F30A Journal

10 Ways Patients Use CBD Balm to Find Relief

10 Ways Patients Use CBD Balm to Find Relief

Given the wide range of cannabidiol’s potential therapeutic benefits, there are consequently nearly as many ways to formulate a product to address patients’ needs. Topical applications, in particular, provide excellent support to orally ingested CBD capsules for targeted symptom relief. Formula30A’s recently released CBD Infused Balm is all natural, and contains the same premium quality full spectrum cannabinoids as our CBD capsules - (It’s now available in an easy-to-use twist-up applicator - see the new look in the Provider Store).We asked our community of Medical Providers how they are implementing Formula30A Balm into their practices, and the treatment protocols they...

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Reduce Inflammation, Reduce Heart Attacks

Reduce Inflammation, Reduce Heart Attacks

It is fitting that February is known as Heart Health Month. While most think of the heart in February as being the icon for Valentine’s Day, few really think about the health of their own physical heart.You have heard the statistics. Heart attacks and strokes are still leading killers of Americans, over cancer and other causes, yet many people do not even consider the notion that they may have heart disease. That is, until symptoms strike. I have been practicing medicine for almost 30 years now, and daily someone tells me they do not have any risk of a heart...

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CBD & the Treatment of Dysmenorrhea, Endometriosis, & Adenomyosis

CBD & the Treatment of Dysmenorrhea, Endometriosis, & Adenomyosis

­As body systems go, the endocannabinoid system (ECS) is an infant, having been discovered in the waning decades of the twentieth century. For over a hundred years, science had been trying to isolate the mysteries of cannabis. Cannabidiol (CBD) was the first natural cannabinoid to be isolated from the cannabis plant, but it was soon found not to be the primary psychoactive ingredient. It would be another 30 years before ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) was isolated, and the rest, as they say, was history.The discovery of the cannabinoid receptors CB-1 and CB-2 in mammals, and the subsequent recognition of the ECS as...

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I'll (Still) Be Home for Christmas

I'll (Still) Be Home for Christmas

As the Christmas holiday rapidly approaches, the interval between Thanksgiving and Christmas 2020 being only 29 days, so does the “rush” to get everything decorated, delivered, and done. With the “rush” so often comes frustration and anxiety, and for some, even so much frustration and anxiety that the Joy of Christmas becomes the Dread of Christmas.This rings particularly true in the chaotic year we've all endured. In spite of attempts to minimize repeating the dread another year through advanced planning and scheduling, for many, the anxiety associated with the entire season ruins the Joy of the Season. So, what are...

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