Sunday, November 29, 2009

How Herb Vaporizers Work

By Johnny Miller

Have you heard about the herbal vaporizer or herb vaporizers? If you have, are you familiar with them.

Herb vaporizers are devices ran by electricity or battery power and they can heat the herbs and let the active ingredients be released through a vapor. So if it's a cannabis or a tobacco fix you're waiting for, you can just buy vaporizers and you can get your fix easily. But that's for the weed and nicotine addicts. For fixes like those, most addicts simply smoke cigarettes or rolled weeds but that's harmful because of the actual act of burning. So if you want to get the normal fix without burning, you must just use herb vaporizers. Vaporizing helps you get your fix without the detriments of burning such as tar, carbon monoxide, carcinogens and other forms of toxins. This way, there are no toxins and no second hand smoke. It's win-win for all.

Since it's already clear that vaporization is better than smoking, there are no rules or laws which ban vaporizing. However, you just need to remember that in some countries, weed or cannabis illegal. And you using a vaporizer to inhale its active ingredients WILL NOT, in any way, make it acceptable to use and purchase them. So be really wary about this. Also, herb vaporizers may not just be used for nicotine or weed inhalation.

Vaporizing also provides relaxing benefits through aromatherapy. The truth is, there are lots of homes, hospitals, spas and wellness centers all over the world which use excellent digital vaporizers so the therapeutic effects of rosemary, chamomile, lavender and other similar herbs may be released in open air.

If you are still not familiar how these herb vaporizers work, here's a guided summary: herb vaporizers use direct heat or hot air to vaporize. The first method is thermal conduction. This means that the herbs will be placed on one heating element. Usually, this heating element is a metal plate. The next method is convection. Through convection, the herbs will only be heated with hot air, no contact. The third method is through thermal radiation, which uses light for herb heating. When the herbs are already heated, through one of these three methods, a misty vapor will form, containing the herbs' active ingredients. This vapor will be released through a tube and you may inhale it afterwards. Sometimes, it may also be released into a jar or a bag. If it goes to the bag/ jar, then you can still store it and inhale it some other time.

But even if you purchase the best vaporizer, it's important that you regulate the temperature. The lower the heat levels, the less dense the vapor will be. And less dense means less active ingredients. Perhaps you can use less dense mainly for aromatherapy.

That finishes the discussion for herb vaporizers. Good luck in finding one of optimal quality! - 14130

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