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Vapour Tea

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Designed specifically for vapor delivery (inhalation), Vapour Tea is a new and original concept in organic herbal blends. The benefits of phyto-inhalation or hot-air extraction are becoming more widely known and practiced. Beyond the obvious advantages in harm reduction when compared to herbs that were traditionally delivered via combustion (smoking), great efficiencies are also achieved when compared to other conventional extractions such as teas and tinctures. Relying on solvent action, teas and tinctures may be considered a rather inefficient and impure method of extracting the active constituents from herbs. Although a non-invasive, simple and safe application, oral delivery has the additional disadvantages of being dependent on the gastrointestinal tract. This causes a reduced and considerable individual variability in the absorption of the active components. Also, some beneficial aromatic herbs which are a pleasure to inhale can be very unpalatable as liquid teas.

There are many studies on alternatives to oral delivery such as subcutaneous, rectal, intravenous, transdermal, intraspinal, transmucosal, intranasal, and topical routes. Many of these methods are invasive (injection), require the assistance of a medical professional, and/or medical equipment. Only the very invasive intravenous delivery technique compares to the efficiency and rapid onset of inhalation.

In an effort to move beyond the “tried and true” pills and needles methods for delivering medications, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries are beginning to develop proprietary drug delivery devices and technologies for inhaled medicines such as those taken by asthma sufferers. The good news is that vaporization is easily and affordably available to us all here and now!