ISalvia divinorum sisityalo esihlala sihlala sihlala kumahlathi afumileyo kwiiNtaba zeSierra Madre de Oaxaca kumazantsi ephondo laseMexico iOaxaca, apho ikhula kwindawo efumileyo, enomthunzi.
Ngokungafaniyo neziyobisi ezithile ze-hallucinogenic (ezifana ne-mescaline), i-substance esebenzayo kwi-Salvia Divinorum ayikho i-alkaloid, kodwa i-terpenoid ebizwa ngokuba yi-Salvinorin A, kwaye indlela yokusebenza kwayo ayikaqondwa ngokupheleleyo yisayensi.
Kwilizwe elivela kuyo, oogqirha babahedeni (i-shamans) basebenzisa isityalo ukuze "banxibelelane nehlabathi labafileyo kunye nemimoya", leyo ngokwenkolo yasekuhlaleni inokunika ugqirha wabahedeni ngolwazi oluluncedo malunga nezifo, ukubikezelwa kwekamva kunye nobuthixo. ubulumko. I-shaman igaya amagqabi amatsha esityalo kwaye iwasele njenge-infusion. Isiphumo seyeza sinokuhlala kwimizuzu emininzi ukuya kwiiyure ezininzi, apho i-shaman ingena kwi-catalepsy-like trance.
Kumazwe asentshona, iSalvia itshaywa kusetyenziswa iibongs, imidiza okanye imibhobho. Xa utshaya, iziphumo zihlala imizuzu embalwa kuphela, kodwa zinamandla kakhulu.
ISalvia divinorum ayikho mthethweni eOstreliya, eUnited States nakwamanye amazwe aseYurophu. Kwamanye amazwe aseNtshona, inokuthengwa njengemveliso engaphandle kweshelufu.
