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Traditional methods
Mazatech shamans crush the leaves to extract leaf juices from about 20 to 80 (about 50g/2 oz to 200g/7 oz.) or more fresh leaves. They usually mix these juices with water to create an infusion or '
tea' which they drink to induce visions in ritual healing ceremonies.
Chewing and swallowing a large number of fresh leaves is the other Mazatec method. Oral consumption of the leaf makes the effects come on more slowly, over a period of 10 to 20 minutes. The experience, from the onset of effects, lasts from about 30 minutes up to one and a half hours.
Doses for chewing are vastly exceed doses used for smoking. By calculating the concentrations per leaf ("an average concentration of 2.45 mg per gram" of leaf
]), the average weight per leaf ("about 50 g" per 20 leaves, or 2.5g/leaf), and the standard dose for chewing (about 8-28 leaves), the doses can range from about 50mg to 172mg (a few to many times more
salvinorin A than consumed when smoking).
Smoking
Dry leaves can be smoked in a pipe, but most users prefer the use of a
water pipe to cool the smoke. The
temperature required to release salvinorin from the plant material is quite high (about 240°C). A cooler flame will work, but the direct application of a more intense flame, such as that of a
torch lighter, is often preferred.
Some find that untreated dry leaf produces unnoticeable or only light effects. Concentrated preparations or
extracts which may be smoked in place of untreated leaves, have become widely available. The enhanced leaf is described by a number followed by an x (e.g.
5x,
10x), the multiplicative factors being generally indicative of the relative amounts of leaf concentrate, though there is no accepted standard for these claims.
However, these numbers may be roughly indicative of the relative concentration of the
active princible, (salvinorin A), but the measure should not be taken as absolute. Overall extract
potency will depend on the (naturally varying) strength of the untreated leaf used in preparing the extract, as well as the
efficiency of the extraction process itself.
Extracts reduce the overall amount of inhalations needed to ingest a given amount of active principle, thus facilitating more powerful experiences, proportionate to the concentration strength of the dried leaves.
If salvia is smoked, then the main effects are experienced quickly. The most intense 'peak' is reached within a minute or so and lasts for 1–5 minutes, followed by a gradual tapering off. At 5–10 minutes, less intense yet still noticeable effects typically persist, giving way to a returning sense of the everyday and familiar until back to
baseline after about 15 to 20 minutes.
Quid chewing
The
traditional method of chewing the leaves has continued in modern use. However, salvinorin A is generally considered to be
inactive when orally ingested, as salvinorin A is effectively deactivated by the gastrointestinal system.
Therefore, in what's understood to be a modern innovation, the 'quid' of leaves is held in the mouth as long as possible in order to facilitate absorption of the active constituents through the oral mucosa. 'Quid' refers to the fact that at the end of this method the user spits out the leaves rather than swallowing them because ingesting the leaves has no known effect. Chewing consumes more of the plant than smoking, and produces a longer-lasting experience.
information taken from Wikipedia
