Before we begin, I have to say that there could be some risk to using herbs in this way to deliver the medicinal benefits of these plants. • Are you inhaling smoke? Yes. So let’s just be clear that that could pose a health risk. • But let’s also be clear that smoking herbs like this are to be used to help remedy specific ailments- so are you using this all the time? No. • These herbal blends are medicine, and are to be used as such. They are not addictive and are not loaded with every additive and chemical under the sun as, say, a cigarette. • It all depends on what herbs you smoke, how much of the herbs you smoke, how often you smoke, and what your relationship is to the herbs you smoke. • Though some use herbal cigarettes and blends to break habits from traditional cigarettes and cannabis, and is possibly a better alternative, but that is not so much my focus today. • Today I’d like to showcase the BENEFITS of smoking and address why smoking can be helpful on your holistic health journey! • But I HAVE had many requests on this topic and people asking me to expound on the benefits, rather than the small risk, of consuming herbal remedies like this! • *Additionally, some of the compounds in herbs are activated more from smoking than from consuming and digesting them, so this is worth a chat!* • The practice of smoking herbs is ancient. While no exact date can be determined, people have been smoking herbs since 5000 BC. • I can even remember my own family smoking pipes full of mullein and coneflowers growing up. • The exact effect of smoking herbs depends on the herbs themselves and how they are smoked. • Many different herbs have been used as herbal smokes throughout history, each with unique properties. • When smoked in moderation, these herbs can have many therapeutic properties that treat specific ailments in the body! • I’d also like to note an alternative to smoking medicinal herbs is vaporizing. • A means to not inhale the byproduct of smoking. • Read pinned comments to see what herbs provide what benefits when smoked, and what the benefits are-along with a recipe for your own herbal smoking blend! - - #herbalist #herbs #homestead #naturalist