Using A Pipe With Salvia
Using a pipe when smoking Salvia is pretty much essential if you want the full effects of the trip. The Mazatec Indians chew the leaves, and it is even possible to drink them (after blending, of course), but the full effects will only come with pipe smoking. If you think that you can just roll up some leaves and smoke in the same way that you would with cannabis then please think again: Salvia combusts at much higher temperatures than cannabis so this method just isn’t feasible.
Getting a pipe is not difficult, and if you want to make life easy then simply buy the pipe at the same time as you buy the Salvia; you will usually find them available at the same shops (whether you generally visit the online or brick and motor variety).
If you don’t have a pipe then a bong will do. Some people say that a bong helps to cool down the otherwise very hot Salvia smoke, and actually makes it a lot less harsh. Some people I know will only smoke it through a bong. A ‘ghetto bong’ (think do-it-yourself) will work though if you’ve got the experience to know what you’re doing there, you probably have a pipe or two elsewhere already!