Health Benefits of Hemp Seed Oil

“Hemp”, a derivative of the cannabis or marijuana plant has been around for thousands of years and known to man for its medicinal properties. However, it is only now that mainstream medical organisations are taking an interest in Hemp Seed Oil commercially. In many countries, including the UK, cannabis is still an illegal drug and to those who know no better “hemp” is a dirty word. However, “hemp oil” is from the flower of the plant – not the leaf part that you can smoke.

What makes this plant so special is that it is so versatile and can be used for topical applications as well as being ingested and even vaped. By a process of washing, pressing and reduction, it is even possible to produce “hemp oil” at home or buy online from most reputable health-food stores. It can be bought in varying strengths from 1% right up to as much as 30%, which relates to the percentage of pure CBD, or Cannabinoids found in the resulting hemp oil, with CBD being the active ingredient. Commercially, available hemp oil contains none of the illegal hallucinatory THCs that make you “high”.

Hemp oil is truly a ‘superfood’! It contains amino acids, fatty acids, and globule edestin. It has anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and is easily digested. Listed below are just some of hemp oil’s health benefits.

1. As hemp oil contains both Omega 3 and Omega 6 as well as linolic acid it makes a wonderful, non-greasy, easily absorbed skin conditioner and is useful in the treatment of acne, eczema, psoriasis and other skin conditions.
2. It also contains ceramides which can lock in moisture and so makes it also a brilliant hair conditioner. 
3. When used as a hormone supplement, the gamma-linolic acid (GLA), also an appetite suppressant, can help reduce pain and cramp during menstruation and additionally can help you lose weight.
4. Due to the high levels of fatty acids in hemp oil that contain endocannabinoids, the oil helps to balance the immune system.
5. As a brain-booster, the fatty acids in hemp oil, when taken as a dietary supplement, help our bodies to produce myelin which acts on the central nervous system and neurons.
6. Hemp oil can help us to reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering bad cholesterol and keeping our arteries clear. It also contains an anti-clotting agent so it could also be useful in helping to prevent strokes and heart attacks.
7. Improving our immune systems using hemp oil also helps us to reduce pain from arthritis due to its anti-inflammatory properties.
8. Hemp oil is rich in Vitamin E which helps to keep us healthy and feel young by reducing the anti-oxidants in our DNA.
9. The Omega 3 and endocannabinoids in hemp oil can also produce beneficial effects for sufferers of bipolar disorder, attention deficit disorder (ADD), depression and anxiety.
10. It has also been suggested that hemp oil can ease the symptoms of many other diseases such as diabetes, multiple sclerosis, asthma, epilepsy, atherosclerosis, and psoriasis.

By far the most controversial claims to date have been that hemp oil can potentially be used to cure certain types of cancer. It has been claimed to have cured many people with all types of cancer from skin cancers, brain tumours, breast and prostate cancers.

There is still much research to be done into this but even Cancer Research UK acknowledge that they “have funded research into cannabinoids in the past and if any future cannabinoid research proposals meet” their “high research standards then there is no reason why they would not be funded” but that, as yet, their “lab research conducted into cannabinoids have not been conclusive enough to say that they can effectively treat cancer patients at the moment”.

The debate continues but, having had personal experience of the effects of using hemp oil balm on external cancer, I can categorically state that it worked and significantly reduced the spread of the cancer cells.

As a food supplement, hemp oil contains a complete source of protein and is ideal for use by vegans and vegetarians. However what you might not know is that is it also a great lubricant and when mixed with lemon oil makes a fantastic varnish for wood!

With all of its wonderful healing properties, hemp truly is one of Mother Earth’s greatest gifts to mankind. As always, make sure you inform your doctor before taking this.

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Hemp Seed Oil Balm - NHS Says "No" and Goes Into Meltdown - Part 1

We've all heard the rhetoric that the NHS is in meltdown and many would agree that the Conservative party has failed to protect this great institution that we all depend on for emergency care, but I have recently had first-hand experience of the problems that some non-emergency wards are having in simply managing to keep functioning.

I want to share what I have seen over the last seven weeks whilst visiting an elderly friend who was admitted to hospital with nothing more than a mild case of dehydration. Eleven and a half weeks later she was still there!

