Why use Glass Pipes? Legal herb smoking.
Posted: Wednesday, January 07, 2009
by Aliaksandr Isakau
Good cheap smoking glass pipes and bongs.
Casually put, legal herbal smoking is an old custom of inhaling smoke from herbal mixtures. It's been practiced for as long as man can remember contained in almost every society.
Until recently, herb selection was limited to local species. These days, thanks to the internet commerce, situation has rapidly changed. Hundreds of different herbs kinds and herbal mixes available almost at any online herb store.
Using wooden, ceramic or metal pipes is simply unacceptable. Due to material nature, it's impossible to completely clean out such pipes without getting its material to come into the chemical reaction with cleaning solution. As a result, dangerous chemical residue and, in case with metals, corrosion collected on inner sides of the pipe.
Also, many herbs are extremely potent and, in some cases, very little known about the way they react with the human body. And absolutely nothing know about interreaction between different herb kinds. That is why using these "impossible-to-completely-clean-out" pipes to experiment with more than one herb kind is not only not recommended, but also dangerous for your health.
We would not recommend you to make and use any disposal homemade smoking devices; those are unsafe and could be harmful for your body.
And that's where glass pipes come into play. Created with herbal smoking in mind, glass smoking devices can be easily cleaned with any chemical cleaning solution available on the market within just minutes.
Glass pipes are superior to metal, ceramic or wooden pipes when it comes to herb smoking because:
- metal/ceramic pipes retain heat and react chemically with combustion, whereas the glass pipes don't.
- glass is chemically inert and does not produce unintended chemicals with combustion, instead producing only herbal smoke.
- when handled with care, glass pipes are virtually indestructible unlike wooden pipes which burn down overtime.
- colors of the glass pipes intensify when heated and become more pronounced when resinous deposits accumulate with use.
Most glass pipes designed with small inside out loading chambers. Such design allows smoker to monitor and effectively adjust amounts of herb placed in pipe an invaluable feature for beginners dealing with highly potent substances. Some of such herbs are:
Wild Lettuce
Commonly known as Wild Lettuce, Lactuca virosa is believed to have been used for its psychoactive properties by ancient Egyptians. It often appears in Egyptian art associated with the god Min, the god of the desert, of lightening and sandstorms, in addition to being known as the god of procreation and fertility.
Wild Dagga
Wild Dagga is a species of plant in the Lamiaceae (mint) family native to southern Africa. It is smoked or made into a medicinal tea by the Khoikhoi (Hottentots) a tribe of South Africa. Wild Dagga is good for inducing a deep meditative sleep, calming, relaxing and enhancing dreaming. Wild Dagga also has a pleasant smell that can be used for incense.
Salvia
Salvia is also known by the Aztec Shamans as "Diviners Sage" or Salvia Divinorum. Shaman have used the leaves of this plant for hundreds of years to successfully induce out of body experiences, astral projection, and divination and enhance spiritual development...
Coltsfoot Leaf
This magic herb loves growing around water and is the most common ingredient in herbal smoking mixtures because it is a demulcent, that is, it is soothing for the respiratory system. Smoking the leaves of coltsfoot has been a remedy for a wet cough since ancient Greece.
Damiana
Damiana is an herbal shrub that grows in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is known as a strong aphrodisiac with a variety of reported effects on both the hormonal and reproductive systems. It is most widely used to enhance sexual potency and is said to induce a dream-like state of euphoria that can spark sexual desire and performance.
Lavander
Lavender is frequently used as an aid to sleep and relaxation. There is scientific evidence to support the effectiveness of lavander as anti-inflammatory effects, but they should be used with caution since lavender oil can also be a powerful allergen.
Kanna
Sceletium tortuosum (Kanna) has been used by South African pastoralists and hunter-gatherers as a mood-altering substance since prehistoric times. Kanna elevates mood and decreases anxiety, stress and tension, and it has also been used as an appetite suppressant by shepherds walking long distances in arid areas.
Calea Zacatechichi (Mexican dream )
A controlled sleep study showed that ingesting Calea tea before bedtime increased the number of dreams recalled. As a side effect, Calea can also produce feelings of well-being that can be experienced at any dosage level, mental clarity and time lagging is usually experienced.
Sinicuichi
Sinicuichi shrub can be found from Argentina to Mexico. It has been used in shamanic rituals and ancient divination since the time of the Aztecs. Smoking/drinking it causes drowsiness and euphoria and often helps the drinker to recall past events, even pre natal as if they happened only yesterday.
You can also visit www.greenearthproducts.net for a full list of legal herbs.
Statements on this page have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. You may only smoke these herbs at your own risk.
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)Hi Aliaksandr, This is an interesting article. As an herbalist, I've used herbs in a variety of ways, but never to smoke them. I know Mullein has been smoked for the lungs also. Thanks for sharing. Val
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