Sage Essential Oil

Sage Essential Oil Profile

Botanical: Salvia officinalis | Origin: Hungary | Method: Steam Distilled

Characteristics:

A pale yellow mobile liquid with a fresh, warm-spicy, herbaceous, somewhat camphoraceous odor. It blends well with lavender, rosemary, rosewood, hyssop, lemon and other citrus oils. This common sage oil is preferred in perfumery over traditional Spanish sage due to having a more refined fragrance.

Principal Constituents:

These are naturally occurring in the essential oil.

• thujone


• cineol


• borneol


• caryophyllene


• terpenes

Safety:

Oral toxin (due to thujone). Abortifacient: avoid in pregnancy. Avoid in epilepsy. Contra-indicated in cases of high blood pressure. 

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