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Many people around the globe are now hooked on a brand new trend - herbal smoking, also called legal bud smoking. Legal bud smoking involves inhaling the fumes of several herbs, after lighting them, either through specialized pipes, chillums or simply by rolling them in cigarette paper.
A wide variety of these herbs have been branded as legal buds. These herbs are the ones which have been employed for centuries in shamanic potions and traditional tribal teas. Herbal smokes are ready by blending two or more of these herbs in varying proportions. Most popular herbs used are salvia divinorum, hops, chamomile, damiana, ginseng, kava kava, wild dagga, passion flower, star of Bethlehem, skullcap, Artemisia vulgaris, scotch broom tops, betel nut powder and much more. Some manufacturers also call them marijuana alternatives. These blends also contain powders from the mugwort, in order to contain the mixture together.
Many of these ingredients, such as the Ayurveda and Persian, are well-known for their medicinal properties and even utilized in medicinal branches. A number of them are secretly grown. The salvia divinorum has been utilized for hundreds of years by the shamans of the Aztec civilization because of its healing properties. The skullcap is yet another herb which supposedly relieves an individual of worries and tensions. Damiana and ginseng are reputed aphrodisiacs.
American manufacturers procure these herbs from the Hawaiian Islands or Mexico, where the herbs are grown secretly plantations. There's a huge market in America for smokers of legal buds. Some claim that it provides the same high as smoking pure marijuana, but this is a misconception. Most of these herbs do provide 'highs', but they're very short-lived.
Herbal smoke is inhaled through pipes or chillums. Native Indians just roll the mix inside a betel leaf. Some people use cigarette paper for rolling the mixture.
The general perception is that herbal smoking isn't as harmful as tobacco-smoking. Herbal cigarettes don't contain tobacco, and therefore no nicotine. Some manufacturers even claim that these herbal blends don't affect children in almost any adverse manner. However, health experts have a different perspective. Burning leaves release tar, which clogs the lungs during a period of time. Herbal mixtures may not be as addictive as tobacco, however they do create a craving and a need to smoke them repeatedly. The only proven effect of herbal smoke is its numbing effect from the nervous system, but health activists still hold herbal smoke in contempt.
