The ethnobotanical thread

[Dafni]

Can anyone suggest a good carrier herb? I have an inhalator inh004 ( original one) and it works great but a full cap is too much for me and too costly.
I have tried peppermint but the taste was overwhelming. I recently tried thyme and got some great clouds but again i am not fond of the taste.
I am looking for something that has minimal taste, vapes at the same temp as "herb" and has no additional effects.
Would be great if i could buy it a health shop in UK.
Thanks in advance for advice

For that very purpose I find clary sage (salvia sclarea) works the best.
Some local medical users use it as carrier for concentrates as well.
Taste is okay at herp-vaping temps, and if anything it gives you a clean throat feeling.

You should be able to find it in the UK. It is quite common as a herbal remedy in teas and such. The dry herbaceous stuff they sell usually has not much flavor left anyway. If you get fresh stuff, just leave it out in the air a couple days and most of the flavor will be gone.

Just don't confuse it with other types of sage

 

[spanner]

Thankyou i will try to hunt some down

 

[thesoloman]

Can anyone suggest a good carrier herb? I have an inhalator inh004 ( original one) and it works great but a full cap is too much for me and too costly.
I have tried peppermint but the taste was overwhelming. I recently tried thyme and got some great clouds but again i am not fond of the taste.
I am looking for something that has minimal taste, vapes at the same temp as "herb" and has no additional effects.
Would be great if i could buy it a health shop in UK.
Thanks in advance for advice

I think you need some Organic cotton in the bowl, instead of another herb.

 

[spanner]

Unfortunately, i could not locate any CLary SAge but i did happen to find an excellent Herbalist locally.
I purchased three large bags of lemon balm, damiana and chamomile for about7pounds.
I have only used the lemon balm so far and it works excellently.
I am using about 1/3 weed loaded first into the inhalator bullet followed by the lemon balm to fill the cap not too compressed. Set temp to 7.5 and am achieving HUGE clouds for minimum weed use.
I think that this is my holy grail. I am hoping to try the damiana as this is supposed to be mild and would help when other meds run dry.

 

[Karuna]

Vaping lavender (lavandula) and cannabis indica. Great late evening / good night & sweet dreams combination for insomniacs. That lavender makes you extra sleepy.

 

[P666R]

can kratom be vaporized on a coil in per say a pen???

 

[Abysmal Vapor]

I am not very into pen vapes.. but i've heard there are some doing it well with leaf matter..
Anyway there is a tar like extract from kratom that can be vaporized like hash but better effects u get when u eat it.. On the other side i think there were some e-cigs called Kratomite or e-Kratomite... (gotvape maybe) which should have glycerin based tincture of Kratom

 

[The High Cyde]

I was wondering if vaping shrooms has any effect?

 

[Abysmal Vapor]

I was wondering if vaping shrooms has any effect?

Use water filtration if you do that... cause there are dangers of inhaling fungus.. which my result in poor health outcome..(which is why i wont test much further..)
I recently tried it..(Some wild psylocube semilanceata) and got some buzz... but i be it was a placebo... Psylocibin is not vape-able in its form maybe if you extract it and freebase it... but who would fuck up the beautiful mushies.. with Toxic Acids ,acetone.. lime... NAPHTA... lol

 

[P666R]

i believe there are sustainable extractions to some etheos? is there?
i think i saw it on the web smwhere

 

[(We'll call him B)]

I was wondering if vaping shrooms has any effect?

http://deoxy.org/wiki/Mushrooms/Alkaloid_Extraction
Really only pure Psilocin can be vaporized efficiently, and to be honest the best form of ingestion on my opinion is tea using over 8 grams of dried Psilocybe semilanceata, lemon balm, and ginger. If it is not being ingested in large quantities it is simply a waste, psilocybin is far from recreational compound, demanding respect and vigilance. Vaporizing Psilocin as I have read is extremely potent and easily absorbed by the body, resulting in Dimethyltryptamine like experiences. As a disclaimer, I do not condone unsafe/ illegal activities.

