Certified Organic Culinary & Medicinal Herb Seeds

Sage  - Salvia officinalis

Native to the shores of the northern Mediterranean, sage is an aromatic, rather woody perennial shrub that grows to about 2 feet tall.  There are a multitude of uses for sage including culinary, medicinal, craft and ornamental. In the U.S. most people are familiar with sage in the stuffing for turkeys at Thanksgiving, but it shouldn't be restricted to this use.

As a medicinal plant, sage has traditionally been considered an antispasmodic, antiseptic, astringent, diaphoretic, expectorant, nervine, and tonic. Sage has been reported to act as a bactericide and is used in mouthwashes and gargles. The plant is also used as a convulsant and antisecretory agent, and as Salvin, a preparation of leaves used as an antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory agent in treating oral cavity disease.