Salvia officinalis and Salvia divinorum are both members of the mint family of plants , but their differences are many . Salvia officinalis is the sage with gray - green leaves that is a common culinary flavourer . Salvia divinorum , aboriginal to the northern Sierra Mazateca Mountains in Mexico , has hallucinogenic property when ingested or smoked .

Saliva Officinalis Description

S. officinalis , garden sage , develop from the Mediterranean area . It is a abruptly - lived , semi - woody shrub with muzzy , thick , grey - green or multi - colored oval leave-taking that are intensely aromatic . The leaves , about 3 inches long , have a slightly sulphurous fragrance propose maize or rosemary . They have a " pebbly " surface and are arrange in opposing duo on a square stem ; they have conspicuous veins on the underside .

S. Officinalis Uses

S. officinalis is an important herbaceous plant in western cookery . It is used to flavor egg ravisher , salads , sum , soups , swither and vegetables as well as to flavor teas and vinegars . It is also as an element in cosmetic , perfumes and soap . Advocates of alternative medicinal drug assert that extracts of sage are useful in gargles to treat sore throat and in quinine water that move as a digestive stimulant ; salvia extracts are also consider to help digest fatty meats , down blood sugar in diabetic and treat brawniness cramp . These and other medicative properties of S. officinalis are based on anecdotic evidence and have not been proven by clinical trials .

Saliva Divinorum Description

S. divinorum is a semi - tropical perennial shrub with oval , serrated leave that develop up to 9 column inch long . They have a sapless minty aroma . The plant has a classifiable stem that is vacuous and square . The works can grow several yards high . The blossom are white-hot with a purple calyx , that part of the flower which holds the sepal . S. divinorum contains an active hallucinogen , salvinorin . In 2002 , researchers discovered that S. divinorum acts on that part of the nous known as the kappa opiate sense organ that regulates much of human sensing .

S. Divinorum Uses

Dried S. divinorum leaf can be smoke in a pipe or as a coffin nail for balmy euphoric effects lasting up to 15 minute . When the leaves are chew , the salvinorin enters the mucus of the sass , producing visual hallucinations . Its leave are sometimes crushed and motley with drinks . Extracts of salvinorin are vaporized and inhaled .

Caution

Dr. Jay L. Hoecker of the Mayo Clinic says S. divinorum is n’t believe to be addictive but is not been adequately studied in clinical trial . Researchers have sex small about the long - terminus effects and risks of using the herbaceous plant as an hallucinogen . Salvia divinorum is treat as a check substance in Delaware , Florida , Illinois , Kansas , Kentucky , Mississippi , Missouri , North Dakota , Ohio , Oklahoma , South Dakota and Virginia . It is illegal if it is intended for human consumption in Louisiana and Tennessee . It is illegal in Australia , Denmark , Belgium , Italy , Germany , Japan , Poland , South Korea , Latvia and Lithuania . A Dr. ’s prescription is needed to spell it into Estonia , Finland , Iceland and Norway . Its cut-rate sale , but not monomania , is illegal in Spain .

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