Plant profile · Europe
Common Sage
Garden sage — the kitchen leaf, not Prairie Sage the guide. A Mediterranean shrub for cooking, a sore throat gargle, and a clarifying cup.
This prototype offers educational plant guidance only and does not replace medical care. Check with a qualified professional before using herbs or supplements, especially if you take medication, are pregnant or breastfeeding, have a chronic condition, or are choosing something for a child or pet.
Benefits and traditional uses
- Culinary leaf
- Traditional gargle for a scratchy throat
- Aromatic digestive
European kitchen herbalism treated Salvia officinalis as food and a drying, clarifying plant. It is not the same being as Prairie Sage.
Precautions
- Culinary amounts are the everyday form.
- Concentrated sage or essential oil is not a casual internal remedy, especially in pregnancy.
Prepare
Fresh or dried leaf in food or tea. A gargle is traditional; swallowing a concentrated extract is another decision.
Dosage
Dosage is not provided in this prototype. A later sourced record can sit here. Do not treat any number on this site as a prescription.
Grow
Sun, grit, and a trim after flowering. Woody perennial.
Kitchen shrub · Not Prairie Sage · Dry sun
Cultural context
Character-led stories and cultural notes will live here once Maria’s research pass is in. Region on this card: Mediterranean.
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