 In a pipe, you know, and you would think that if you have respiratory ailments or if you're coughing, you wouldn't. But they did put it into a pipe and you would smoke it and it would help to relieve sinusitis and head colds and congestion. In hot teas, it was used to treat viral infections, sore throats, fevers, diarrhea, colds, congestion, flu, pneumonia, asthma and coughs.