Note: Okay so I know there are already threads about salvia but I went through most of them and they're either really old or everyone talks about extracts so I wanted to go ahead make a separate post to get peoples' current opinions about the plain leaf.

I have a friend that's growing a Salvia D. plant (legal where I live) and I was thinking about asking him for some dried leaves to enhance my dreams. I've read about it being a great way to produce vivid dreams and possibly help with lucidity. I have absolutely NO interest in the hallucinations and I only want it for dreaming. I've smoked extract before once and didn't enjoy the trip but loved the afterglow affect when it wore off, so I want to just try either smoking or chewing plain leaf for a very mild effect that could possibly enhance my dreams for a few days. I'm not just looking for a quick fix to lucidity either, I plan to do this only after I have gotten fairly comfortable with lucid dreaming, I don't want to feel like I need enhancements to get lucid I just want possibly more vivid and enlightening dreams.

Has anyone had any experience with this specifically (plain leaf, not extracts) enhancing your dreams or lucidity, and if so what is your preferred method? I'd like to get an idea of how much to use for a mild effect but with some benefit at night.

Please no comments about drugs being bad or whatever, this is purely for dreaming purposes and not for tripping, and would only be done on few occasions. Also I'd like to limit the discussion solely to plain leaf experiences and not extracts unless you are talking about how it affected your dreaming.