Cannabidiol has become a massively popular health supplement over the past two decades, as more people learn of the potential benefits it has to offer for our health and wellness. From being able to help as a sleep aid, to being able to reduce pain and inflammation for people who have an injury, chronic condition, or just want to recover from exercise faster.
Many people who are new to CBD don’t realize how many different kinds of products currently use it. Some of them are very general, and you can find them from CBD manufacturers and retailers like Canrelieve.com. However, you can also find it used as an ingredient in other kinds of products. Here is a complete guide to the more common varieties of CBD product that you can currently find on the market.
#1) CBD Drops
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CBD oil and tincture drops are probably the most common CBD product that you will find. CBD oil in particular is the natural form that CBD takes once it is extracted from hemp, and has the most pure properties and potency for people who want to use it purely for health and wellness reasons. Tincture is similar, but it uses alcohol as a base instead of oil. It loses some potency, but alcohol has a higher bioavailability so it is easier for your body to absorb. The main reason to use tincture is that it often tastes better.
#2) CBD Capsules
CBD capsules typically take CBD oil but come in the form of a pill or capsule that you can swallow. This is good for people who prefer taking pills compared to using oil or tincture drops, which can be an acquired taste. It can also be easier to take precise doses every day, and you can include it in your daily or weekly medication tracker if you use one of those tools.
#3) CBD Oral Spray
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CBD oral spray takes the oil or tincture and puts it in a small spray bottle. When you want to use it, you squirt it into your mouth. Functionally speaking, it works the same as using regular drops. You may prefer the feel of the spray compared to the drops, and it can be a bit more subtle to use it than using a dropper bottle. However, the drawback is that it is less precise to control the dose you take compared to droppers.
#4) CBD Vapes
Vapes are already a pretty popular hobby, and can be used with marijuana or nicotine. It is becoming more popular to vape CBD oil instead, for people who don’t want to get high, don’t want to get addicted to nicotine, but like the appeal of it as a relaxing hobby. The other benefit is that vaping CBD oil is the fastest way to feel the effects, which can be helpful for someone who takes CBD to manage a chronic health condition and needs the relief fast whenever their symptoms flare up.
#5) CBD Water Soluble Powder
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CBD comes in three forms: full spectrum, broad spectrum, and isolate. These just describe the level of refinement that the CBD goes through, from being very pure and relatively unrefined so it contains more of other cannabinoids and chemicals. On the most refined end is CBD isolate, which removes all other ingredients until it is pure, isolated CBD. One of the most common forms you will find CBD isolate is a water soluble powder. The benefit of this product is it is the best way to mix with water, drinks, and other liquids, because the natural oil-form of CBD would usually separate from most liquids rather than mixing.
#6) CBD Skin Patch
CBD skin patches are meant for people who have localized pain in their muscles, skin, and other more surface-level areas of their body. It doesn’t work as well for deeper pain in your joints, bones, organs, and so on. In that sense, it works similar to Icy Hot pain patches that you apply to your skin for the same reason, these just add CBD as an active ingredient to help further reduce the pain you are experiencing in the area.
#7) CBD Roller
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CBD rollers fulfill the same purpose as a pain patch. Icy Hot and similar brands also have these pain relief rollers as well as their skin patches. They also work on more localized and surface-level pain in the same manner, but it has some small additional benefits and drawbacks compared to the patches. The benefit is that you can apply it to a wider area than the patch, which is only so large. It can also be easier to apply to areas that are harder to stick a patch. The drawback is the pain relief doesn’t last that long.
#8) CBD Edibles
Edibles are arguably the second most popular kind of CBD product, because of how versatile it is. CBD can be infused into almost any variety of food, meaning everyone will be able to find a CBD edible that suits their personal tastes. You’ll typically find it in some kind of gummy, chocolate, or other sweet candy, but you can also get it in things like salad dressing, chips, cheese, baked goods, and so on.
#9) CBD Drinkables
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CBD drinkables are not as common as edibles, at least not yet. The issue of CBD oil not being easily infused into a liquid was a major hurdle for a while, but there has always been a pretty big demand for them. Now, more manufacturers have figured out different ways to do it, depending on the specific drink. So you can get CBD tea, soft drinks, alcohol, juice, coffee, and more. It makes it an easy way to get a dose of CBD in something you like the taste of, and is very discreet.
#10) CBD Clothing & Sheets
You are starting to find some brands that make bedding and clothing that are using hemp in the material. For clothing, you can get workout clothes like shirts, shorts, socks, sports bras, and so on. The benefit is that you get a slow release of CBD throughout your body, especially your muscles, as you are working out. That way you get pain relief and inflammation reduction in your muscles and joints as you exercise. The drawback is that they won’t hold the CBD for that many uses.
#11) CBD Toothpaste
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CBD toothpaste is a more specialized kind of product for now. It is good for people who have pain and inflammation in their teeth and/or gums and want some kind of relief. You can even find toothpicks with CBD infused into them, for the same reason. But for people who have a perfectly healthy mouth, this won’t have much to offer them.
#12) CBD Topicals
CBD topicals such creams, lotions, balms, and other products applied to the skin are becoming more popular. First, it is an effective way to treat any skin condition that is related to inflammation, such as acne or psoriasis. Second, CBD is loaded with antioxidants and omega fatty acids, which are both highly in-demand ingredients for all skincare and beauty products. Since hemp is easy to grow, it is much more sustainable and eco-friendly than other natural sources.
#13) CBD Hair Products
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For many of the same reasons, CBD is also becoming a more common ingredient in hair products like shampoo, conditioner, pomades, and so on. Antioxidants and omega fatty acids are both very useful to promote healthier hair, which also helps your hair look shinier, more hydrated, and just overall better looking.
While some of these products are more situational and not something that will ever be that common for the general population, that is how CBD has been able to grow in popularity so much. It has widespread and general appeal in many forms, like CBD oil and edibles. However, its properties and benefits mean it can be used in so many different ways to help different kinds of conditions or situations.
