Sagebrush
artemesia tridentata
Wormwood Family

NORTH AMERICAN SACRED HERBS:
Sage, Sweet Grass, Cedar, and Tobacco.

GEOGRAPHY AND IDENTIFICATION OF SAGE

There are many varieties
of sage and many uses of the various plants.
Sage here is sagebrush or artemesia tridentata,
a member of the Wormwood family.

It is grown throughout parts
of Western North America.

Nine species and eighteen sub species
live in America.

Artemesia tridentata is most frequently
used by the Southwest Indians.

It can be chewed to relieve
indigestion or as a natural breath neutralizer.

When it is smoked or used as a tea
it helps relieve congestion and stuffiness.

Sage can be mixed
with other herbs and smoked in a pipe.

Drink Sage tea for colds,
flu, fevers and congestion.
The tea can be used to rid the body
of toxins released into the system
when the body is stressed.

Sage can be used for poultices and applied
to the body to aid in healing
for colds and various other maladies.

Steamed sage can be used to help against rheumatism.

Slows down secretion of fluids which reduces
excessive perspiration (night sweats) and excessive
sweating of menopausal hot flashes.

I have myself gone to my sage plant,
pulled a leaf and chewed it a few minutes (YUK)
but relieves the hot flash very quickly.

Known to be useful; nervousness, trembling
depression and it has the ability to dry up breast milk.

Used for dysmenorrhea, as a natural deodorizer,
from the inside out, it is used in dyspepsia and as a gargle
for sore throats.

Sage lowers saliva flow by its astringent action
causing a drying up of the mucus membranes of the throat.

Sage was used by the American Indians as a salve which they
mixed with bear grease and used it for healing skin sores.

They used its leaves to massage over their gums and teeth.

In their baths Indians used it for rub downs and as an infusion.


artemisia spinescens
artemisia tridentia
salvia apiana
salvia officinalis
salvia sclarea
salvia verbenaca