On the topic of botanical vaporization, has anyone tried vaporizing the contents of an organic teabag? This seems like an easy way to obtain cheap combinations of herbs to try vaporizing.

 

[P666R]

fill a bag of earl grey in the morning ehyeeeee

 

[Ansel]

so what do you still smoking (not ex smoking) guys/girls think about vaporizing the air-cured tobacco plant with something like this?

 

[RUDE BOY]

@Ansel It looks like another Atmos raw copy you probably get better results from your NO2, unless you don't mind combusting your tobacco I would look elsewhere for a vaporizer as this is more of an electric pipe. You might want to check out the TVape I get good results with tobacco when I've tried it.

 

[Ansel]

but how safe do you reckon it is?

 

[RUDE BOY]

I'm pretty sure its safer then burning it, But probably some health risk That someone will point out to us.

I do like the full flavor of even a Camel Cigarette when shoved in my TVape. I also have to remember only vape a few hits then see where they take me as it is easy to get a very big head rush that can make my head swim a bit for a while. Still I like the effects of tobacco and the taste and efficiency of vaporizing so............I like it.

 

[syrupy]

Just tried some hops flowers in a dbv wand. Wow, I really like it! Imparts a slightly bitter flavor, but it's a very relaxing vape.

 

[Ansel]

and a lot cheaper and completely legal! why would they ban hops if they can make their beer from it.

 

[syrupy]

and a lot cheaper and completely legal! why would they ban hops if they can make their beer from it.

Yeah, people need their Pabst Blue Ribbon! We see a lot of fruity strains (mango, grapefruit, etc.), and the hops is a nice balance to the super sweet stuff.

 

[Starwind]

I used to be really into herbal smoking. This is a nice comprehensive list. Will need to get back into it a bit with the vape. Thank you.

 

[canj00digit?]

Vaping lavender (lavandula) and cannabis indica. Great late evening / good night & sweet dreams combination for insomniacs. That lavender makes you extra sleepy.

Indeed. It's a very soothing and relaxing combination.

I adore ELBs in my Cloud with 50/50 mix of cannabis/lavender in the evening or if I am feeling high anxiety.
It's instant relaxation.

 

[davesmith]

Finally got round to trying out Damiana lemon balm chamomile and a few others and to be honest I thought they were all a bit rank. Ok at really low temps but up at herb temps they all started to taste a bit nasty. Just my 2p but ill stick to weed in my vapes and make tea with the rest.
Peace

 

[Weeb]

Would I be able to vape chamomile in my arizer solo? Like I was hoping to buy this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0072ENE00/ref=mp_s_a_1_9?qid=1388898919&sr=8-9&pi=AC_SX110_SY165

Would I be able to just grind it in my weed grinder and just stick it in the vape and vape away? Just making sure I get the right stuff, I heard it was good for stress/anxiety and thought someone in this thread would know?

 

[Pcpvapors]

Chamomile's vape temperature is 374 degrees I believe the solo will do just fine. I forget which heat setting that is but I know there's one close. And yes just grind it up and vape away!

 

[identiti66]

Total vaping newb with an interest in ethno's over anything else. I do have a couple of buds that a pal sent me, and I will vape them - or at least give them a whirl, but I'm not terribly interested in going down that path.

Taken me nearly 3 days to read these 12 pages (interspersed with trips around t'interweb on research missions instigated by this thread).

I'm on prescription pain meds but am interested in vaping for mood, focus and chillin'.

Anyone got any thoughts/experience of this mix and these individual herbs (pretty sure they aren't all herbs so please excuse the error in the label)?
Peppermint, rosemary and lime (reportedly creates a vapor that rejuvenates your brain and pulls together the focus)
ginkgo
licorice
wild lettuce
The Dream Herb: Calea Zacatechichi