<p align="left"><strong>Background</strong>: <em>Salvia circinata</em> is an endemic species of Mexico used in the folk medicine of Santiago Huauclilla, Oaxaca, mainly as remedy for gastrointestinal diseases.</p><p align="left"><strong>Hypothesis</strong>: If the extracts of <em>Salvia circinata</em> have secondary metabolites with antinociceptive activity, then the behavior of nociception in the model of “whriting” in mice will decrease.</p><p align="left"><strong>Specie studied</strong>:<strong> </strong><em>Salvia circinata </em>Cav. (Lamiaceae).</p><p align="left"><strong>Study site and years of study</strong>: <em>Salvia circinata </em>was collected in Santiago Huauclilla, Oaxaca, in July 2014.</p><p align="left"><strong>Methods</strong>: Firstly, the acute toxicity of <em>S. circinata</em> extracts was evaluated to calculate the LD<sub>50 </sub>with OECD method. Then, dose-response curves of the antinociceptive effect of <em>S. circinata</em> organic and aqueous extracts (1, 10, 30, 100, and 300 mg/kg) were obtained in the writhing test in mice. Furthermore, chromatographic techniques were applied to isolate the compounds and were identified by comparison of the values of <sup>1</sup>H NMR, <sup>13</sup>C NMR and ESIMS reported in the literature.</p><p align="left"><strong>Results</strong>: Our data showed significant antinociceptive activity in all the tested extracts. Amarisolide A and pedalitin were isolated in the ethyl acetate and methanol extracts, respectively and assayed at doses of 1, 5 and 10 mg/kg, i.p. All the compounds decreased nociception in mice in at least 50 % from a minimal dosage of 1 mg/kg, i.p. and in a similar manner than the reference drug ketorolac (1 mg/kg, i.p.).</p><p align="left"><strong>Conclusions</strong>: Our findings give evidence that <em>Salvia circinata </em>possesses antinociceptive activity depending on the presence of several known bioactive constituents, reinforcing its use in the Mexican traditional medicine to alleviate abdominal pain.</p>