Andreas Moritz
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 Sage Oil—A Memory Booster
In the 17th century, noted herbalist Nicholas Culpepper wrote that the herb sage could "heal" the memory, while, "warming and quickening the senses." sage has always had that reputation, but no one knew why. Researchers from the Medical Plant Research Centre (MPRC) at the Universities of Newcastle and North Umbria in the U.K. have possibly uncovered sage's ancient secret. An enzyme called acetyl cholinesterase (AChE) breaks down a chemical called acetylcholine that is typically deficient in Alzheimer's patients. According to a 2003 study at MPRC, sage inhibits AChE. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Oil of sage contains a compound called thujone, an effective agent against both salmonella and Candida. sage also contains the phenolic acid rosmarinic acid, which is both an antioxidant and an anti-inflammatory. For this reason, sage has been found to be beneficial for fighting such inflammatory conditions as gingivitis and rheumatoid arthritis.
In animal research, sage was found to be antihypertensive (it lowers blood pressure). And in one study—yet to be confirmed in humans—it had an antidiabetic effect. |
| However, sage may decrease breast milk supply and is considered by some experts to be a uterine stimulant—virtually all pregnancy experts advise that sage and sage preparations should not be taken during pregnancy. e
Although a generation of baby boomers probably first heard the name of this herb through the immortal Simon and Garfunkel song, it's actually been around since the days of the ancient Greeks and Romans, who valued it as an aphrodisiac. |
J. E. Williams, O.M.D.
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 Common Herbal Antibiotic Alternatives
Garlic Goldenseal sage Usnea
Note on Dosages:
Some dosages are given in ranges. As a rule, for chronic conditions start with the lower dosage and gradually work towards the higher dosage, monitoring your response for possible adverse effects. For acute conditions, start with the higher dosages but only for a maximum of seven to ten days, and then discontinue. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| In animal research, sage was found to be antihypertensive (it lowers blood pressure). And in one study—yet to be confirmed in humans—it had an antidiabetic effect. Recent research has confirmed something that herbalists have long known: sage works as a memory enhancer.
It's also used for combating indigestion, excessive perspiration, and sore throats. And if that weren't enough, it's also been found to be helpful with menopausal night sweats.
WORTH KNOWING
Sage is completely safe, and no health hazards or side effects are known. |
Ruth Winter
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 Greek sage oil, obtained by steam distillation, is used in berry, grape, liquor, meat, creme de menthe, nutmeg, and sage flavorings for beverages, ice cream, ices, candy, baked goods, chewing gum, condiments, meats, and pickles. Greek sage oleoresin (see) is used in sausage and spice flavorings for condiments and meats. Spanish sage oil is used in fruit and spice flavorings for beverages, ice cream, ices, candy, baked goods, condiments, and meats. It is also used as a meat preservative. Greek sage is used in medicine. Used by herbalists to treat sore gums, mouth ulcers, and to remove warts. |
David Heber, M.D., Ph.D.
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 Sage
Tradition holds that sage is supposed to be harvested on the dawn of Midsummer Day when the first ray of sunlight strikes the highest mountain. There is no scientific reason for this, and sage is picked whenever the plant is fully grown to a diameter of about thirty-six inches. A well-maintained plant will last for more than five years. Dried sage is preferred over fresh sage. sage is good in tomato soups and with poultry.
French Tarragon
Tarragon is native to northern Asia and not France, as its name would imply. |
Andreas Moritz
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| Researchers gave 44 subjects either sage oil capsules or placebo capsules containing sunflower oil, and then conducted word recall tests. The group that received sage oil turned in significantly better test results than subjects that took the placebo.
Sage can be found in health food stores and from many Internet sites. There are no known side effects.
