Do terpenes have medical benefits? It is an excellent question, it's one we get asked all the time. I'm here today to tell you the truth about whether buy terpenes actually have medical benefits or not, in today's episode: “Do Terpenes Have Medical Benefits” from The Terpene Institute. So as a terpene manufacturer this is one question that I get asked all the time; is whether true terpenes have medical benefits, and what terpenes should I use for my medical benefit. So here's the thing, the FDA was specifically designed so that people don't just go out there and make products that claim to have medical benefits. There's a good reason for this.
Now we all understand that cannabis is in this weird situation where we know that it has- it helps people, but the FDA isn't allowing it. But the problem is that people were going out there and preying on sick people. Sick people, they really get desperate. For good reason, they're dying, or they're very ill. And then you get some fraudster that comes along and they're like, “well I can cure your cancer, just give me all your money on this expensive ass product”. Because those people are in a terrible situation, they get preyed upon. The FDA, in part, was created to make sure- to protect people from situations like that. There's a lot of situations like that in the cannabis industry. So what's really important is that we protect the medical patients, because they truly are the backbone of this cannabis industry. They got us here, they put in the hard work, and we need to protect them, so that they understand what does and does not work. So, the question here again is whether terpenes for sale have medical benefits. Now I'm a terpene manufacturer. I make terpene profiles, they are in millions of products across the country. I'm pretty well qualified to answer this question. So here's the answer: terpenes have been researched by other scientists. And those scientists have said that individual terpenes do have medical benefits, such as anti-nausea, anti-inflammatory, a whole range of different things depending on the terpene. Now, again with the FDA, the FDA says that we cannot create products that are intended to cure, diagnose diseases. So as a manufacturer it is not my place to tell you that this bottle can be an anti-inflammatory. Because I'm not qualified to make that decision. What I can tell you is that other scientists have looked at the ingredients that I use in this bottle, they have said that those specific ingredients do have medical benefits. Now customers always come to me and they say, “Drew, can I use this as an anti-inflammatory?” What I always recommend you should do for any time that anybody asks you the medical benefits of anything in cannabis, is the same response that I give people. It is up to your doctor to take a look at your condition and tell you what would work best for your condition. If your doctor says alpha-pinene would help your condition; you can call me and I will tell you which products contain alpha pining. You would then need to consult with your doctor as to how much of that to use to treat your condition. I simply provide a product. I can make no claims about whether it has a medical benefit, or if it will or won't help you. That is up to your doctor, a trained professional, who understands your health. Anybody who is doing anything but that, is mainly doing something illegal, and probably doing something fraudulent. The problem with that is, I understand you were trying to help another human being.
