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a garden herb that moonlights as the most terrifying drug nobody enjoys.
means Salvia is a large genus of aromatic plants in the mint family, including common garden sage and the potent psychoactive species Salvia divinorum.
from From Latin salvia, the Roman name for sage, derived from salvus, "safe, healthy, whole" (also the root of "salvage" and "salvation") — sage was prized as a healing herb, and an old saying asked why anyone should die while sage grew in the garden. The same salvus gives us "save" itself, making salvia, quite literally, the plant of well-being.
- family ties
- largest genus in the mint family, nearly 1000 species
- trip length
- divinorum's intense high lasts under fifteen minutes
- mazatec roots
- shamans chewed it for divination in Oaxaca
- kitchen cousin
- common sage is Salvia officinalis
- odd receptor
- acts on kappa-opioid, unlike most psychedelics
salvia divinorum — psychoactive plant from oaxaca mexico, used in traditional ceremonies, active compound salvinorin a is 5-10x stronger than lsd
salvia officinalis — common culinary sage herb from mediterranean, used for thousands of years in cooking and traditional medicine
salvia hispanica — chia plant native to mexico, seeds contain omega-3 fatty acids and were staple food of aztecs