one aspect air pressurized to approximately fifty to one hundred psi is supplied to the air ring 170 according to one aspect pressurized air enters the vortex chamber and creates a vortex further a supply of liquid medication is introduced to the vortex in one aspect liquid such as liquid medication is pressurized to a predetermined threshold level higher than the pressure of the pressurized air for example the spring 144 of the needle valve 138 may be set to open upon the application of fifty five to seventy five psi accordingly the medication may be pressurized five to twenty five psi greater than the pressurized air the pressure of the liquid medication opens the needle valve 138 and allows the liquid medication to exit the cone 114 into the vortex chamber the vortex of the vortex chamber quickly breaks down and pulverizes the liquid medication into small gaseous particles according to one embodiment the vortex breaks part or a majority of the liquid medication down to a particle size of no more than ten to twenty u03bcm a particle size of no more than ten u03bcm can be deeply inhaled to treat lung ailments the supply of vaporized medication mixed with air exits the vortex chamber through the nozzle 156 where it is diffused for oral inhalation by a patient through the mouthpiece 178 according to some aspects it may be desirable to pass a mass of.