What is Salvia Divinorum?

What is Salvia Divinorum?

The use of Salvia Divinorum, a hallucinogenic herb, is rising and getting a lot more attention today. In the United States, 3% of men between the ages of 18 and 25 have claimed to have used this herb within the past year. It is suggested that it is used twice as much as LSD and [...]

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Medical Uses of Salvinorin A and Salvia divinorum

Medical Uses of Salvinorin A and Salvia divinorum

Salvia divinorum is a plant which has been used by the indigenous peoples of Mexico for spiritual and medicinal purposes, and contains the active compound Salvinorin A as a primary constituent. Only recently has traditional Western medicine begun to consider the possible therapeutic uses of this plant, and studies have uncovered a variety of potentially [...]

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History of Salvia Divinorum

History of Salvia Divinorum

Salvia divinorum, or “diviner’s sage,” is an herb which grows naturally in the Oaxaca region of Mexico, and has a long tradition of use for both medicinal and spiritual purposes by the indigenous Mazteca tribes there. Both smoking salvia and chewing Salvia leaf have been used for centuries in order to induce shamanic visions as [...]

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