CBD Oil: What is Hemp Oil and What Benefits Does it Have?

You may have ended up here, reading this article by searching either for hemp oil or CBD oil. You might be surprised to find out that actually hemp oil and CBD oil are not the same things, there are some differences between them and those differences are quite important because the chemicals and nutrients in these two oils can be different or come in different quantities.

For one, the two oils are obtained from different parts of the hemp plant. Hemp oil is always extracted from the seeds of the hemp plant and most of the time it is used for its nutritional value, not as a medicine or to treat any serious sickness and it contains fewer cannabinoids such as CBD than the CBD oil and this should be more or less obvious since the reason CBD oil is called so is because it has a rich concentration of cannabidiol which is the chemical compound that offers those therapeutic effects and health benefits of hemp as well as cannabis that you may have heard about.

CBD oil does not come from the seeds but in fact it is extracted from stalks, leaves, flowers and buds of the hemp plants and high-quality CBD oil will be extracted from carefully selected strains of hemp which have a higher concentration of cannabidiol, for obvious reason such as maximizing the potency and effectiveness of the oil.

If the reason you are interested in and wanting to use the oil is because you want to treat a sickness, reduce symptoms of a disease, for example, deal with chronic pain, inflammation and so on, you will likely want the CBD oil and not the hemp oil because it has more cannabidiol and again, CBD is the cannabinoid that has lots of therapeutic properties such as being anti-inflammatory, anticonvulsant, antioxidant, antibacterial and so on. Hemp oil is richer in nutrients because it has fiber, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids, protein, etc.

The nutritional value of hemp oil is great and it can serve even as a good meal replacement. As you may have heard there are indeed multiple methods of extraction that can be used to obtain CBD oil. Some may not be as safe or healthy and may offer a less pure oil. One of the best methods of extraction, environmentally friendly and non-toxic, is the CO2-based approach which offers probably the best, purest, most potent oil that money can buy but it is also a bit more expensive than other methods and as a result products which use this method to obtain the oil will be a bit more pricey.