Salvia extracts · 5X to 80X · checked 17 October 2026
What 5X, 10X, 20X or 80X on a salvia extract means, fold ratio versus stated salvinorin A content, what lab tests found, and the law by country.
Slide, tap a vial or use the arrow keys.Seven strengths, from the mildest to the strongest. Figures are the shop's own.
5X
Labelled as one gram that carries the salvinorin A of five grams of the shop's dried leaf. Avalon also states a content: 18 mg salvinorin A per gram.
5 parts leaf → 1 part product
The shop says Avalon calls it five times stronger than its leaves and writes that it is meant for users who already know salvia.
The lowest extract step in the range, and still several times stronger than leaf by the label.
10X
One gram labelled as the salvinorin A of ten grams of leaf, stated by the shop as 36 mg per gram: twice the 5X.
10 parts leaf → 1 part product
The shop says Avalon's three-strength pack says to start with the 10X and work up from there; the 10X page itself speaks of users familiar with salvia.
Twice the content of 5X in the same pinch. Moving up one step at a time is the shop's own advice.
15X
Fifteen units of leaf per unit of product on the label, 54 mg salvinorin A per gram by the shop's figure.
15 parts leaf → 1 part product
The shop says Avalon writes that the 15X is for people who know the effects of salvia and want a stronger experience.
A middle step. The same pinch carries half as much again as the 10X.
20X
Twenty units of leaf per unit of product, 72 mg salvinorin A per gram as stated by the shop.
20 parts leaf → 1 part product
The shop says Avalon lists the 20X as designed for experienced users only.
From here on the shop addresses experienced users. A small weighing error already changes a lot.
30X
Thirty units of leaf per unit, 108 mg per gram according to the shop, sold as half a gram.
30 parts leaf → 1 part product
The shop says Avalon describes the 30X as very potent and for experienced salvia users only.
Half a gram of 30X holds as much salvinorin A, by the shop's figures, as a full gram of 15X.
40X
Forty units of leaf per unit, 144 mg per gram by the shop's figure, sold as half a gram.
40 parts leaf → 1 part product
The shop says Avalon advises caution with the 40X and gives 0.02 to 0.05 gram per use, for use where salvia is legal.
Amounts are in hundredths of a gram. Only a scale that reads to 0.001 g can tell them apart.
80X
The top of the range: eighty units of leaf per unit on the label, 288 mg per gram as stated by the shop.
80 parts leaf → 1 part product
The shop says Avalon calls the 80X the most potent extract in its range, only for experienced users who already know lower strengths, and gives 0.01 to 0.03 gram per use.
A few grains more or less make a large difference. A sober sitter stays with you, as at every strength.
For a stay in the Netherlands, where salvia is not controlled. Adults only.
The X on a salvia extract is a fold ratio. A 10X is labelled as one gram of product that carries the salvinorin A of ten grams of dried leaf. Some shops add a second, different figure: milligrams of salvinorin A per gram. Avalon Magic Plants, the shop behind this site, gives both for every extract it sells, from 5X to 80X.
This site is about that product category and nothing else: what the labels mean, why two products with the same X can differ, what published laboratory analyses found, how extract compares with leaf, tincture and spray, and where buying or carrying salvia is legal. The products are offered for a stay in the Netherlands, where salvia is not controlled.
A fold label describes what went in. A content figure describes what is in the product. The two only line up when the starting leaf is known, and leaf is not a fixed quantity: published analyses of dried leaf range from 0.89 to 7.8 mg of salvinorin A per gram (Chambers et al., 2022).
Take three batches of leaf at 1.5, 3.6 and 5 mg per gram. A true tenfold product made from each would hold about 15, 36 or 50 mg per gram, and all three could carry the same "10X". The middle row is the figure Avalon states for its own 10X. A stated content per gram is what lets you compare one product with another; the fold versus standardised page explains how herbal products are normally declared.
Smoked salvinorin A peaks within about two minutes and clear effects are gone after roughly 20 minutes (Johnson et al., 2011). In that window people often lose contact with the room. The basics apply at every strength: a sober sitter, sitting or lying down in a quiet room, nothing breakable or hot within reach, and no driving afterwards. Higher numbers make each of these more important.
Avalon's own route for a first purchase is its three-strength pack, with the advice to start with the 10X and move up only after that.
