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Article 22 – Greek Sage Essential Oil

*INCI Name: Salvia Fruticosa (Greek Sage) Oil
*Used parts: leaves and tops
*Origin: Greece
*Bottle: 10 ml
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Origin
  • Supplier: Nature in Bottle, India
  • Origin of the Greek Sage essential oil: Greece – Origin Statement
  • Note: Crete / Greece does not export to Norway (an EU treaty country, not an EU member state), and often not even to another EU memberstate, because of an increasing required total of documents and safety guidelines.
Certified organic

Certified organic, 100% pure: Cretan-Garden sells just a small collection of essential oils, chosen from the more than 200 different essential oils from Nature in Bottle. Their essential oils are certified organic, 100% pure, natural therapeutic-grade Essential Oils obtained from organically grown aromatic plants and procured from a carefully vetted network of harvesters, farmers, distillers and the most reputed certified suppliers across the world. Nature in Bottle have embraced a rigorous quality control standard and all their essential oils are meticulously analysed in their in-house laboratory as well as verified through an independent third-party to guarantee the highest quality.

  • NPOP Certified Organic: PDF
  • USDA Organic Certificate PDF
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Greek Sage Essential Oil & Safety

The hazard symbols for Greek Sage essential oil

Warning pictograms on essential oil bottles are required by law. For Lavender the following pictograms are used:

  1. Inflammable – Official code: GHS02 – All essential oils are more or less flammable, also diluted essential oils. Keep away from heat, sparks, open flames, and hot surfaces. Do not smoke when handling.
  2. Environmentally hazardous – Official code: GHS09 – All pure, also diluted essential oils, are environmentally hazardous and rests of essential oils have to be collected as chemical waste, and may not be deleted in the sink, or the toilet.
  3. Long-term health-hazard – Official code: GHS08 – Greek sage should not be used excessively or over longer periods of time. The recommended dosage for the several different applications is crucial.
  4. Acute health effects – Official code: GHS07 – Causes mild skin irritation. Causes eye irritation. May cause an allergic skin reaction. The oil must be generally used moderately and appropriately diluted: see dosage. To prevent allergic reactions on the skin: Do the patch test (next chapter).
Do a patch test

Before using essential oils on the skin….

Do a patch test

A patch test allows you to see how your skin reacts to a substance before using it more widely. Here are the steps for performing a patch test:

  1. Wash your forearm with mild, unscented soap, and pat the area dry.
  2. Dab a few drops of diluted essential oil onto a patch of skin on your forearm.
  3. Place a bandage over the patch, and keep the area dry for 24 hours.

If you notice any rash, irritation, or discomfort during the 24 hours, remove the bandage and wash your skin thoroughly with gentle soap and water. Don’t use the essential oil if any reaction develops during the patch test.

If no irritation develops during the 24 hours, it’s likely safe for you to use the diluted essential oil. However, a successful patch test doesn’t mean that you won’t develop an allergy or experience a reaction after future use.

Source: Healthline – What You Need to Know About Allergic Reaction to Essential Oils

Precautions
  • Read the Precautionary Statement in the official PDF: Material Safety Data Sheet 
  • Dilution: Always dilute with a vegetable oil before applying to skin, in the bath, etc.
  • Children: Keep out of the reach of children.
  • Babies: Safe Essential Oils for Babies and How to Use Them – Healthline
  • Pregnancy / breastfeeding: What to know about essential oils during pregnancy and breastfeeding – Mayo Clinic
  • Eye Contact: Causes serious eye irritation. Avoid contact with eyes and mucous membranes.
    • In case of contact with eyes, immediately rinse abundantly water and consult a specialist.
  • Skin: Can cause skin irritation and can cause an allergic skin reaction. Always dilute with a carrier oil before applying to skin and perform a patch test first. Do the patch test, the number 1 on the list.
  • Ingestion: Do not ingest the oil. It is harmful if swallowed and may be fatal if it enters the airways.
  • Fire: Keep away from heat, sparks, open flames, and hot surfaces. Do not smoke when handling.
  • Environment: Dispose of waste properly to avoid environmental contamination.
Contra-indications
  • Do not use sage during pregnancy or breastfeeding (it inhibits lactation).
  • Do not use if you have a high blood pressure.
  • High doses may cause convulsions and/or temporary paralysis.

