FAMILY: Lamiaceae (Mint) GENUS: Salvia SPECIES: Divinorum COMMON NAMES: Diviner’s Sage, Hierba de la Pastora (Herb of the Shepherdess), Hierba de la Virgen (Herb of the Virgin), Hierba Maria (Mary’s Herb), Hoja de la Pastora (Leaves of the Shepherdess), Lady Salvia,...
-By Epling & Játiva-M A Hallucinogenic Mint Salvia divinorum is one of the vision-inducing plants used by the Mazatec Indians of central Mexico. The present status of research is summarized. Experiments with material collected at different Oaxacan sites confirmed...
I’ve spent more than half my life exploring and working with various plants. One of my favorite plants to help me relax is one that continues to gain steam in the mainstream, but is still very much in the shadows; Kava Kava. I’ve been in the Kava biz for...
UPDATE- 3/11/2015: After a successful petition by Change.org and the Botanical Legal Defense, the Broward County commission in Florida has voted to postpone a proposed ban on kratom until further research into the plant’s properties has been conducted. In the past,...