Mint Family

Sweeteners such as sodium saccharin are added for taste. Other flavors are usually strong essential oils in the mint family. 

Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) is an upright flowering perennial, and a member of the mint family (Kowalchick and Hylton 1987). It is reputed... 

Nervous system Seizures Water hemlock, (parsley family), mint family Cicutoxin - effects potassium channels. Monoterpenes in mint oils... 

A. Yes. It appears that number of different Salvia species have different forms of psychoactivity. In addition some other members of the mint family (to which genus Salvia belongs) are psychoactive ( psychoactive means that a substance effects mood, alertness, thinking, emotion, or perception, most psychoactive substances are not hallucinogenic), for example there is a Central Asian mint known as intoxicating mint (Lagochiles inebriens) whose leaves are reportedly toasted and then brewed into a sedative tea. 

A New Mexican Psychotropic Drug from the Mint Family Botanical Museum Leaflets 20(l) 77-84. 

Wasson, R.G. (1962). A new Mexican psychotropic drug from the mint family. Botanical Museum Leaflets Harvard University 20 77-84. 

It would seem, in summary, that we are on the threshold of the discovery of a complex of psychotropic plants in the Eabiatae of Mint Family. We know that Salvia divinorum is so employed in the Sierra Mazateca, and Coleus pumila and two "forms" of C. Blumei are said by some of the Indians to be similiarly used. 

SALVIA DIVINORUM IS A MEMBER of the mint family which also includes such familiar herbs as oregano and basil. There are dozens of Salvia species, but Salvia divinorum is the only one known to contain the psychoactive diterpenes salvinorin A (at 96%) and salvinorin B (at 4%). Salvia has hollow, square stems with winged edges. The stems are not very sturdy, but with support, the plant can grow to eight feet tall. 

The mint family is sometimes called the Lamiaceae. It consists chiefly of cosmopolitan herbs prominent in the area from the Mediterranean to central Asia. The mints have long been used in medicine, as spices, and in some perfumes. They are familiar kitchen herbs (mint, basil, oregano, etc.). Many are cultivated as ornamentals. 

Features This member of the mint family grows up to twelve inches high, the stem... 

CATNIP -- Nepeta catoria. Family Labiatae (Mint family). 

INTOXICATING MINT -- Lagochilus inebrians. Family Libiatae (Mint family). 

Chia (Salvia hispanica L.) is an annual herbaceous plant from the mint family, Labiatae, and it is native to southern Mexico, northern Guatemala, and can be grown in South America and the Southwestern United States (52). This plant was used by the Aztec and other tribes of Central America as an important crop not only for food, but also for medicine and paint. Chia oil is a century-old ingredient that has been rediscovered today as a potential ingredient for cosmetic and food industries (52). Although chia has been cultivated for several centuries, presently it is cultivated only in some states in Mexico. The total area cultivated is less than 450 hectares per year. Trials to adopt this cultivar to other regions of America have been done with positive results (52). Chia seeds and oil are available on the American continent in health food stores. 

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