BSODmyself

I was planning a different topic for tonight’s post, but got distracted after attempting to follow up on a suggestion for getting back to better health. Friend Brien Barbour suggested that I visit my local Whole Foods store to look for a particular product in their vitamin aisle. On the way there, I stopped at my local gas station and (among other things) picked up some rolling papers so that I could roll my own herbal cigarettes (using completely legal herbs, of course).

This spurred me to think that Whole Foods might also have a couple of things that I could use to powder and capsule some of my herbs that wouldn’t work as well in a smokable form. When I got there, I headed to the fresh herb section where I picked up a mortar and pestle and some empty vegetarian capsules. I was so stoked that I forgot to get my vitamins. I’ll make up for it by getting some orange juice in the next day or so.

When I got home, I started working. I decided to try my hand at rolling my very first herbal cigarette containing an herb called Leonotis Nepetifolia (also called “klip dagga”). This tropical African herb can also be made into a tea, but it is pretty nasty in that form. It’s used for a number of medicinal purposes such as fever and coughs, in addition to it’s relaxation and meditative properties. Since I’ve never rolled any type of cigarette, I had to Google for some instructions. Not surprisingly, I found some instructions for rolling marijuana joints. I figured this would translate pretty well to my task. Normally, I would post photographs of my early efforts, but seeing as how I have absolutely no skill in such endeavors, I skipped the photo session and evaluated my first three models. It took moments to feel the relaxing effects. After about an hour or so, I also found movies much more humorous. I mean I don’t think that Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” was really meant to be a comedy, but it clearly came across that way after a couple of cigarettes. Better yet, my throat felt much better.

Anyway, I hope to continue my “Adventures in Herbology” tomorrow by grinding some herbs using my new mortar and pestle and making capsules. Judging by this evening’s success, I’m definitely looking forward to further exploration in this field.

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