Smudging

article, I am not so much concerned with ceremonial smudging, but with the medicinal properties which may be used apart from ceremony. If a herb's healing properties can be unlocked in teas, in capsules, and in poultices, it may just be possible that inhaling the smoke may speed the healing process. I had occasion to test this theory in early 2001. I was just getting over the most horrible flu which had ever struck mankind in my lifetime. I came to the drumming circle totally exhausted and barely able to breathe. As the sage was lit and I breathed in the smoke, my breathing improved noticeably and remained steady throughout the evening. I intend to experiment with the healing properties of smudging with other herbs as well.

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In the summer of 2002, I collected a lot of prairie sage and have been smudging frequently. It clears my breathing passages much faster than anything I have ever used, including raw garlic. I have also tried smudging with wormwood and found out that it works just as well. In the summer of 2003, I hurt my left leg badly and had an open would for over a month. At one drumming circle, I held the smudge so the smoke touched the wound, and it felt good. I have been smudging it with prairie sage at least once a day ever since. It relieves the pain.

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