Applications – Health Benefits
  • Apply directly to the skin, pure (first make a test) or diluted in olive oil.
  • Use for inhalation via a steam bath or aroma lamp.
  • Use in a carrier oil for a bath, foot bath, macerate, body oil, or massage oil: recipes
  • For canker sores, hoarseness, sore throat, oral infections, and sensitive gums, dissolve 5 to 10 drops in a glass with lukewarm water and rinse your mouth three times daily, and spit it out after rinsing.
  • For eczema, skin conditions, and sores: dissolve 20 drops in a bowl with lukewarm water and rinse the skin twice daily.
  • Traditionally used as a mouth and throat rinse and gargle, to treat sore throats and infectious catarrh: 2 drops in a small amount of water is sufficient. After rinsing and gargling you must spit out the liquid, several times. This gargle is also helpful in case of foul smelling breath. Greek sage has an overall beneficial activity for the throat, and has become a favourite among singers, to prepare their voices and throats before a performance.
  • Make your own skin oil (see recipes): salvia has an astringent effect on open pores and makes the skin more resilient.
  • For its antiperspirant properties: add the oil to a carrier oil (see foot bath recipe).
  • Sage soothes and improves irritating skin conditions.
  • Sage helps improve acne, athlete’s foot (see foot bath recipe) and cracked skin, and relieves symptoms of eczema and psoriasis.
  • Beneficial in gynecological problems such as vaginae with leucorrhea (white discharge) and chronic genital catarrh. Seek a qualified provider who can advise right dosing and forms customised for your individual anamnesis.
  • As a washing (2 drops in 1 dl of warm water, used repeatedly) it helps in cases of vaginitis with white discharge.
  • Sage as a tea: Supportive during the menopause (hot flashes, climacterium), extraordinary transpiration (hyperhidrosis).
  • Sage as a tea: Relieving Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS), or: sage oil diluted at 3% in a carrier oil like olive oil and massaged in clockwise circles on the lower abdomen. Ratio: 8 drops = 0,39 ml essential oil (calculator) = ± 3%, on 1 tablespoon olive oil = 15 ml = 13,77 grams (calculator) = 100%
Psychological Health Benefits of Salvia Officinalis as a tea, herb or essential oil
  • Harmonizes stress
  • Creates a feeling of well-being
  • The aroma, even from a sage tea, is a spiritual tonic for the heart chakra, it relieves emotional pain in the heart.
  • Stimulates and clears the mind while exhibiting a balancing, uplifting, calming and strengthening effect on the senses to ease negative moods.
  • The fragrance, burned in an aroma lamp alerts the senses, is tonic to the mind, sharpens the memory and is useful to have around in cases of mental fatigue, exhaustion and depression.
  • More an intellectual fragrance, it aids in times of emotional upheavals and crises, brings clarity of mind and strength.
Aroma

The scent is warm, clear, fresh, camphoraceous, spicy, earthy, herbaceous, soft yet flavourful and perhaps a bit lemony.

Etymology

Salvia is derived from the Latin word salvare, meaning “to heal” or “to rescue”. The word officinalis literally means ‘of or belonging to an officīna‘, the storeroom of a monastery, where medicines and other necessaries were kept.

Additional information and references
  • Ethnobotany, phytochemistry, cultivation and medicinal properties of Garden sage (Salvia officinalis L.) – Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
  • Menopause, hot flashes and related symptoms – Wikipedia
  • How Salvia is an ally For Women’s Health – Walk With Nature
  • Salvia fruticosa was depicted in a Minoan fresco circa 1400 BCE at Knossos on the island of Crete. – The New Book of Salvias – Betsy Clebsch – Wikipedia- Uses
  • Sage is considered a sacred herb since antiquity, a salvaging and saving herb. Its very name, Salvia, comes from the Latin “salvare”, to salvage, save.
  • Sage Benefits for Skin – The Good Stuff Botanicals
  • Greek Sage – Wild Herbs of Crete
  • Medicinal Herbs in Ancient Greece – The Greek Herbalist

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