Dị ka ogwu na culinary ogwu, sage a mara ogologo oge karịa ọtụtụ herbs ndị ọzọ. Ndị Ijipt oge ochie na-eji ya dị ka ọgwụ ike ọmụmụ. Na narị afọ mbụ AD, dọkịta Gris bụ Dioscorides ji decoction nke sage mee ihe maka ọnyá na-agba ọbara ma na-ehichapụ ọnya. Ndị na-ahụ maka ahịhịa na-ejikwa Sage n'èzí na-agwọ ọnya, ọzịza, na ọnya.
Edepụtara Sage n'ihu ọha na USP site na 1840 ruo 1900. Na obere na ugboro ugboro doses, sage bụ ihe bara uru ọgwụgwọ maka ahụ ọkụ na ụjọ ụjọ. Ngwọta bara uru magburu onwe ya nke na-eme ka afọ iwe iwe ma na-akpali mgbaze na-adịghị ike n'ozuzu ya. A na-agbakwunye sage wepụ, tincture na mmanụ dị mkpa na nkwadebe ọgwụ maka ọnụ na akpịrị, yana maka ọgwụgwọ eriri afọ.
A na-eji Sage eme ihe nke ọma maka ọrịa akpịrị, ọnya eze, na ọnya ọnụ. Acid phenolic nke sage nwere mmetụta dị ike megide Staphylococcus aureus. Na nyocha ụlọ nyocha, mmanụ sage na-arụ ọrụ megide Escherichia coli, Salmonella, fungi filamentous dị ka Candida Albicans. Sage nwere mmetụta astringent n'ihi nnukwu ọdịnaya nke tannins.
A kwenyere na Sage yiri rosemary na ikike ya imeziwanye ọrụ ụbụrụ na ebe nchekwa. N'ime ọmụmụ ihe metụtara ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo 20 ahụike, mmanụ sage mụbara nlebara anya. Njikọ Sayensị Sayensị nke Europe na-edepụta ojiji nke sage maka stomatitis, gingivitis, pharyngitis na sweating (1997).
Na 1997, National Institute of Herbalists na UK zigara ndị ọkachamara n'ihe gbasara ahụ ike akwụkwọ ajụjụ. N'ime ndị 49 zara, 47 jiri sage mee ihe na omume ha, nke 45 nyere iwu sage maka menopause.