The hemp plant contains hundreds of compounds such as cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids. CBD Isolates on the other hand is only the purified CBD with all the other compounds removed.
When CBD, other cannabinoids and terpenes are present they act synergistically and work together to boost the effectiveness of each of the individual compounds. As a result, the health benefits such as the reduction of pain and inflammation or the quieting of the nervous system is enhanced to a much higher level. This Entourage Effect, is the reason why the whole plant extract of cannabis, as compared to an isolate has such powerful and lasting health and healing benefits.