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Sage

The Essentials

A sage plant in a garden bed, its soft grey-green oval leaves with pebbled surfaces growing in pairs along low stems
Sage (maryam goli) is known by its soft, pebbled grey-green leaves growing in pairs along the stem.

Persian and Greek medicine's classic herb for the throat, the gums, and 'weakness of the brain.'.

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Trials of a standardised sage extract (~280 mg/day) show clear help with hot flashes and a gentle lift for memory and focus.

Culinary pinches are safe long-term. Concentrated tinctures (a liquid extract made with alcohol) are best used short-term.

Used intentionally for weaning: so avoid during active nursing.

Sage's botanical name, Salvia, comes from the Latin 'salvare' — to save. That tells you how highly it was regarded. Its aromatic compounds have a long history in memory, oral health, and respiratory traditions.

Known to botanists as Salvia officinalis.

Studied for cognitive (to do with thinking and memory) support and memory.

Antioxidant rosmarinic acid.

May ease hot flashes.