Ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau a me ka meaʻai, ua ʻike ʻia ka sage ma mua o nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe. Ua hoʻohana ka poʻe ʻAigupita kahiko iā ia ma ke ʻano he lāʻau momona maoli. I ke kenekulia mua AD, ua hoʻohana ke kauka Helene ʻo Dioscorides i kahi decoction o ka sage no nā ʻeha koko a hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā maʻi ʻeha. Hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Sage ma waho e nā herbalists e mālama i nā sprains, pehu, a me nā ʻeha.
Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ʻo Sage ma ka USP mai 1840 a 1900. Ma nā ʻano liʻiliʻi a pinepine pinepine ʻia, ʻo ka sage kahi lāʻau lapaʻau nui no ke kuni a me ka hauʻoli makaʻu. ʻO kahi lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi loa e hoʻolalelale i ka ʻōpū ʻeha a hoʻoulu i ka hoʻoheheʻe nāwaliwali ma ka laulā. Hoʻohui ʻia ka sage extract, tincture a me ka aila pono i nā lāʻau lapaʻau no ka waha a me ka ʻāʻī, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau gastrointestinal.
Hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻia ʻo Sage no nā maʻi ʻāʻī, nā abscesses niho, a me nā ʻeha waha. He hopena koʻikoʻi ka phenolic acid o ka sage e kūʻē iā Staphylococcus aureus. I nā haʻawina hoʻokolohua, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka aila sage e kūʻē iā Escherichia coli, Salmonella, filamentous fungi e like me Candida Albicans. He hopena astringent ka Sage ma muli o kona kiʻekiʻe o nā tannins.
Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Sage e like me ka rosemary i kona hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hana o ka lolo a me ka hoʻomanaʻo. Ma kahi haʻawina e pili ana i 20 mau limahana olakino, hoʻonui ka ʻaila sage i ka nānā. Ua palapala ka European Herbal Science Collaboration i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka sage no ka stomatitis, gingivitis, pharyngitis a me ka sweating (1997).
I ka makahiki 1997, ua hoʻouna ka National Institute of Herbalists ma UK i nā nīnau nīnau i kā lākou mau physiologists. ʻO nā mea pane 49, ua hoʻohana ʻo 47 i ka sage i kā lākou hana, a ʻo 45 i kuhikuhi i ka sage no ka menopause.