Guarana—An Energy Booster
There is yet another South American plant that has very unusual and beneficial health-promoting properties. The plant is known as paullinia cupana, and its seeds as Guarana. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| However, sage may decrease breast milk supply and is considered by some experts to be a uterine stimulant—virtually all pregnancy experts advise that sage and sage preparations should not be taken during pregnancy. e
Although a generation of baby boomers probably first heard the name of this herb through the immortal Simon and Garfunkel song, it's actually been around since the days of the ancient Greeks and Romans, who valued it as an aphrodisiac. |
Jack Challem
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 A cup Lotus Foods' Bhutanese Red Rice Flour* or brown rice flour Va teaspoon paprika extra-virgin olive oil butter
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 medium-size shallot, diced
4 fresh sage leaves, minced; or 1 teaspoon dried sage
V2 cup extra-dry vermouth or very dry white wine
1 cup high-quality chicken broth (such as Pacific brand)
2-3 tablespoons small capers, drained juice from 1 lemon lemon slices and parsley (optional)
*This can be ordered at www.lotusfoods.com. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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 The seeds have a flavor that is similar to citrus peel and sage. Ground coriander is a major ingredient in curry powder, certain Belgian-style beers, and other aromatic dishes. Coriander is often used commercially as an ingredient to make medications more palatable. It is also used as a flavoring in gin, pickles, and sausages, and as a component of makeup and perfumes.
A Serving of Food Lore...
The use of coriander can be traced back over seven thousand years, making it one of the world's oldest known spices. |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
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 Stir in the minced sage, cover and let stand for 10 minutes before serving. Ladle two 1%-cup servings into the soup bowls. Garnish with fresh sage leaves and serve warm. Allow the remaining half of the soup to cool. Pour the soup into a shallow freezer container, label, and freeze.
Note: If you do not own an immersion blender, allow the soup to cool slightly. Puree it in batches in a blender. Return half of the soup to the stockpot and gently reheat. Allow the remaining soup to completely cool and freeze. |
Richard Bartlett
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 Following the silly but sage advice of my "guides," I imagined it "not there," and it wasn't. What a difference the framework of your perceptions and beliefs can make.
Just recently, with the advent of the message board on the Matrix Energetics website, people have been telling me that they are learning how to do these things simply by reading about them and applying what is taught there. One chiropractor learned how to apply the concepts of "Two-Point" and "Time Travel" just by seeing me demonstrate them on the streaming video posted on the website. |
The Editors of FC&A
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| Fish — basil, curry powder, dill, garlic, lemon juice, dry mustard, nutmeg, paprika, parsley, sage, or turmeric.
• Chicken — curry powder, dill, ginger, dry mustard, nutmeg, or rosemary.
• Lean meats — allspice, bay leaves, caraway seeds, chives, curry powder, garlic, lemon juice, dry mustard, onion, paprika, parsley, sage, thyme, or turmeric.
• Soups - basil, bay leaves, caraway seeds, chives, dill, garlic, onions, paprika, parsley, or thyme.
• Stews — allspice, basil, bay leaves, caraway seeds, or sage. |
Jack Challem
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| Broiled Asparagus (Serves 3)
12 ounces fresh asparagus spears extra-virgin olive oil
Va red onion, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon fresh sage, chopped
Cut off the woody 1-inch bottoms of the asparagus stems. Then use a vegetable peeler to remove the peel along the lower parts of the stems. Spread a thin layer of olive oil on a baking sheet and lay the asparagus spears on it. Arrange the onion slices on top of the asparagus. Drizzle them with olive oil and sprinkle them with sage. Broil them for 3 to 5 minutes with the asparagus about 3 inches from the heating element. |
Ben-Erik van Wyk
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 Greek sage grows naturally in the eastern Mediterranean region (Italy and Greece to Syria), while clary sage occurs from southern Europe to central Asia. sage has a long history as a medicinal plant (salvus is Latin for healthy). Commercial cultivation occurs in the Mediterranean region, eastern Europe, Asia and the USA. Parts used Fresh or dried leaves.
Cultivation & harvesting Plants are easily propagated from seeds or cuttings. They prefer alkaline (lime-rich) soils. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 Pleurisy root (Aesclepius tuberosa) Poke root (Phytolacca americana) Rhubarb (Rheum palmatum) Rue (Ruta graveolens) Sage* (Salvia officinalis) Sarsaparilla (Smilax officinale) Senna (Cassia senna) Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) Stillingia (Stillingia sylvatica) Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) Thuja (Thuja occidentalis) Wormwood (Artemesia absinthinum) Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
*Small amounts of nutmeg and sage used in cooking are OK.
Note: Some of the herbs listed may be recommended by a licensed practitioner with expertise in the use of botanicals during pregnancy and labor. |
C. P. Khare
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 English: Wild sage.
