Ask HN: Are there any studies on vaporizing herbs other than marijuana (CBD)? Recently I bought vaporizer and I've read a lot websites claiming there are health benefits from vaporizing herbs like damiana, eucalyptus, lavender, peppermint, etc.
Are there any scientific study on that?
I've only found a few that covers marijuana vaporization but none of other herbs. |
A nebuliser might be overdoing it. A water vapour misting machine with a few drops? No biggie.
Vaporising trivially alters chemicals because it changes the surface area to volume ratio. Higher surface area makes them more reactive per unit volume. They penetrate airways further because smaller, and are more likely to be absorbed.
Some conditions such as asthma can be made worse by irritants. You may feel better short term but do harm.
Yes.. my mum used to smear Vicks menthol on my nostrils too..
"Nobody knows anything" is the best case you can hope for. Do you want to be the guinea pig and find out what the long term effects are in 20 years? Go ahead. Vaping is not an established field of medicine, it was only popularized fairly recently, and that was mostly for smoking tobacco and marijuana, not camomile or garlic or whatever.
I think that would be a good candidate for vaporization. Maybe you could get the expectorant effect without taking in carcinogenic smoke.