The
AroMed is a very accurate and precise
vaporization device. The active vapor is free from
impurities and even goes through an
additional water filter. A feature unique to AroMed. The hot air is provided by an energy
saving ultraviolet-free halogen light bulb
which is controlled by an accurate
microprocessor.
Sale Price: $539.00
The AroMed Vaporizer
The manufacturers of this
piece of kit refer to vaporizing as phyto-inhalation.
Well, I suppose a rose by any other name is
still a rose.
At first glance, this
vaporizer looks like something out of a
school science lab, however, it is far more
sophisticated than that. Located in the
city of Heidelberg, in Germany, Research and
Experience have been working in association
with medical scientists based in Cuba.
Apparently, these scientists were initially
educated at Humboldt University in Berlin.
Because the therapeutic use of plants is not
so regulated in Cuba, the guys at Research
and Experience were able to carry out field
trials that would not have been possible in
Europe or the US. Some of the work and the
ensuing results have been extremely
interesting. One test that compared using
vapors from sage and thyme with conventional
medicine to treat asthma, the improvement
rate between the two consorts (both
comprising of ten long-term severe asthma
suffers) was exactly the same. If you add
to this information the fact that vaporizing
has no adverse side effects, whilst the
inhalation of salbutamol (the conventional
treatment) causes tachycardia (a racing
heart) and arrhythmias (irregular heart
beats) it would seem evident that
vaporizing, or phyto-inhalation, is the way
to go. Although, as with all devices
intended for medical use, much more rigorous
research needs to be undertaken. However,
so startling have the test results been to
date, that use of the AroMed Vaporizer for
phyto-inhalation is now covered by some
German medical insurers.
So far, all I’ve told you
about the machine itself is that it looks
like something out of a school
science-laboratory but, given the
research-backed positive results of using
the AroMed, it is obviously much more than
that.
Like most vaporizers, the
AroMed works on the principal of applying
effective heat to plant material at a
temperature that will provoke release of the
active ingredients but that is not high
enough to cause combustion. However,
unlike most vaporizers, the AroMed does
not use forced hot air, that is, it doesn’t
use a fan to blow the warmed air over the
cannabis or whatever other plant material
you may be using. It also comes with an
additional Aromatop that allows therapeutic
or aromatic vapors to be diffused into a
room, thus making the room a more
stimulating, relaxing, or pleasanter place
to be be.
The updated version of the
AroMed, the AroMed 4, was introduced to the
market in 2004. In looks and function, the
vaporizer remains the same, although some of
the original components have been improved
upon.
The AroMed is not large,
measuring 3” high and 4” wide, the largest
dimension being its length at 9”. Attached
to rear of the machine is a tall, curved arm
– not unlike that found on a reading or desk
lamp – at the end of which is the heating
element. Here, the AroMed differs from the
norm in that the heating element is, in
fact, a miniature halogen bulb, rather than
the far more common ceramic or metal. This,
in effect means that, when the heater is on,
you are not subject to minute amounts of
metal ions as would be the case with
standard heating elements. Temperature
maintained and measured by micro-processors,
ensuring that fluctuations are kept to an
absolute minimum. And, perhaps, even more
importantly, the temperature is measured
from the surface of plant material itself
rather than from the heating element, so
what you see is really what you get.
Moving now to the front of
the vaporizer, the first thing you will
notice is the large LED display that tells
you the temperature, which can be adjusted
simply by pressing down and up arrows until
your required temperature is reached.
Despite being a medical-grade
piece of equipment, the AroMed is extremely
easy to use. Unusually, there is not need
to turn the heating element on first because
halogen heats up extremely quickly. So, the
first thing to is to fill the water filter
with water. The function of this filter is
to prevent the inhalation of small particles
of plant material into the lungs. Once you
have filled the water filter, the finely
chopped herbs are f placed into the glass
container, which is, in turn, placed beneath
the heating element. This is now the time
to switch on the heat source and select the
temperature. Within two minutes you can be
inhaling your therapeutic vapors.
A further refinement of the
vaporizing process brought to you by the
AroMed is the ability to vaporize liquids.
This is possible due to the development of
tiny glass foam pellets, capable of holding
up to 1ml of liquid. The process is exactly
the same only instead of putting dried plant
material into the herb receptacle; the foam
pellet is used instead. The lack of a fan
to force the hot air over the herbs is not,
as one would think, a disadvantage, rather,
it is distinctly advantageous. In
forced-air vaporizers, unless you are quick
thinking enough to switch your vaporizer off
when you are not inhaling, the precious
essential oils of the plant will continue to
be produced and, because they are not being
inhaled, they will simply evaporate. The
Aromed’s no-fan system means that vapors are
only produced when you are inhaling and at
no other time. Sometimes, less is more!
So, you know what it looks
like, you know how it works and you know a
little of the science behind it. What you
need to know now is how much it costs.
Obviously, to a certain extent, that will
depend on where you obtain it but a
ball-park figure is around $380 plus postage
and packing charges. So, the AroMed isn’t
cheap. It might interest you to know,
however, that, in durability tests before
being launched for commercial sale, the
AroMed was tested for durability and allowed
to run for 200 consecutive hours with no
problems reported. So, your $380 will be
purchasing German accuracy, reliability, and
proven durability.
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