New to CBD for Pain & Recovery?
People use cannabinoids in very different ways for everyday discomfort, physical activity, and recovery. Here are a few resources to help you understand the options and decide what makes sense for you.
How Much CBD Should I Take?
There is no universal CBD dose, and more isn't always better. In our experience, most customers take between 50 and 300 mg per day, with many clustering around 100 mg.
Our dosing guide explains how CBD has been studied, what we've learned from real-world use, and a simple approach for finding a meaningful dose for you.
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Tincture, Gummy, or Capsule?
All three deliver cannabinoids orally, but they fit into a routine differently.
- Tinctures offer the most flexibility. Graduated droppers make it easy to make small adjustments to your serving size.
- Gummies are simple and easy to use. There's no measuring, and formulas can incorporate cannabinoids alongside fruit, herbs, mushrooms, and other ingredients.
- Capsules offer consistency. Every serving is pre-measured, they're easy to take with you, and our high-potency capsules provide a large amount of cannabinoids per container.
There isn't one best format. Choose the one that fits your routine and that you're most likely to use consistently.
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CBD or CBG for Discomfort?
CBD isn't the only cannabinoid people use for physical discomfort and recovery. CBG has become particularly popular among our customers and appears alongside CBD in many of the formulas we've selected for this collection.
Other formulas add CBC or CBN depending on their intended use and time of day. Understanding those differences can make choosing a product much easier.
Meet the Cannabinoids →
What About CBD Topicals?
Topicals offer a different approach. Rather than ingesting product for general relief, lotions, salves, and roll-ons are applied directly to a specific area for targeted relief.
Many customers use oral and topical products together rather than treating them as substitutes. Our topical guide looks at how these products work, what the research actually tells us, and why the rest of the ingredient list matters.
CBD Topicals: Do They Actually Work? →
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Does THC Make CBD Work Better?
You'll often hear that CBD needs THC to work properly because of the “entourage effect.” That's an oversimplification.
Cannabinoids can interact with one another, which is why many of the formulas in this collection combine CBD with CBG, CBN, or CBC. But there is little evidence that trace amounts of THC are required to make a CBD product useful.
The Entourage Effect: THC Myths →
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