Oh my word this is amazing @consciouscat, I will order it for him to read through.

CBD Oil is amazing, I have been using it since the beginning of June last year and my research has been endless. Google the Endocannabinoid System (ECS). We all have one and this comes with CB1 and CB2 receptors so our bodies willingly receive CBD. You can find CBD in Sunflowers, Pepper, Echinacea and other plants so it is not just specific to the Hemp plant though through extraction it is made more simple for us to take it as a daily supplement. Women who breastfeed are also able to produce it for their babies too.

I began taking it for back pain from an old injury falling off a horse which was hindering me in life so dramatically. I did not realise it was going to help my Hashimotos Auto Immune Disease. My TSH levels have dropped to 4.5 now, I took a blood test to find out if it was helping. My hair had improved, I was not as depressed, my energy levels improved, I was sleeping better amoung other things that were so positive.

Since then, my friend who introduced me (I am still setting her up on Hive so will take her name in once we have done this) and myself have delved into this so much more to find the benefits of using it for more autoimmune, anti inflammatory problems, my son can eat gluten again, Leukemia alternative treatments and the list goes on. We are working in South Africa with doctors that have turned more natural and our sessions are so intense and interesting, we learn so much about how the body works.

I see with you being in Aus, you will not be able to get the oil but my cousin tells me at Woolworths she is able to get CBD water and says she is on fire with life from using it, gastro problems have been resolved :). I post about CBD to Facebook a lot and she reads my stuff there. In South Africa our laws changed about 2 years ago to legalise the use of CBD with less than 0.2% THC and THC Free products and the imported oils we use have each bottle tested to fit these requirements. It is impossible to get high from them which is great. The biggest misconception is that CBD is a drug from the 70's that would make people stoned but through proper extraction it can be used responsibly for the greater good of our health.

My hope is that when my friend starts to write on Hive too, her and I can post about what we eat daily and what causes illness, sleep disturbance, fatigue etc. We love delving into this and use natural patterns on ourselves and animals on the farm.