Health Benefits of Sage Tea.

Sage tea plant has been in use as a herbal remedy for thousands of years to treat a number of ailments. The Latin word for sage means "to heal". Health benefits of sage tea include soothing upset stomachs, quieting nerves, and curing upper respiratory infections. Sage tea benefits has been very popular in much of the Mediterranean and Asia, though consciousness to these have been slowly growing in America and the rest of the world.

Check out this health benefits of Sage Tea:

a) Sage tea can cut down secretions of the sweat glands and is said to prevent night sweats related with menopause and tuberculosis.

b) Sage tea has an estrogenic effect and is thought to cure leukorrhea (sticky, white vaginal discharge), amenorrhea (absence of menses), and dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation).

c) Sage tea is a stimulant tonic in debility of the stomach and nervous system and failing of digestion generally;

d) Sage tea is considered a helpful medicine in typhoid fever;

e) Sage tea is useful in fighting liver and kidney troubles;

f) Sage tea fights hemorrhage from the lungs or stomach

g) Sage tea is an antispasmodic, thus making it a fantastic herbal remedy in helping digestive disorders and quieting nerves.

h) Sage tea is used to combat colds, sore throat and quinsy and measles;

i) Sage tea can be utilized for pains in the joints, lethargy and palsy;

j) Sage tea can be utilized as medicine for sore throat, mouth sores and mouth ulcers;

k) Sage tea can also help arrest excessive perspiration.

Preparation of sage tea: It can be readied by pouring a cup of boiling water over 1 teaspoon of dried sage leaves with lid on. It should be infused for few minutes before straining and sweetening with honey, if desired. Fresh leaves, a tablespoon of chopped sage leaves can be used and the tea be prepared likewise.

Warning: In high doses, sage can overstimulate and should be avoided by anyone who suffers from epilepsy. It should also be avoided in early pregnancy.