Salvia: Standarized v.s. Non-Standarized?

[CanaBliss]

(Assume 10x extract Salvia) What is the big diff. between the two besides price? Is one harder on your lungs or more potent? Or is it like cutting coke, so u don't get as much or wut?

[BlackHive]

Standardized means it has a measured, absolute amount of Salvinorum-A per gram. Non-standardized means they take approximately 10X the amount of Salvia Divinorum they're going to end up with (ie: 10 grams of leaves to end up with 1 gram of 'extract') but the actual amount of the active chemical, Salvinorum A, is not measured.. it's just estimated. With non-standardized extracts, the actual strength can vary because the absolute amount of Salvinorum A varies based on leaf quality and extraction methods and efficiency. Again, with standardized, there is that SET and measured amount of Salvinorum A per gram so they know it's exactly 10X (or whatever the X rating) as powerful.

Be careful with Salvia extracts. They pack a huge punch. Make sure you use a HOT lighter for your pipe and hold the flame over the extract so it's drawn down onto the extract as you inhale or the effects will be weak or nonexistant. Salvinorum A vaporizes at a temperature higher than the leaves themselves burn so just seeing burning extract doesn't mean the active chemical is being released. This is the biggest mistake most make... they roll it into joints or don't get it hot enough or use other methods and it just doesn't work for them so they dismiss it as useless.

It works. It's strong. Respect it and be prepared for it along with knowing how to use it properly and it'll be intense.

[CanaBliss]

Do you have conciousness when ur on Salvia (i.e. being able to say I smoked Salvia- these r the effects, not reality)? Also, so I torch it with a butane lighter and hold the lighter above the substance and then do I keep the lighter lit on top of the substance as I take my mouth off the bong and hold it for 30 seconds and exhale because isn't that just wasting the extract then? If I purchase the Non-standarized 10x what's the worst that could happen about the potency? Maybe b as low as 6x (but standarized)?

[rajking86]

My advice is to go to grasscity.com and look for the 6 $ salvia joint. rip it open and it was good for a week of occasional tripping. didn't state the X or if it was standardized or not, it was like prolly a 5-10 x experience, wasnt too shamanistic....had bursts of laughter, distance distortions, inebriation, loss of coordination slightly when walking, "stoned" heady kinda of feeling for 40 mins after.


Its all good.