There are many other compounds other than cannabinoids found inside hemp that are both biologically active, and flavorful and fragrant. These are known as terpenoids, or terpenes, and are extremely common chemical compounds found in most plants and some animals.

Terpenes serve to function as important biosynthetic cellular messengers. A large amount of hormones, including estrogens, are in fact, terpenoids, and they have the same basic organic chemical structure. You may not know this, but all cannabinoids are chemically classified as terpenes.

Terpenes are aromatic compounds found inside hemp and other plants; they are the chemicals that give the plant its scent and flavour.

There are around 200 different variations of terpenes that have been discovered inside of the hemp plant. These same terpenes are also found inside other plants such as lemons, pine, rosemary, and lavender. Many of them are cultivated exclusively for their unique benefits.

Cannabis is the first plant that humans cultivated. No one can be sure when the first piece of cannabis hemp clothing was worn...

But we can be sure that the oldest piece of hemp clothing was found in Turkey some 9,000 years ago. It was used for a baby. Hemp is ideal for apparel because the fiber is both light in weight and absorbs very well. It is also significantly stronger than cotton, with over three times the tensile density.

The endocannabinoid system is an extremely vital system of the human body, even though it was only recently discovered. The first most important activity this system acts upon is to modulate energy, well-being and pleasure.

The second is to slowly nudge the body back to health in the face of injury and disease. There is still much to be learned about this system, with an informal 2014 survey finding that only 13 percent of medical schools covered it at all in their training of new doctors.

We have a unique system built inside of us called the ECS that watches the body’s constant struggle between building itself up (anabolism) and breaking itself down (catabolism).

When it notices too much of either, it appears, and almost as rapidly disappears, to nudge us back to normal functioning. This is a system that doesn’t store up its main components, but creates them when it needs them, on demand. It really is the “ghost in the machine”

We have a unique system built inside of us called the ECS that watches the body’s constant struggle between building itself up (anabolism) and breaking itself down (catabolism).

When it notices too much of either, it appears, and almost as rapidly disappears, to nudge us back to normal functioning. This is a system that doesn’t store up its main components, but creates them when it needs them, on demand. It really is the “ghost in the machine”