The endocannabinoid system is a messaging system in your body (a series of chemical transmitters and receptors) that modulate just about every physiological function in your body. The endocannabinoid system:
- regulates pain and inflammation pathways – in your joints and organs
- affects how you sleep and how you feel (emotions)
- regulates your appetite and metabolism
- affects your memory and thinking (cognition)
- regulates gastro-intestinal / gut function
- regulates the protection and development of nerves in your body
For different reasons, such as lifestyle triggers or genetic factors, the ECS can be under-functioning in many people, and this results in symptoms that often take years to develop. This is now known as Clinical Endocannabinoid Deficiency Syndrome (CEDS). Symptoms of CEDS may include