Sylvia is 95 and a cancer patient. She has myosarcoma, a rare muscle cancer, on her arm that is being treated palliatively due to her age and fragility. Six months ago it was suggested by senior staff at the hospital that there was no hope of a cure and that the only effective solution would be amputation.

Considering her age and fragility is was discussed at length and decided that any operation to remove the arm would be potentially life-threatening and emotionally devastating for someone of her age and so it was simply decided to offer palliative care and keep the arm dressed on a regular basis, for what will be the rest of her life, however long that may be.

For the last six months her son, James, aged 70, has been taking his mother to his local health centre for the arm to be dressed, three times a week. However, not every week because frequently there were no available time slots at the health centre and it was not possible to book these appointments in advance. So, on the numerous occasions when Sylvia could not have an appointment at the surgery, James has taken on the responsibility of dressing her arm himself. He has all the correct sterile equipment at home - dressings packs, gloves, saline solution, bandages which have been supplied, on prescription, by his GP.

Sylvia is amazing for her age - she has never smoked and hardly ever drinks and she has kept herself physically fit by taking a regular daily walk around the block where she lives. It takes no more than 20 minutes and she doesn't have to cross the road so it is quite safe for her to do on her own.

In the meantime, James, not ready to give up on his mum's arm and feeling that anything was better than nothing, went online looking for potential treatments for his mum's arm and came up with an alternative therapy known as hemp seed oil balm. According to the website www.naturalon.com it is a perfectly legal cannabis derived product that contains no hallucinagenics but does contain canabinoids which have been shown to have some good outcomes in reducing the symptoms of certain types of cancer, arthritis, diabetes, alcoholism, schizophrenia, PTSD, MS,epilepsy and chronic pain. It is an analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, and anti-nausea treatment.

As the only other treatment was amputation or simply waiting to die, James felt there was nothing to lose and, with his mum's blessing, he purchased some of this balm and used it on her arm. It worked! The swelling on the arm was gradually reducing. He was so happy with the results that he told the family GP and everyone he came across! His GP said he couldn't recommend it but "just keep doing what you feel is best".

Three months ago, James received a visit from a representative of the Social Services who explained that they were concerned to hear that he was dressing his mum's arm himself instead of using the local surgery. James explained that he couldn't always get appointments at the surgery and proceeded to show the visitor what he was using and how he was using it.

It was then divulged that the real reason for the visit was because he was using hemp with the dressings. James explained all about the benefits of the balm and explained the therapeutical effects on his mum of using it. He also explained that it was actually helping to reduce the swelling. It was agreed that the visitor would speak to the local health centre and try to arrange for James to show them what he was doing in order to gain their approval for him to continue doing the dressings himself.

Eleven and a half weeks ago, during a routine surgery appointment for Sylvia's dressing, one of the nurses just happened to notice that one of Sylvia's pupils was enlarged. (It had in fact been enlarged for some time due to previous eye surgery). The nurse insisted on referring it to the GP who in turn decided that it could be the sign of a mini-stroke and he recommended that Sylvia be taken immediately to hospital for assessment.

And so begins the story....! Read Part Two here
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"The Pathway To Death" - Why I Don't Trust It

In recent years the NHS has come under scrutiny and received much press coverage for it's Liverpool Pathway or End of Life policies. The Daily Mail campaign in July 2013 highlighted the plight of those people deemed to be close to death being starved of water and nutrition and given high doses of sedatives in order to prevent requests for food or drink. In some cases those 130,000 patients per year were still capable of drinking orally, either with or without help. It was also widely reported that hospital trusts were given targets and cash incentives to place people on the Pathway - death on demand to help fund the NHS.

Death was normally expected to come within 30 hours on average, but some lasted for weeks, lingering on in what must have been a hellish ordeal for them and their loved ones. There was one documented case of a man who was so thirsty that he was sucking on the sponge that was supposed to be for cleaning his face and mouth. Is this how people are supposed to end their lives in this so-called civilised society?

The Daily Mail reported in July 2016 on a WW2 veteran who had been on the Liverpool Pathway until his death in 2013. He had been admitted to hospital with a chest infection. His medical records stated that he was suffering from dementia, as well as terminal heart and kidney failure. This was later proven to be untrue. Again, in September 2016, the Daily Mail reported that people were “still dying badly”.

Re-wind back to the summer of 2014 when, after the Daily Mail campaign. an independent enquiry and a review by the Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People, led to the advice to hospitals being changed. The General Medical Council agreed to adopt most of the new guidelines and in 2015, a revised pathway was introduced which is The End of Life Care Plan.

