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Melana's Smoking Blends
My smoking mixture is pretty easy to do and never quite the same each time since I am always learning something new. Generally I collect and dry all my herbs for teas and such later on so when I need a blend I hit those containers and see what I have around.
My basic blend foundation is Mullein and coltsfoot. Mullein helps expel junk in your lungs and coltsfoot helps suppress coughs...sort of a balance beam here...anyway...to this I add yarrow, mugwort, red raspberry leaf, blackberry leaf and plantain. From there I can add mints for flavoring if I want. (Any mints or sages will work good in smoke blends--pennyroyal I don't know about...never messed with it myself).
Generally the measurements run into one part each herb I want to use. There are others you can add as well...sages, catnip...this one is great if you have cats and want to make them crazy...not that I would do that...here kitty, kitty, kitty...I stay clear of heavier herbs meant to alter your attention level. This blend does have a calming effect though..just mild...same sort of effect you would get sipping a good relaxing tea blend.
I almost always add a bit of commercial tobacco to my blends...just maybe 1/4 part to 1/2 part. This seems to feed the bodies cravings a bit and helps out as well. Cathy gave me some tobacco plant leaves I plan to add to my next blend I make...ought to be interesting to say the least.
The plantain as I said before is a good smoking suppressant...I have a friend in Montreal and her hubby is an even heavier smoker than I am...we got him to try a plantain smoke blend first thing in the morning without telling him much of anything and he didn't smoke all day...just totally forgot about it. Granted the teas we gave him through the day probably helped as well...but he was floored at the end of the day when he realized he hadn't smoked all day....keeping him busy and distracted helped to. Just an evil woman experiment...hehehe
Okay...so you have your dry herbs all blended and in a jar...now...if you where to smoke this your left lung would come unglued and land about a mile away from you in the ditch. Dry herbs are harsh to smoke so you will need to add a bit of moisture to the blend without making it to damp to work with or smoke. Good way to do this is tape a piece of gauze to the lid of your jar and get it wet...not soaking...just damp...as well I always toss a piece of apple into the mixture and let it set.
Seal up your jar and set it out of the sun for a few days...3-5....When you open the jar and feel the blend it would be pliable and not brittle in the least.
Melana Hiatt