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Re: Salvia divinorum

Hi Robert,
Fascinated by your post, particularly reference to salvias as
antidepressant agents. If it's not too much bother could you fill me in on
which salvias in particular, and the treatment details ....will sage
stuffing result in a cheering christmas turkey ?
Mark
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> From: ChroniAbaloni@webtv.net
> To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: Re: Salvia divinorum
> Date: 18 August 1997 00:59
> 
> I must be setting a record for lateness replying to a post, but I was
> trying to make sure I wasn't bouncing mail with so much of it I've yet
> to read, and couldn't resist taking a few moments regarding the posts on
> Salvia divinorum.
> 
> I'm a little confused about the ethnobotany, I've seen an interview with
> Gordon Wasson reprinted that says that primarily the seeds are used.
> Granted even this is a curiosity, since I've yet to hear of nature
> producing a *perfect* entheogen, but I do wish I knew better what to
> expect of it in regards to it's setting seed.
> 
> Although it seems very easy to cultivate, and I've obtained starts from
> both Companion Plants and Well-Sweep Herb Farm, to name those priced
> within reason, I've managed to kill several specimens because of periods
> of not attending the plant, when a succeptibility to red spider mites
> proved fatal. I would enjoy being able to start it from seed in hopes of
> circumventing that, since I've never been able to physically remove red
> spider from Salvias elegans and involucrata, probably my unwillingness
> to use a systemic insecticide, along with some difficulties maintaining
> humidity under flourescents...
> 
> Is it correct that besides the constituents of Salvia divinorum being
> notable as diterpene entheogens, they are also notable for being
> non-nitrogenous?
> 
> I could imagine that the constituents of many Salvias noted as
> euphoriants/ antidepressants would be affecting neurotransmitters in
> some way, and it's probably not far a reach to speculate the same about
> the Salvinorins, but I am curious about
> the reference to showing promise in unravelling learning disorders.
> 
> I am wondering if Richard Dufresne, or anyone, might have any more to
> say on that matter? 
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> Robert Carl, Mint Family Collector
> ChroniAbaloni@webtv.net
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