Active Ingredient Salvia

The active ingredient of salvia is called Salvinori A. Because salvia divinorum is pretty much unknown and unstudied, only the basics can be given with certainty. The active ingredient of salvia is the strongest hallucinogen known to man, other substances of the plant are also very important and believed to help in the effects produced. Divinorin C for instance has a very similar chemical composition as Salvinori A, but the amount present is so insignificant, no studies have been made for it's effects.

Used by the Mazatec Indians and very probably ancient Aztecs and Mayas to communicate with divinity, it was the road to a new level of consciousness, a way of understanding nature and contacting the spiritual self. It's said to give powers of clairvoyance and to transmit knowledge, she is a teacher and should be taken responsibly. This is the reason salvia is taken by people who want to achieve a high level of meditation.

The active ingredient in salvia is not an alkaloid, it's molecular composition is actually quite simple. It only contains hydrogen, carbon and oxygen atoms, yet no laboratory has been able to synthesize it. A insignificant amount is enough to produce strong effects, actually this is one of it's problems, even people who use other kind of drugs fail to make an accurate measurement. This is a substance you don't want to measure and make a mistake on. With all the concentrates and extracts circulating, it's very important to know your way around them, many doses come pre-weighted, which is very practical, as the only correct way to obtain a proper dose is by weighing a dose in the millionth of a gram, most scales won't be able to determine this necessary measure. You should be very careful when consuming an extract and always have someone present.

In a drug test, the active ingredient of salvia will not show, as drug test usually check the urine for traces of coke, opiates and pot, any other substances must require a specific testing, one of the advantages of the active ingredient of salvia is it has a very peculiar chemical composition, unlike any drug, so a test looking for other substances (and any other drugs) will come out negative.

Further studies of the active ingredient of salvia will disclose many questions, among them the reason why salvinori A is not addictive, yet so powerful. What are her effects on the brain? Shamans claim they go to other places, scientists will bring many answers, or if such claims are to be true, them many more questions.