Using Herbs to Quit Smoking Cigarettes

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Healing Herbs to Quit Smoking

Is there a natural alternative to kick the ashtray? Absolutely! The herbs are here to help you. Though success varies for each individual, it is possible to wean yourself off cigarettes with organic herbal blends.

By mixing tobacco with organic herbs, and gradually increasing the herbal content of the blend, you can eventually become totally tobacco free with less stress —  no white knuckles and minimal anxiety.  In fact, you’ll hardly even want to murder anyone.

Quit smoking — naturally — and not be a flaming A-hole in the process. How Zen is that?

Cessation Sessions — Blending With Herbs

I always rolled my own cigarettes. It saved money, and I could trick myself into thinking it wasn’t so bad for me.  However, that gunk I hacked up in the shower every morning didn’t lie. My throat burned and my lungs ached — I never felt healthy. Everyday, I needed my cigarette fix, just like every habitual smoker with a monkey on their back.

So I started mixing my tobacco with various organic herbs — mugwort, lobelia, passion flower, and others.  To start with, I used a 60% tobacco-herb smoking mix, gradually working down to 40%, 15% and then down to nothing. The withdrawals were subtle.  In fact, I hardly noticed. Gradually, it got to where I couldn’t smoke more than 15% tobacco without getting a headache or wanting to puke. Using these herbs to quit smoking a was a fairly gradual and smooth process.

Today, I am 100% tobacco free. Not a nicotine monkey in sight.

Three Herbs to Help Quit Smoking & Curb Nicotine Withdrawal

1. Lobelia

Lobelia is incredibly effective as a smoking cessation agent, as it binds to the same receptors in the brain as nicotine does.  However, unlike tobacco, lobelia can relieve a number of respiratory ailments. In fact, it’s known to ease muscles and improve blood flow. It can even be used as a topical to relieve muscle pain and joint lumps triggered by rheumatoid arthritis.

2. Mugwort

This herb features a variety of beneficial components such as triterpenes, flavonoids and coumarin derivatives among others. It has a subtly sedative effect that can relax the mind, ease insomnia, and calm digestive problems. Because of its subtle hallucinogenic properties, mugwort is often called a “dream herb.” In fact, it’s often used in sleep pillows to induce lucid dreaming. What’s more, mugwort’s ability to ease the mind, relax the body, and improve sleep can help with nicotine withdrawal.

3. Passion Flower

Dried as a leaf and smoked or used as a tea, passion flower has a long history among Native Americans in North America. It can balance moods, deepen sleep, and ease symptoms of withdrawal. In a 2001 study for treatment of generalized anxiety disorder, passion flower extract performed as well as oxazepam but with fewer short-term side effects.  Furthermore, it helps balance blood sugar and ease the cravings of addictions like nicotine. 

Three Bear Blend Herbs to Help You Quit Smoking

Original

Our most aromatic blend, the Original Bear Blend has a mild relaxing and soothing effect. The Original blend has herbs like mugwort, rose petals, calendula flowers, and lobelia that produce a floral, full-bodied smoke.

Vizion

Earthy and energizing, our Vizion Bear Blend inspires clarity and awareness. The Vizion blend brings together a wonderful combination of herbs like ginkgo biloba, yerba mate, lobelia, mugwort, and calamus. What’s more, its earthy tones with a slight hint of tobacco flavorings make it the perfect tobacco substitute. 

Amazon

Activating and flavorful, our Amazon Bear Blend inspires balance and alert relaxation. Additionally, the clove flavor makes a nice tobacco substitute. The Amazon blend combines herbs like clove, lobelia, vanilla bean, calamus, and mugwort to create an unforgettable delicious flavor.

All Bear Blends are made from the finest herbs; 100% USDA certified certified organic, biodynamic and fair trade. The blends are hand-crafted in a USDA certified organic facility in Southern California.

Bear Blends can be used as a tea, a smoke, a vape or an incense. They contain no marijuana, are completely legal, and will not cause a false reading on a drug test.

Chill out — meditate — relax — nothing to stress about.  Now put that in your pipe and smoke it.