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Also Known As: Diviner’s Sage Sage of the Seers María Pastora The genus name Salvia is derived from the Latin salvare, meaning “to heal” or “to save” ...what is Salvia Divinorum?
Salvinorin A's qualitative potency may be compared with LSD, though it is otherwise dissimilar, having quite different effects, timeframes, and legal status. Salvinorin A can produce psychoactive experiences in humans with a typical duration being several minutes to an hour or so, depending on the method of ingestion & potency. . The Salvia Divinorum seems to affect people in many different ways; depending on your tolerance your personal experience may range from subtle to very intense. If you are concerned about your tolerance level start with a lower extract strength. Salvia Divinorum is a physically non-addictive herb. Many users have described a Salvia experience as unique, unlike anything they have experienced before, a deep meditation state or as dreaming while you are still awake. To experience Salvia for yourself get a pack of 20x, 30x, 60x extract, or buy a sample pack as a tester. Immediate Experience The perception of being in several locations at once Lingering Short-Term Experience Increased insight . What is an Extract? An extract is when we remove the active ingredient (Salvinorin-A) from the raw Salvia Divinorum leaves. The liquid extract is then applied back to smaller amount of Salvia Divinorum leaves to create the different extract strengths; we use the ‘X’ character to denote the word 'extract'. For example: to make 1 gram of 60x we used 60 grams of raw Salvia leaves. How does extraction affect the quality of my purchase? Herbal Apothecary (HA-Store.com) strives to provide the best quality at the lowest price of Salvia Divinorum on the market today.
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http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drugs_concern/salvia_d/salvia_d.htm Please be advised; we can not be held responsible for the most up to date legal information for every country and state provided on this site. Herbal Apothecary has collected this information from various authorities. If you have any doubts about the legal status of Salvia Divinorum in your country or state, you should consult relevant custom sources in your country or state. Please also refer to the DEA website above. Salvia Divinorum is entirely legal in the United States except for the states mentioned on this page and on teh DEA website. In October of 2002, a bill was introduced to the United States Congress that proposed to place Salvia Divinorum and Salvinorin A in schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act. The bill was passed amongst various committees, but no action was taken on it. Ultimately, it died with the dissolution of the 107th Congress at the end of 2002. The author of the bill, Representative Joe Baca of California (democrat), has recently stated that he will not reintroduce the bill. The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is presently studying Salvia Divinorum and Salvinorin A, and is considering whether or not they present a risk to public safety that would justify making them controlled substances (and consequently further infringing on the personal freedoms of American citizens). In July 2007, it became known that the DEA had recently initiated an Eight Factor Analysis of Salvia Divinorum. The Controlled Substances Act requires that this analysis be performed before a substance can be scheduled as a controlled substance. The eight factors considered are Actual and potential for abuse Several other states have proposed legislation against salvia, including Alabama, Alaska, California, Florida, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Many of these proposals have not made it into law, with motions having failed, stalled or otherwise died. According to the law in your country/ state
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. Common Sense Practices DO NOT burn if you are pregnant or nursing as it stimulates the muscles of the uterus General Practises... Smoking Chewing . Salvia Divinorum, native to certain areas in the Sierra Mazateca of Oaxaca Mexico, is one of 500 species of Sage and part of the mint family. Its characteristic features are large green leaves, hollow square stems and white flowers with purple calyces. The plant grows to well over a meter (3 feet) height. Unlike other species of salvia, Salvia Divinorum produces few seeds, and those seldom germinate. A close up of Salvia's white flowers with purple calyces Salvinorin A is the main active psychotropic molecule in Salvia Divinorum; it is a hallucinogenic compound with dissociative effects. Salvinorin A is found together with several other structurally related salvinorins. Salvinorin is a trans-neoclerodane diterpenoid; it acts as a kappa opioid receptor agonist and is the first known compound acting on this receptor that is not an alkaloid, making it very unique. Salvinorin A was isolated in 1982 by Alfredo Ortega in Mexico. Its pharmacological mechanism was elucidated in the laboratory of Bryan L. Roth. It is structurally quite distinct from other naturally occurring hallucinogens such as N,N-dimethyltryptamine, psilocybin, and mescaline and from synthetic hallucinogens such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), and ketamine. Salvinorin A has been reported to be the most potent naturally occurring psychoactive drug known to date. Salvinorin A's qualitative potency may be compared with LSD, though it is otherwise dissimilar, having quite different effects and timeframes. Salvinorin A can produce psychoactive experiences in humans with a typical duration of action being several minutes to an hour or so, depending on the method of ingestion. (Salvinorin A: Summenformel: C23H28O8 Molmasse: 432,5 g/mol) S-A-L-V-I-A Mnemonic Scale The scale is a guide to describe your salvia experiences; each level more intense than the previous.
A: ALTERED Perception L: LIGHT Visionary State V: VIVID Visionary State I: IMMATERIAL Existence At this level it is impossible to function in consensual reality, but unfortunately some people do not remain still but move around in this befuddled state. For this reason a sitter is essential to ensure the safety of someone voyaging to the inner levels. To the person experiencing this, the phenomenon may be terrifying or exceedingly pleasant; but to an outside observer the individual may appear confused or disoriented. A: AMNESIC Effects
Salvia Divinorum has been used in shamanic cultures for centuries and is deeply rooted in the Mazatecs culture. It is just one of several vision-inducing plants employed by the Mazatec Indians. Maria Sabina was the first contemporary Mexican shaman. She allowed Westerners to participate in the healing vigil known as the Velada, where all participants partake of the psilocybe mushroom as a sacrament to open the gates of the mind. The Velada is seen as a purification and as a communion with the sacred. Salvia was originally used by Mexican folk healers for ritual divination and exploration of the consciousness. It is still used by the Mazatec Indians, primarily to facilitate shamanic visions in the context of curing or divination, but also remedially at lower doses for example as a diuretic, or to treat ailments including diarrhea, anemia, headaches, rheumatism, and a semi-magical disease known as panzón de borrego, or a swollen belly, also know as “lamb belly”. The history of the plant is not well known, but there are three possibilities as to its origin. Since it is native to Sierra Mazateca of Oaxaca, Mexico and only one indigenous group uses it, it is either native to this area, or it is a cultigen of the Mazatecs, or is a cultigen of another indigenous group. (Cultigen: cultivated plants that do not have a wild or uncultivated counterpart for one of two reasons: either the original wild species is now extinct or its species was domesticated (grown and selected by humankind) from so far back in antiquity, and has undergone such drastic transformation under prehistoric human selection, that the plant's ancestry is essentially unknown. The first recorded articles of Salvia Divinorum was made in 1938 by Jean Basset Johnson who heard of Mazatecs shamanism making a tea from the leaves which caused psychotropic visions in users. He later documented its usage and reported its effects through personal testimonials. Gordon Wasson and Albert Hofmann acquired the first specimen of Salvia Divinorum from the Mazatecs in 1962 and brought Salvia specimens back for Carl Epling to identify. It was not until August 2002 that researchers discovered that Salvia Divinorum acts at the kappa opiate receptor (KOR) site, where much of human perception is regulated. This puts Salvia Divinorum in a class of drugs known as KOR agonists, which are thought to play psychotherapeutic roles in perception altering diseases such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease. What is Salvia Divinorum? Please see the complete product information on Salvia. How do I set up a reseller of Herbal Apothecary’s products? How much is shipping? How do you ship my product? How long does it take to get my order? What is your refund policy? What happens if I do not get my order?
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