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May 21, 2018 by Rudy

All about Borneol 

All about Borneol 
May 21, 2018 by Rudy

This is a chemical that’s actually been in a lot of medications for centuries. It’s a minty taste that’s camphor in type, and it’s used in Chinese medicine traditionally, becoming even more popular in western medicines as well. Here we’ll go over what it is, and what it means for those cannabis connoisseurs as well. 

What is it? 

This is a terpene that you find in ginger, thyme, and rosemary too, and it appears in a lot of plants, which is part of what gives them their taste, smell, and even color in some cases. This is responsible for the tastes and smells of different trains. Those strains which contain borneol actually offer a smell that’s woody, and also has a menthol smell to it too, and is included in a lot of perfume products along with essential oils too. 

You can actually get this from Borneo camphor directly, and is actually taken from the tree, hardened, and then used. This is even found in differ substances that are naturally found too, including d-borneol and l-borneol. However, the bulk of the products currently are actually synesthetic, through the reduction of camphor, crushing it into a powder that’s later used. 

The health Benefits 

This is actually super beneficial in both eastern and western medicine, with the effect being a part of various treatments of ailments, and in Chinese medicine, it can be associated with the spleen, liver, heart, and even the lungs. 

There are a bunch of health benefits. One of the key ones if fighting respiratory conditions along with lung disease. This is because borneol actually hacks some effectiveness sin reducing the onset of inflammation within the lungs by taking care of the cytokines that cause inflammation as well. Those who practice Chinese medicine use this to help with bronchitis and other kinds of ailments too. 

It’s also anticancer as well, since it works to increase the selenocysteine in the body, and this actually reduces the spread of cancer through programmed cell death, and actually is being used in a lot of antitumor drugs that are out there. 

Borneol is also a very effective analgesic. In one study, putting this directly on the body helped with reducing pain. Those who practice acupuncture also use borneol in order to help with this the analgesic properties in the body. It also works to curb inflammation through blocking the ion channels and helping to improve inflammation and pain stimulus too. It also aids in improving pain relief from rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory conditions. 

It’s also good for neuroprotection as well, since this does offer protection from neuronal cell death, whenever an ischemic stroke happens, and also helps with regenerating the brain tissue, and repairing this too, and alters the permeability of the blood -brain area of the blood, the barrier too., 

It also fights the stress and fatigue in the body, since it lets you relax without needing to be sedated, which gives it a lot of potential too. 

Finally, it works with a lot of the other cannabinoids in order to create what’s called the entourage effective, which offers a ton of therapeutic benefits that are there. This increases the permeability of the blood-brain barrier and offers a lot of therapeutic benefits directly to the CNS. 

It also issued to repel insects too, since this is something that is naturally toxic to bugs as well. Some perfumeries have also used this in order to give a good, pleasant smell in place to the people who have it. It’s a great terpene with tons of health benefits too. 

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