Fumigation is an ancient way of herbal medicine delivery that is seldom in practice today besides moxibustion and recreational use of psychoactive herbs. However all herbs that can be decocted infused tinctured or eaten can also be burned and the smoke has therapeutic effect. This smoke effect is often immediate and appears to be the same effect as is achieved with other delivery methods of herbal medicine. The fact of its immediacy lends itself to various applications such as organoleptic testing of herbs and since the smoke is interacting with the human energy field is especially useful in psychomotional diseases but is not limited to that. I will be discussing and demonstrating various methods of smoke delivery and the benefits in applications of such a style of delivering herbs in clinical setting

Objectives:

• Know that fumigation is an effective delivery system for herbs
• Know how to assess the effect of verbal Smoke on one’s own body
• Learn some particularly effective smoke herbs