Oral and dental care
• Terpenes, about, 10
• Tumors. See Cancer

• Vaginal lubrication, 83

• Weight
  • aiding fat burning, 42
  • low, stimulating appetite to balance, 63
  • suppressing appetite, 49
• Well-being, improved, 41
• Women’s health. See Sexual health and reproductive system