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Wound Healing
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Cannabis for Wound Healing
A wound is caused when living tissue has been cut, broken or damaged and the skin is torn, cut or punctured. There are few studies on using cannabis to treat and heal wounds, and the few there are show conflicting results. Some show an improvement in the rate of wound healing, whereas others show impaired wound healing.
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Animal Study
9
Double Blind Human Trial
1
Human Trial
2
Laboratory Study
11
Meta-analysis
20
Total studies
Wound Healing
43
Positive
36 studies
84%
Inconclusive
5 studies
12%
Negative
2 studies
5%
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- A cannabidiol-containing alginate based hydrogel as novel multifunctional wound dressing for promoting wound healing
- A new role for anandamide: defective link between the systemic and skin endocannabinoid systems in hypertrophic human wound healing
- Anti-inflammation and gingival wound healing activities of Cannabis sativa L. subsp. sativa (hemp) extract and cannabidiol: An in vitro study
- Antioxidant and Cytoprotective Potential of the Essential Oil Pistacia lentiscus var. chia and Its Major Components Myrcene and α-Pinene
- Beta-caryophyllene as an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and re-epithelialization activities in a rat skin wound excision model