{"id":63793,"date":"2022-10-14T05:44:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T10:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63793"},"modified":"2022-10-14T05:44:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T10:44:51","slug":"prepper-medicine-how-to-use-sage-a-versatile-healing-herb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63793","title":{"rendered":"Prepper medicine: How to use sage, a versatile healing herb"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prepper medicine: How to use sage, a versatile healing herb<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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(Natural News<\/a>) Sage is a flavorful herb that\u2019s often used during Thanksgiving to season turkey and homemade stuffing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The herb may be popular as a\u00a0culinary seasoning for holiday recipes, but you also need to learn the medicinal uses of sage before SHTF. (h\/t to\u00a0TheSurvivalMom.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Sage: A versatile herb for your home garden<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sage<\/a>\u00a0belongs to the mint family. While there are many varieties, the one you\u2019re probably most familiar with is the one used for cooking,\u00a0Salvia officinalis<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sage is very aromatic and using it gives your dishes an earthy, warm quality. The herb can be used fresh, dry, rubbed, and ground.\u00a0(Related:\u00a010 Ways to use comfrey, a powerful healing herb<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

While the modern use of sage usually involves\u00a0savory dishes, sage has been valued for its health benefits for thousands of years.<\/p>\n

The ancient Greeks and Chinese used varieties of sage to address different health issues. Native Americans used sage for meditation, protection and relaxation.<\/p>\n

Common garden sage, the variety you often use for cooking,\u00a0is also used for broader health purposes as recently as the late 1800s by early doctors like Physiomedicalists in the United States.<\/p>\n

Traditionally, sage has been used to address\u00a0minor discomforts like bloating and gas after eating a fatty meal to more serious health problems like\u00a0typhoid fever<\/a>\u00a0and tuberculosis.<\/p>\n

Sage health benefits<\/h3>\n

Sage is full of vitamins and minerals.\u00a0One teaspoon (0.7 grams) of ground sage<\/a>\u00a0contains only two calories,\u00a00.1 grams of fat and protein and\u00a00.4 grams of carbs.<\/p>\n

The same serving also contains:<\/p>\n