Parts used
Whole plant.
Dose
Juice 10-20 ml.
Use in Western herbal
Lippia spp. are credited with calming, digestive and antispasmodic properties. The drug is also used as a stimulating expectorant.
Recently, essential oils of Lippia spp. have been tested for their antibacterial and antifungal properties against some micro-organisms living on the skin of feet and armpits. The essential oils, also their main components, thymol and carvacrol, show strong antagonistic activities. Corynebacte-rium xerosis developing axillary odour is specially inhibited. |
Andreas Moritz
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| The group that received sage oil turned in significantly better test results than subjects that took the placebo.
Sage can be found in health food stores and from many Internet sites. There are no known side effects.
Guarana—An Energy Booster
There is yet another South American plant that has very unusual and beneficial health-promoting properties. The plant is known as paullinia cupana, and its seeds as Guarana. Like Lapacho (Pau d'Arco), Guarana can be found in most health food stores
Guarana is regarded as a natural elixir or energy booster. |
Joseph Campbell
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| Hence one of the Sanskrit terms for sage is muni, "the silent one." Sakyamuni (one of the titles of Gautama Buddha) means "the silent one or sage (muni) of the Sakya clan." Though he is the founder of a widely taught world religion, the ultimate core of his doctrine remains concealed, necessarily, in silence.
39 Greatly abridged from Jataka, Introduction, i, 58-75 (translated by Henry Clarke Warren, Buddhism in Translations (Harvard Oriental Series, 3) Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1896, pp. 56-87), and the Lalitavistara as rendered by Ananda K. |
David Bodanis
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 The effect can be imagined as what would happen to a rolling sage brush that came across a water-ski ramp jutting up in its way, left over from an abandoned movie set perhaps. The sage brush would roll up the ramp and go flying off; as there are almost as many larger sand-particle take-off ramps in the Sahara as there are medium particles to roll into them, plenty of the tumbling sand particles are sent skyward this way too.
At this point the analogy with the sages brushes of Western extra fame must be dropped. sage brush is hollow, and sand particles are solid. |
Jack Challem
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 Preheat the oven to 425 degrees R Remove the chicken from its plastic wrapping and discard the giblets, which will be tucked inside the cavity. Rinse the chicken inside and out under cold running water, then pat it dry with paper towels. Place the chicken breast side up on the wire rack. With your fingers, loosen some of the skin located above the breast to create a pocket. Rub some of the sage on the breast and under the skin, and rub any extra sage on as much of the chicken's skin as possible. Insert the garlic under the skin and place the extra slices on the bird and in the cavity. |
David Bodanis
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| The effect can be imagined as what would happen to a rolling sage brush that came across a water-ski ramp jutting up in its way, left over from an abandoned movie set perhaps. The sage brush would roll up the ramp and go flying off; as there are almost as many larger sand-particle take-off ramps in the Sahara as there are medium particles to roll into them, plenty of the tumbling sand particles are sent skyward this way too.
At this point the analogy with the sages brushes of Western extra fame must be dropped. sage brush is hollow, and sand particles are solid. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 Serves 3
Vegetable Almondine Bake_
3 ounces wheat flakes
3 ounces onion, chopped
3 ounces tomato, chopped
3 ounces green pepper, chopped
1 1/2 ounces scallions, chopped
1 1/2 ounces almonds, blanched and slivered 1/4 teaspoon thyme
1/4 teaspoon sage 1/4 teaspoon curry 1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sesame oil
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease 4x8 baking dish with sesame oil. Cook wheat flakes in 12 ounces water for 10 to 12 minutes. Saute vegetables, almonds, thyme, sage, curry and salt in a skillet with sesame oil for 5 minutes. |
Jack Challem
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| Rub some of the sage on the breast and under the skin, and rub any extra sage on as much of the chicken's skin as possible. Insert the garlic under the skin and place the extra slices on the bird and in the cavity.
Roast the chicken for about 1 hour. Use an instant-read thermometer to check that the meat in the thickest part of the breast is 160 to 165 degrees. If it isn't that hot yet, continue cooking the chicken for a few more minutes. A larger chicken will need about 10 minutes of additional cooking time per pound of weight. |
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