Powerful Health Benefits of Sage and Its Effects

The health benefits of sage are so powerful for the body, mind, and spirit, and have been used for centuries. Sage has many culinary, medicinal, and spiritual uses that will be discussed further in this post. You can grow your own sage and have an abundance of sage to get the most health benefits sage has to offer.

Stick around to discover more about the health and spiritual benefits of sage.

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What is Sage

Sage is a common herb and is highly used for culinary uses. However, there are many other health benefits and uses for sage. Sage is an herb and spice that can be used fresh or dried and crumbled into a powder to use for cooking. It is a perennial evergreen subshrub and is a member of the mint family. Grow sage in pots just outside your kitchen for a quick and easy harvest of this delicious and beneficial herb.

The Effects and Health Benefits of Sage

Physical Benefits of Sage: The consumption of sage can aid in oral health, brain function, lowering blood sugar, lowering cholesterol levels, strengthening the immune system, and digestive health.

Oral health.
Brain function.
Lower blood sugar.
Lower cholesterol levels.
Strengthen the immune system.
Digestive health.
Improves respiratory issues.

Possibly my favorite thing about sage is the spiritual properties many can benefit from.

Spiritual Benefits of Sage: Burning white sage will cleanse your own energy and the negative energy around you. The burning of sage is an ancient spiritual ritual that has been practiced for centuries.

Cleanse negative energies.
Improves anxiety, depression, and mood.

Health Benefits of Sage: Homemade Healthcare Recipes

Sage Tincture

What You Need

Sage leaves.
180-proof alcohol.
Pint jar.
Tincture container with a dropper.

How to Make the Tincture

Wash the sage leaves and completely dry them overnight.
Chop the sage leaves into smaller pieces and stuff them in a pint jar.
Completely immerse the sage with alcohol and place the lid on tight.
Place the jar in a cool dark area for two weeks.
Give the jar a shake once a day.
Strain with cheesecloth and pour into the tincture container.
The tincture will keep for two years.

Sage Salve

What You Need

Prepare the sage as in the steps above, but immerse the sage in olive oil rather than alcohol to make an infusion. You will need 1 cup for this recipe.
2 tbsp beeswax.
1 tbsp shea butter.
Double boiler.
2 2-ounce salve tins.

How to Make the Salve

Add infused sage oil to a double boiler.
Add beeswax and shea butter.
Stir the beeswax and shea butter until melted.
Pour the mixture into 2 separate salve tins.
Allow to cool and set before placing on the container lids.

How to Make and Use Sage Smudge Sticks

Many believe burning sage can release negative ions to neutralize positive ions like dust, mold, pet dander, and pollution. This practice can help aid those who suffer from respiratory ailments like allergies, asthma, and bronchitis.

The burning of sage can help aid in meditation to cleanse your energy and the negative energy surrounding you to help heal you from bad experiences or emotional traumas. This is good practice to help change your mindset to a more positive one.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can, however, be changed, cleansed, or redirected. Many believe objects hold energy that has been dispelled from others who have touched them or placed intentions within them and can influence our own energy once it is around us causing anxiety, depression, or mood disorders. Therefore, some believe that the burning of sage can cleanse objects to release the negative vibes it sets off to a more positive energy.

Cleansing our own energy and objects can be done by burning sage smudge sticks. Smudge sticks are easy and fun to make and can help you live a more positive life when you practice burning sage in your home to cleanse yourself and your home of negative energies.

Making Sage Sticks

Making sage sticks is easy. It is best to make sage sticks from fresh sage rather than already dried sage to create a tight bundle for burning.

Bundle a handful of fresh sage together.
Tie the bundle together with thin twine or yarn.
Tie from one end and wrap the twine or yarn around the bundle all the way to the other end.
Go back down to the other end again wrapping it around for a second time and tie off the ends.

Adding Beneficial Items to The Smudge Stick

Making your smudge stick stronger and more powerful for cleansing is easy. When you add crystals and other herbs to the sage bundle, you create those positive energies to help fight and cleanse the negative energies in a more powerful way. Here are some positive energies you can add to your sage smudge stick bundle. Each crystal or herb can bring different energies to the bundle.

To add them, tie them onto the already-made sage bundle with more twine or yarn.

Crystals.
Fresh herbs.
Flowers.
Palo Santo.
Bay leaves.

Drying Smudge Sticks

To dry smudge sticks, hang them to air dry for a few weeks. The bundle will shrink, but will remain tight for burning. Everything will need to be completely dry for the burning of the smudge stick to work.

Once the smudge stick is dry, light it up on one end and blow out the flames. You do not want to keep the flames as it will burn too quickly. Once the flame is out, the smoke will keep going releasing the positive cleansing energies from the sage stick into the air. You can set it on a smudge-burning plate or wave it around the air, yourself, and the objects you want to cleanse.

Your own positive energies will be released with the positive and cleansing energies from the smudge stick creating a more positive environment.

If you do not want to wait for a smudge stick to dry, you can purchase them already made and have them shipped faster than the time it takes for them to dry.

Summary

I hope I have inspired you to improve your health with herbal medicine under the guidance of your physician and begin to reap the benefits of what medicinal herbs offer.

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