Aside from the above mentioned herbs, there are also many other herbs that are also used herbal smoking. Sometimes powders of the mugwort are also included to hold the mixture together. Some manufacturers call these herbs as alternatives of marijuana.

Many of these herbs are quite well-known for their medicinal properties and have been using in medicines for quite a long time. Many of these are grown secretly. Shamans of the Aztec civilization would use salvia divinorum for its healing properties many hundred years back. Similarly, skullcap has also been used for quite long ago and it is supposed to relieve a person of worries and tensions.

Mostly, these herbs are grown in secret plantations in the Hawaiian Islands and Mexico and many American manufacturers purchase these herbs from there. America has become a huge market of legal buds or herbal smokers. Many people claim that they take people to the same height as marijuana, but it is considered a misconception.

There is a general perception that herbal smoking is not as harmful as tobacco-smoking because herbal cigarettes are free of nicotine that is found in tobacco. There are also some manufacturers that claim different herbal blends do not seem to affect children in any adverse manner. But health experts think in a different way and have different point of view, as they believe that herbal smoke effect nervous system and can clog the lungs over a period of time.