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[edit] Salvia Divinorum
I love smoking salvia and laying on my bed with my eyes shut, in the dark, in total silence... its really fun! and legal in america!
- Smoking in bed -- one of the major causes of house fires. Good luck! I hope that you don't live in shared accommodation. -- Derek Ross | Talk 20:53, Feb 11, 2005 (UTC)
Well, on the rare occasion that I smoke salvia, I burn the entire amount I plan to ingest at one time, and inhale all of the smoke in one breath, out of a pipe. Therefore, no smoldering embers or burning matter remain that are able to ignite something... just a tiny amount of ash.
Oh, are you the one who edited the comments under "salvia divinorum"? I am new to wikipedia, was it removed for a lack of sources? The information is true, what do I need to do to contribute what I know about it to this article?
52 = 25e33
- Nope, not guilty. I haven't edited the article at all. I just don't think that fire and bedclothes make a good combination. Glad to hear that there's no risk in your case -- Derek Ross | Talk 00:59, Feb 12, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Redirect?
Anyone want to rename this or create some sort of redirect page to the Sage (disambiguation) page? I am unaware as to what tag to add to "sage" to distinguish it as a plant (i.e. "sage (plant)" or "sage (herb)" Psyphics 02:23, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
Has anyone heard of burning sage within a home for a feng shui purpose? I moved into a townhome & everything goes wrong here...so my sister & friend to burn sage...I can't find info on this practice!
[edit] Renaming suggestion
This page is about species in the genus Salvia; 'sage' can also include species in other related genera (as already noted), and not all species of Salvia are called 'sage'. I'd suggest (1) moving this page to Salvia, and (2) move Sage (disambiguation) to Sage. Then all the uses of 'sage' could be at Sage, with links to the various genera and other uses of the name (wise people, etc). - MPF 21:58, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- Done - MPF 16:05, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] missing
We have a short stub on salvia glutinosa, but this species is missing in the list. TeunSpaans 21:48, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
- I added it. Its inflorescence has glandular hairs that give it a strong resin-like odour if touched, but the leaves are almost scentless. Is it correct to put between aromatic species? S. pratensis definitely and completely lacks any particular scent. Aelwyn 16:12, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
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- "Is it correct to put between aromatic species?" - I'd suggest abandoning the aromatic/non-aromatic division and list all alphabetically, until someone can get info on the botanical classification of the genus - MPF 16:36, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
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- I totally agree. Only I'm not sure that this genus has any particular important subdivisions, being entomophyle self-incompatible plants. My book doesn't mention anything particular, I'd suggest to list them alphabetically. Aelwyn 16:04, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
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should salvia leucantha be added to the list? Eddietoran 21:18, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Medicinal uses
My kneejerk reaction is to blank the whole medicinal section and only allow line-by-line sourced statements in the future - it's just too easy for anons to pass along totally bogus stuff here. Anybody have a better idea? Stan 19:41, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
