Sage Tea 15g
Ingredients: European Sage (Salvia officinalis), grown organically at Dilston Physic Garden
Our traditional European tonic is naturally rich in a range of bioactive phytochemicals that act across multiple pathways to support brain and body health.
Sage improves memory and cognition in the young, older adults, and in those with Alzheimer's. It also improves mood, eases menopausal symptoms, and supports healthy glucose, lipid and antioxidant profiles in clinical studies. Sage also has powerful anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial actions and is neuroprotective. All these actions have been associated with maintaining brain health.
Sage is the reason the Dilston Physic Garden began, inspiring decades of scientific research and proving itself! One of the ways it improves memory is by increasing the presence of acetylcholine, the brain’s key memory and attention signal. Acetylcholine naturally declines as we age and in Alzheimer’s disease, it's wider cholinergic system is profoundly affected.
“Why should a man die who has sage growing in his garden?”
Anonymous quote from the medieval medical tradition of Salerno, where medical students were taught using its medicinal plant garden, the Giardino dei Semplici. Sage was celebrated there as Salvia salvatrix, naturae conciliatrix: sage the saviour, reconciler of nature.
Enjoy as a tea with honey, and use widely in cooking: add to dressings, pasta, soups, stews, stuffing and roast vegetables.
Caution: If you are trying to conceive, pregnant, breast feeding, have a medical condition, taking any medication or under medical supervision please consult a doctor or NIMH medical herbalist before taking at a medicinal level. Do not take if you are allergic to any of the ingredients. Do not stop taking any medication you have been prescribed without first consulting a health professional. Not in epilepsy. Caution at a medicinal level with high blood pressure.
Always first consult a NIMH medical herbalist or healthcare professional before giving to a child.
