I'm a non weed vapor, I vape regular herbs and it is great. Fellow non weed vapors, what's your favorite herb combo?

Yeah, none of it is medicinal when it comes to vaping or aromatherapy, as I said I do it for fun and relaxation. Aromatherapy is only clinically proven to help with mood. That’s why I said if you want to use herbs as medicine you gotta use it in a tea. Just smelling an herb isn’t going to cure anything. Of course the best way is to take herbal supplements. There is a lot of real scientific evidence that certain herbs have medical benefits but not nearly as much as claimed. Turmeric for example. It’s been proven to help with inflammation and can even slow the progress of Alzheimer’s and dementia but a lot of people think it straight up cures memory loss which it doesn’t. It only helps with Alzheimer’s and dementia because it helps reduce the inflammation in the brain. Also some people think it cures cancer, along with dozens of other herbs. Ginger is a great one for nausea and motion sickness and we all know it works. We’ve known for thousands of years it works. Also ginger has always had only one use, I’ve never seen false claims with ginger like with other herbs. Chamomile and lavender are both proven to aid with sleep with used in a tea. Peppermint and eucalyptus as we just mentioned are proven to clear sinuses. Even Vick’s knows this. What do you think vapor rub is made from? Rieshi is supposed to have a lot of benefits but I haven’t researched it enough. CBD is probably the most known right now and has a lot of benefits and a lot of false benefits. The only thing it’s ever been clinically proven to help with is seizures. There is evidence to suggest it may help with anxiety and depression and there is a huge list of things it does nothing for that people think it does. I find the best resource for herbs is WebMd, they will list all the things the herb is supposed to do and what it really does. But in short you are wrong, herbal medicine isn’t a placebo effect and there are mountains of scientific paperwork to back that up. Some herbs are so good at what they do that the chemicals in them are extracted and used in pharmaceuticals. In fact most pharmaceuticals are derived from nature so to say herbs aren’t medicine is to say pharmaceuticals aren’t medicine.

And to add to your “won’t cure anything” attitude, pharmaceuticals don’t usually cure anything either. Medicines are mainly used to deal with the symptoms as our bodies deal with what’s causing them.

tl;dnr You are so wrong to think herbs aren’t also medicines. A lot of the medicine we take have chemicals that are found in herbs. It isn’t the herb that does what it does, it’s certain chemicals found within the herbs. True, vaping doesn’t do anything because that won’t release the chemicals in large enough quantum, but ingesting certain herbs has medicinal effects.

Source: I spent so much time reading medical and scientific articles on herbs, mainly from WebMd but other credible sources as well.

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