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The Salvia divinorum FAQ
lighting. Chew the waxy material occasionally, parking it under your tongue between
chews. Keep the Saliva formed in your mouth so salvinorin can be absorbed from it.
Swallowing the material won’t harm you but swallowed salvinorin is not effective. Once
you want to come down, spit out the material remaining in your mouth and brush your
teeth to rid you mouth of the remaining extract. Expect a strong trip that develops
slowly.
XIV. POSSIBLE MEDICAL USES
Q. Are there medical or psychiatric uses?
A. Traditional Mazatec healers have used Salvia divinorum to treat medical and
psychiatric conditions conceptualized according to their traditional framework. Some
of the conditions for which they use the herb are easily recognizable to Western medical
practitioners (e.g colds, sore throats, constipation and diarrhea) and some are not, e.g.
'fat lambs belly' which is said to be due to a 'stone' put in the victims belly by means of
evil witchcraft.
Some alternative healers and herbalists are exploring possible uses for Salvia. The
problems in objectively evaluating such efforts and 'sorting the wheat from the chaff'
are considerable.
There are no accepted uses for Salvia divinorum in standard medical practice at this
time. A medical exploration of some possible uses suggested by Mazatec healing
practice is in order in such areas as cough suppression (use to treat colds), and
treatment of congestive heart failure and ascites (is 'fat lamb's belly' ascites?). Some
other areas for exploration include Salvia aided psychotherapy (there is anecdotal
material supporting its usefulness in resolving pathological grief), use of salvinorin as a
brief acting general or dissociative anesthetic agent, use to provide pain relief, use in
easing both the physical and mental suffering of terminal patients as part of hospice
care, and a possible antidepressant effect.
If a specific salvinorin receptor were discovered this would be of great interest to
psychopharmacology and neuroscience.
XV. FINDING OUT MORE
Q. What are some Salvia related URLs?
A. The best place to start is at the Salvia divinorum Research and Information Center
home page. There you will find links to many related sites. To discover more, just use
your favorite search engine to search on terms like 'Salvia', 'Salvia divinorum',
'Mazatec', and 'salvinorin' One of the best search engines to use is google.com.
Q. Are there any online Salvia divinorum discussion forums?
A. Yes, there are many:
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