Two to three cups of sage tea per day is always part of the winter sickness healing protocol in my house. Add the sage leaves and remove the teapot or saucepan from heat.ĥ. Pour a cup full, breath in the beautiful aroma, say a healing blessing, and enjoy! In a teapot or saucepan, bring water to a boil.Ģ. Glass, porcelain, silver, and Pyrex are best!ġ2 Fresh Sage Leaves (Dry is ok too, but fresh is more potent!)ġ. *Important: never use aluminum utensils or containers for your tea extractions. They leave modern medicine in the dust, and feel like teachers in your body when you take them!īelow is a delicious sage tea recipe that master herbalists swear by because of its fast-acting effects:

Did you know that it also packs a serious wallop for colds, viruses and bacterial infections?Īlso known as Salvia officianalis, sage is an antibacterial, antiviral, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti… pretty much anti-anything-that-feels-lousy.Īll joking aside, this is a highly medicinal herb that is effective for a host of minor ailments like cold and flu, as well as major ones like cancer, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes.Ĭall me an earth medicine nerd, but I get so much joy working with powerful ancient plants like these.

The leafy celebrity at the heart of this tasty potion is none other than sage, the sacred plant many of us burn routinely in our homes for its aromatic energy-clearing powers. Today I want to share a “super-herb” tea recipe that may be able to turn the tables on your cold or flu, in heroic fashion. “To cure an illness after it arises is like forging weapons after the battle has started, or digging a well after you have become thirsty.” One of the oldest medical texts in Traditional Chinese Medicine, known as the Nei Ching, states: We all know the feeling – rummaging through the natural medicine cabinet with nose running and the first cough coming on, while the inner voice cries out “why me?!?!?” After all, once the symptoms start it’s normally at least a few days before they begin to go away. Just about everyone I know has been fighting off some sort of cold or flu these past few weeks. Winter hasn’t officially started yet, but you could’ve fooled me.

It's a Cow's World by Nick Sage