In this new Care Plan is a section about “recognising dying” and it recommends that food and water should continue to be offered when the patient is able to take it without adverse effects. It also states that tampering with a patient's medical records would be considered a “disciplinary breach” and that “failure to provide oral hydration and nutrition when still possible” would amount to “professional misconduct”.

 Among the signs of impending death are loss of consciousness, slurred speech and hallucinations. Along with certain other factors like skin palour and any known medical issues it is as this point that a senior consultant is charged with the decision to place the patient on the End of Life Care Plan. Death is expected to occur with 29 hours on average, relatives should be informed and the patient too, if he or she is still conscious at this point. Everyone is given their chance to say their goodbyes and await the end in relative peace and with due dignity. 

I have had personal experience of the End of Life Care Plan. My 79 year old father was admitted to hospital in early 2016 after a fall at home. Whilst in hospital his condition deteriorated and he was diagnosed with a Urinary Tract Infection. Huge doses of antibiotics were given intravenously but over the next few weeks he continued to go downhill. He developed pneumonia, began to drift in and out of consciousness and was having hallucinations. His speech was slurred and he was unable to feed himself or drink, even with thickened fluids. He was, we were informed, waiting to die.

The hospital consultants told my 84 year old mum and the rest of the family to prepare for the inevitable. There was, they said, nothing more they could do and even if, by some miracle, he survived, he would never walk again. They were ready to put him onto the End of Life Care Plan. We were devastated by this news. Until he had this fall he had been a reasonably healthy man who had never drunk alcohol or smoked and who was perfectly capable of holding his own in conversation.

He was already disabled from a stroke at birth and had a weak left hand side and suffered from epilepsy that had been controlled by medication for all of his life, but he had learned to cope with his disabilities and had managed to live a relatively normal life. His only other fairly major problem had been lymphoedema in his legs which caused some difficulty walking, but over the course of his stay in hospital his legs had returned to normal size and were now very thin. He had effectively been walking around on water for several years! The thought of this remarkable man, our step-father, who had only ever tried to do good by everyone he ever met, having to spend his last hours in a hospital bed with no food or water was simply heart-breaking.

We demanded a meeting with the consultants and after finally convincing them that the man they had in their hospital ward was not the man we had known until he arrived there, we had a breakthrough. The hospital agreed to fit Dad with a feeding tube which, in their opinion, he would need to have for the rest of his life and to try gradually to reduce his epilepsy medication whilst continuing to monitor his progress, or in their eyes at least, his demise.

The results were astounding! Within a matter of a few days, Dad was sitting up in bed again, He knew who we all were and was amazed to find out that he had been in hospital for almost six weeks! A few days later the feeding tube was removed and he was able to eat small meals and drink thickened fluids. His medication had been reduced to less than half of his previous dosage and it was apparent that this had contributed to his deterioration. In fact, it transpired that he had been accidentally overdosing on his medication for years despite his own GP's recommendation to reduce it!

The doctors were amazed at his recovery, but, as he was still unable to walk due to muscle wastage and unable to use his left arm due to the birth stroke, he was recommended for discharge to a nursing home because Mum couldn't manage him at home. Even though they were paying privately it still took a further three weeks to relocate him due to a shortage of care space. He became a bed-blocker.

Dad spent almost eight months in the nursing home with my mum visiting him every day. His personal mission was to walk again so he could eventually return home, even though the doctors said it couldn't be done. He and Mum paid for an intensive physiotherapy course and with this and his exercises, he was able to gradually build up his strength enough to be able to walk with a frame and was finally well enough to return home. Extensive alterations were made for him to be able to move around at home and last weekend he was able to celebrate his 80^th birthday in his own home, with his wife and family around him. He is now looking forward to trying out his new motorised wheelchair when the weather improves and is ready to start living again.

The End of Life Care Plan is a vast improvement on the old Liverpool Pathway, but there are still many lessons to be learned. It is never acceptable to write someone off just to meet hospital targets or free up beds. My Dad was one of the lucky ones – he had us on his side and our persistence paid off.

I hope that Dad's story will be heard by both the medical profession and relatives alike. Otherwise, how many more elderly and infirm people will be condemned to death before their time is truly at an end?

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Credits to the Daily Mail and the Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People