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Medicinal

Humulene terpene
While many other strains help to increase
appetite, which is beneficial to those who Some primary efficacy benefits of
have conditions in which nausea and loss terpenes are their ability to fight

of appetite are a factor, strains that contain pain, the way they reduce systemic
humulene may help to decrease appetite. inflammation, and their seemingly
Found in hops, cloves, and basil, humulene magical capability to reduce anxiety.
has also shown anti-inflammatory and Or out of all the terpene’s out there
antibacterial properties in research. Strains we going to write about just 6 of
which contain humulene include Liberty them just so we can get an idea of
Haze, Girl Scout Cookies, and Sour Diesel. how important role they play in our
everyday lives and our favorite herb

As said, cannabis contains some 100
known terpenes, all of which produce
their own effects. Combined with the
Terpenes can intensify or cannabinoids and other terpenes, the

downplay the effects of the future of cannabis may just be in the
cannabinoids. Have you ever cultivation of strains rich in certain
noticed how two similar strains terpenes and cannabinoids to create
can produce profoundly different strains tailored to produce certain
effects? One may leave you with a effects.
couch lock and the other may
energize you? That’s another
aspect of the entourage effect,
which is driven by both
cannabinoids and terpenes.
A lot of varieties of terpenes exist
throughout nature. The interesting
part of the evolution of these

chemicals is that it shares them
among different plant species. For
example, the terpene linalool
which conveys an aroma of
lavender and is present in
hundreds of strains of cannabis
and also produced by over 200
other plants, including lilacs and a
variety of herbs and mints.