The easiest way to get herbs is to purchase them from the nearest stores but the complex problem is how to maintain them to get the maximum benefits from them. Before the herbs are packed on a mass scale and shipped out to stores, they are dried to remove various moistures that may undermine the benefits of herbs and making them vulnerable to spoilage on the shelves. People who grow their own herbs dry them in heir microwave ovens.
Opinion regarding drying herbs in microwave oven is divided. Some say it is effective while others point out that the herbs are damaged when dried in the oven. Perhaps some people believe that the herbs will explode in the microwave oven like the wet poodle exploded in the retold urban legendary tale. Food cooked for a very long period in a micro oven is likely to explode. The same thing may happen to herbs if one is not careful. But this is not the most damaging aspect of drying herbs in a micro oven. People who grow their own herbs have to dry them up to preserve them should not take recourse to drying them in the micro oven.
The Damage Caused
The very object of drying herbs is to preserve them for proper utilization at a later stage. If drying undermines the benefits of herbs, a new or better method has to be employed to dry them. Drying herbs in a micro oven runs a very high risk of damaging the herbs.
The greatest danger of drying herbs in a micro oven is that they are more cooked than dried. This will ruin the herbs and make storage impossible. The best possible way to dry the herbs is to do so through conventional oven or air dry them. Option to dry herbs in a micro oven requires very great care to avert the potential to drain the herbs, of their medicinal culinary purposes.