What happens to bits of ash/plant accidentally inhaled in your lungs?

If you're smoking like a glass pipe with no screen and some ash/plant gets in your lungs, does it stay there forever? Or does your body have some way of absorbing it or disposing of it?

Also having the plant material/ash in your lungs, would it put THC into your system from being in there in contact with the surface of the lung?

 

first, thats what lung butter does. when you are sick you cough up the excess and sickly lubrication. the ash would stay where it was until you cough it out. you can take an OTC expectorant (makes you cough more and more thoroughly)

thc needs to be heated (smoked, vaporized, sauteed or baked, etc) to make easily broken down by the body (or so i hear)
in any case, unless your lungs are incredibly dry, it won't come in contact with the surface of the lung. it also isn't likely to make it past the second fork in the lungs.
(trachea, bronchus, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli) like the branches of an upside down tree.

being 26 you ought to know a little more about anatomy. it will help you in life to know how the body machine is built, and how it functions.

 

Interesting. Well it seems like the burnt ash would contain THC and it could there be absorbed by the receptors in the lungs right? I have had a bit of a cough lately maybe i'll do what you suggested. You know I just never took an anatomy class, I took general biology and botany. I guess it wouldn't hurt to know more about it.

 

THC is in the small trichomes on the surface of the bud, you can see them if you have some dank shit or a keif catcher on your grinder. The THC it self is stored in the base of these mushroom looking type trichomes.

just get a sack of chronic, look at the fuzzyness (not the hair) the top of the fuzz is the THC. the THC (partially) gets melted into the resin that contains hundreds of other cannibaiods.

idk where the fuck all that came from, all on demerol and adderall and shit right now.

the ash that goes in your lungs wont get you any higher unless it says in your mouth and the active cannibaiods (and thc) in it are absorbed that way (it really isnt half as a effective as smoking a normal hit). that ash in your lungs contributes to the tar buildup inside your broncial system.

 

Ive always wondered this as well... I knew it couldnt get you high but i wasnt so sure if it was really bad for you or not...

 

As a general rule the advice above is correct. To be specific there are tiny hairs in your bronchial tubes that move foreign materials up the tube and is either coughed up or swallowed. This is all kept in a suspension of mucus that lines the bronchial tube and lungs. This process takes time so if you are a regular smoker then it will take longer. The tar will cause these hairs to get clumped together and will stop them from working. So if you smoke a lot then the process does not work as well. Regarding absorbing additional affects from having this shit in your lungs I would say no. Most of the THC is burned off in the process of smoking it and you need a higher temprature than your body in order to release these chemicals.

 

i learned that shit in 7th grade.

 

me too

try some bay leaf tea, but don't make any plans. you wouldn't want to snot on your date.
make a cup of tea, break a bay leaf (used in soups and stews) into large pieces and brew it together. pick out the leaf pieces (they can cut your esophagus if you eat them) and drink your tea. the bay leaves don't add much flavor at all, and it will help break up congestion and get your mucous running. its a great home remedy whenever you have to cough but your cough is unproductive.

theres just so much to learn about the body!