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Hearty Smoking Mixture Bases Barks were a standard ingredient of Native American smoking mixtures, at least on the West Coast of the United States. Good smoking barks are usually astringents, and have medicinal value for external burns, cuts, etc. Smoked, however, they have no medicinal effects, and no apparent physiological effect other than the act of smoking. Willow and Dogwood bark are two common barks. Use the thin barked willows, or inner layer of the thicker barks for best results.