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As well as a balanced diet, getting enough quality sleep is vital to maintain good mental and physical health. Unfortunately, not all of us get our heads down for enough hours of restful sleep, and we've all suffered from restlessness and a lack of sleep at one time or another. The average adult needs around 6-8 hours of sleep a night, but what if you don't get that? Can cannabis help you sleep? The science suggests it can, but you might want to avoid pulling on any old joint. It's a bit more complex than one puff and pillow time. Different strains do different things, and certain cannabis strains will help you sleep better than others. To help you understand more about sleeping and cannabis, here's a list of cannabis strains for the best sleep. But first, a bit more on how cannabis affects your sleeping.
How cannabis affects your sleeping
When you consume cannabis, the cannabinoids it produces bind with your brain's receptors and tell it to increase a brain chemical called adenosine that promotes sleep. Cannabinoids also help you fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer by repressing the brain's arousal system. The time at which you consume cannabis also plays its part in affecting sleep. If edibles are your thing, take them a few hours before sleeping on an empty stomach to get the full effect. When vaping or smoking, you can consume closer to bedtime.
Dreaming of the perfect cannabis strain
What is the best cannabis strain for sleep? It largely depends on what you're looking for. If you suffer from pain, restlessness or insomnia, you might consider hybrids with indica properties. Though, if you need to treat nightmares and night terrors, a strain with sativa properties will suit you much better. Sometimes using the labels indica and sativa makes it easier to choose a hybrid, but when it comes to finding a sleep aid, it can confuse things. One of the best ways to find cannabis hybrids to help you sleep is to check the terpene profiles of the plants. Cannabis strains with high Myrcene, Terpinolene and Caryophyllene are known to treat sleep disorders and help users get a healthy amount of rest.
Finding your ideal strain
There are a lot of anecdotal reports about cannabis improving people's sleep. However, cannabis affects everyone differently, and it might take some time to find which cannabis products are best for you. You might have a friend that swears they're out like a light or sleep like a rock after a hit of their preferred cannabis hybrid, but that same strain doesn't do it for you. Don't let that put you off. There are different strains for different pains, and it's the same for cannabis and sleeping. The right product is out there for you. You only have to find it. To give you a head start, here are our Top 3 Best Cannabis for Sleep.
Original White Widow (IBL) - Paradise Seeds
Original White Widow by Paradise Seeds is a 50% indica, 50% sativa hybrid cut from a plant gifted by the original breeder. Not only is White Widow as authentic as it gets, but it also has a high presence of Myrcene, Terpinolene and Caryophyllene, the three terpenes best known to help improve sleep. When you're not snoozing, you can admire the tremendously resin-coated flowers that White Widow produces. These plants are uniform, consistent, vigorous, and some of the best to help you get a good night sleep.
Hindu Kush - Sensi Seeds
Hindu Kush is one of the most famous cannabis strains and can help you hit the hay when you are most in need. This indica hybrid is not as intense as other Kush or indica strains. Users are treated to a time of relaxation and calmness. The gentle nature of Hindu Kush is the prime reason it is so good at getting users to nod off. This is less couch lock and more pillow talk. Although, the only talking you'll be doing is counting sheep. Oh, and not to mention, it is also easy to grow and has a reputation for producing some of the best black hashish in the world. What more could you want from an indica plant?
Grand Daddy Purp - Grand Daddy Genetics
Grand Daddy Purp might be one of the most famous purple cannabis strain ever bred. It's not only known for its striking purple features of dense purple flowers, though. GDP is renowned for its medicinal properties, treating sleep disorders being one of them as well as pain management and muscle relaxation. Grand Daddy Purps has a very high THC >20% and an abundance of Myrecene, two things contributing to GDP being the perfect sleep aid.
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