Originally intended for medicinal purposes such as stress relief, herbal incense has evolved to include uses that may improve your health and quality of life. Aromatherapy is an ancient form of therapy believed to be able to not only relieve patients from depression and anxiety, but to enhance imagination and creativity and possibly improve sexual function in some cases.
Products sold under the umbrella of herbal incense therapies now includes those available in many areas that will give users a high similar to that of marijuana, without the legal repercussions. These products, known as ‘mojo’ or ‘K2 spice’, are not regulated, and apparently do not come up positive if a user is tested for drugs. People are now calling these substances ‘legal weed’.
Availability in some states at convenience stores and gas stations is an indicator of the increasingly widespread use of these products. As the smell is not typically well recognised, people are able to consume this product in public places using a tobacco pipe, and yet still feel a marijuana type high
The herbs, which start off pure and natural, are blended together and then sprayed with a synthetically produced substance that allegedly gives users the same type of high as THC. The THC which occurs naturally in marijuana is the component that creates the high when consumed. Many internet shopping sites have taken the opportunity to market these ‘herbal alternatives’ as ‘clean and smooth, tobacco and nicotine free’ smoking alternatives.
Of course it still involves inhaling smoke directly into your lungs and all the health repercussions of smoking any product. Unfortunately for parents, this means their teenagers may also be using supposedly ‘herbal incense’ for reasons other than what it was originally intended, but it is only a matter of time before authorities are able to outlaw this practise. Mojo or spice has already been made illegal in the state of Kansas, and a number of European countries.
These products were originally intended to be used for meditative purposes, meant to clear the mind and begin relaxation. A mix of seven different herbs including but not limited to canavalia rosea, clematis vitalba, nelumbo nucifera, pedicularis grandifolia, heimia salicifolia, leonurus sibiricus, ledum palustre is the basis of the smoke. A blend which may have mild psychoactive attributes, but not as strongly as the effects of marijuana. The addition of the synthetically produced K2 is believed to be what causes the manic symptoms experienced by some users.
As with any drug that may effect the central nervous system, herbal incense with K2 may not only cause drowsiness and lower blood pressure, but it may also cause hallucinations and delusional experiences, resulting in psychological trauma, vomiting and seizures in some patients.
If you were intending to use herbal incense to help achieve a meditative state of mind, you would probably not inhale the smoke like you would inhale that of a cigarette. Particular devices are available that are specifically designed to safely burn your herbs to help create a relaxing environment. All of the ingredients may be grown in your own garden and dried out at home. Recipes are readily available that instruct you how to grow, dry, and mix a combination of ingredients legally and safely. You can then be secure in the knowledge that your meditation will not be put at risk by the inclusion of the toxic chemical K2.
If you are looking for a relaxing and soothing experience, select herbal incense for best results. You can get a legal high by the use of specially formulated herb choices.
