SALVIA Sage is one of the oldest medicinal herbs ever used.
There is no part of this plant that can not be used. The leaves, flowers and stems all have healing attributes.
Sage is used to alleviate respiratory infection, nasal congestion, coughs, tonsillitis and sore throats. It helps with indigestion and with the liver. It is used for insomnia, by sleeping with a small pillow filled with dried sage leaves.
Usually, sage is prepared as a tea. (Pouring boiling water over sage leaves and letting mixture steep for ten minutes) One to two cups are drunk each day to relieve symptoms of coughs, and respiratory infections.

Sage has a powerful antiseptic effect. The leaves contain at least 1.5% (v/w) thujone-rich essential oil, based on the dried herb. Principal components of the essential oil, in addition to thujone, are cineol and camphor. In addition, the leaves contain tannins, diterpene bitter principles, triterpenes, steroids, flavones, and flavonoid glycosides.