Is Salvia Divinorum A Healer?

Salvia Divinorum (SD), also popularly known as Sage plant, is very popular among the Shamans of Mexico. The plant is also known by various other names such as Magic Mint, Sage of Seers, Maria Pastora, Diviners Sage and Sally D.

This Mexican herb, a known psychotherapy supplement, has been identified to have positive effects on various complicated human disease like cardiovascular diseases, AIDs and even cancer. It has also shown therapeutic signs on patients of alcohol, cocaine, heroin, morphine, nicotine, tobacco or amphetamine addiction, severe pain, Alzheimer, Schizophrenia and insomnia. Studies have proved the Salvia Divinorum as a non-toxic and non-addictive herb.

It also works as a toxin remover from the skin and works well on some common hot skin problems like acne and boils. It soothes inflammation, too. It has been in use to prevent heart diseases in China for decades. It improves blood circulation in myocardium and provides protection against cardiovascular diseases. Chinese even use it for treating menstrual problems. More medical research on SD’s therapeutic effects have shown relaxation from some other human disorders like stress, bipolar disorder, attention deficit, depression, anxiety, etc.

SD’s psychedelic effects, which it is more popular for, include memory retrieval, self realization, introspective, blissful and trance like states such as weightless floating in the space. It is said to take its users from nether confinement to ether liberation.

There are different methods of taking Salvia Divinorum. Earlier its leaves were crushed to extract juice. Some would boil its leaves with water to prepare a tea-like concoction from it.  People who were used to of smoking would rather smoke its dried leaves in pipes. Chewing was also a method of consuming it but it is not an advisable one as it is said that it loses all its vitality in human digestive system. However, if one prefers chewing to any other method of its consumption, he or she should keep it in mouth for quite some time to let its abstracts mix in saliva and be absorbed into bloodstreams. Today, it is also available in more refined, easy-to-use capsules and inhalers, too.

Some truths about SD:

It does not contain any hallucinogens.

It has no side effects on users (An overdose might create mild headache though.)
It does not contain any addictive ingredient or carcinogens like nicotine in it.
It is a legal drug in almost all countries; with exceptions of course.

Salvia Divinorum acts immediately and reaches to the peak within 5 to 10 minutes of its consumption. Then the effects starts receding and might take anything upto an hour or so to diminish.