Today’s glitch:
What we have here is a failure to make the introductory phrase (One of the most powerful hallucinogens in the garden) fit the rest of the sentence. Change the sentence to this: It is one of the most powerful hallucinogens in the garden, and smoking or ingesting the leaves will leave you a mumbling, giggling, screaming, gasping, confused wreck.
Add a comma after However.
When writing the scientific (binomial) name of something, italicize both words but capitalize only the first one: Salvia divinorum. (The writer of this example misspelled the name.)
Add in before herbal remedies.
Add a comma after digestive problems and another after sore throats.
It is one of the most powerful hallucinogens in the garden, and smoking or ingesting the leaves will leave you a mumbling, giggling, screaming, gasping, confused wreck. However, as a member of the sage family, Salvia divinorum is used in cooking and in herbal remedies to treat digestive problems, sore throats, and colds.
(For what it’s worth, ordinary sage — scientific name, Salvia officinalis — is also used to treat digestive problems, sore throats, and colds, and it doesn’t cause hallucinations, etc., plus it’s darn tasty in breakfast sausage and other foods.)
*Salvia apiana* is the variety found in my house. We don’t gather it for it’s medicinal uses. The ex is Native and the daughters use it for smudging.
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