Can cannabinoids help beat the heat this summer?

With the summer months come long evenings, late sunsets, family vacations, and days at the beach. It’s a season of joy, flowers, fruits, and activity. If you’re anything like us at The Healing Rose, you probably like to take advantage of all the warmth has to offer, from swimming at the seashore in Cape Cod to exploring the forests in the Berkshires.

With all silver linings come clouds: sun and sunburns, forests and bug bites, long hikes and achy limbs. CBD and minor cannabinoids blended with carefully curated organic herbs and aromatics, however, can help beat the heat and make summer activities even better. 

Menthol Pairing for a Beach Day

The best part of going to the beach may be laying in the sun, but the worst part is definitely when you overdo it and wake up with a sunburn. There are plenty of remedies for a bad burn, including home remedies like nopal cactus (prickly pear cactus) or aloe.

CBD has an important role to play, too. Because CBD may help reduce inflammation and may help promote general skin health and wound healing, topicals with blends of organic CBD and soothing herbs and essential oils are a great choice for recovery after a day in the sun.

At The Healing Rose, our Organic Lemon Ginger Menthol Salve with 1200 milligrams of CBD is a popular summer staple with our shoppers. The same key ingredients are also found in our Lemon Ginger CBD CBD Body Oil. Menthol is a common ingredient in natural muscle rubs and salves, and is derived from the mint plant. It provides a naturally refreshing, cooling sensation, and co

mbined with CBD it can make your skin feel soft and revitalized. Next time you’re headed to the seashore, bring some along!

CBD Oil for Aging Comfortably

Heat waves. Noon sun. Not a cloud in the sky. Lemonade on a hot summer day. Oh right, and summer arthritis flare ups. Summer heat and humidity can exacerbate symptoms of arthritis, especially in humid New England. 

If you live with arthritis, you know weather changes and high temperatures can make pain, well, even more of a pain. Plants in nature provide us with many natural, powerful botanical solutions to pain and inflammation, and studies show that CBD and minor cannabinoids like CBG may help reduce discomfort at the source when applied to the skin.

When the humidity rises and the sun turns up the heat this summer, try our Rose CBD CBG Massage & Body Oil. Massage away stress, tension, and soreness and get back to enjoying sunflowers and sunshine, the hydrangeas, and the summer breeze.

Tinctures for Forest Bathing

Hiking is one great way to experience the forest, but darn it if it doesn’t take a lot of walking. Sometimes rock scrambling. CBD can be great for relaxing and recovering after a long day hiking in the woods, but it can also enhance your experiences in a more spiritual way.

Forest bathing is a wonderful way to reconnect with the wild and relax in the shade on a summer day. Scientists have proven what we know instinctively: when we spend time in the great outdoors, we feel better. People “living in or near green spaces experience less mental distress,” according to National Geographic. This is in part because evergreens like those native t

o New England release a high concentration of phytoncides, essential oils that provide an immunity boost. 

While CBD will no

t get you high, it may reduce anxiety and stress. A calm mind can enhance the experience of forest bathing and the benefits of time spent in nature. Tinctures like our Organic Broad Spectrum 2400mg CBD Oil are a popular option for New Englanders looking to reduce stress and focus on the calming surround of the great outdoors.

When you head up to the Berkshires for a day in the forest or to Cape Code for a day on the sand, bring The Healing Rose with you. 

Want to learn more about minor cannabinoids and what they do? Check out our recent Hemp Handbook series where we talk about CBN and CBG, or explore our best-selling topicals in the shop.