Compound or practice · Supplement
Sage
A culinary herb with small but repeatable acute-memory-and-attention signals.
- Overall grade
- Grade C
- Last revised
- 2
- graded outcomes
- 0
- references listed
A structured monograph in Prometheus's bundled library. Its grades are the monograph's own reading of the evidence, not a peer-reviewed review.
2 at grade C — 2 graded rows
What is known
Each outcome with its grade (how strong the evidence is, A to D), the size of the effect where the entry records one, and how often studies agree.
- Acute memory / attentionEvidence grade C
Small trials
Smallmixed
- Cognition in dementiaEvidence grade C
Preliminary
Smalllow
What is uncertain
Read off the same rows as above. Nothing here is added that the entry does not itself record.
- Thin evidence: Acute memory / attention (grade C); Cognition in dementia (grade C).
The evidence in words
What it is
Sage (Salvia officinalis/lavandulaefolia) extracts are studied for memory and attention.
How it works
Sage inhibits acetylcholinesterase and has antioxidant activity relevant to cognition.
What the evidence shows
Several small trials show acute improvements in memory, attention, and mood in healthy adults, and some signal in dementia. Effects are modest and the studies small, but consistent in direction.
How to use it
Standardized extract acutely for cognitive tasks; dosing per product.
Safety & interactions
Generally safe at supplemental doses; avoid high-thujone forms in pregnancy.
Bottom line
A pleasant, low-risk acute cognitive aid with small but repeatable effects. Standardized extract before demanding tasks.
How it is used
As the entry records it, from the studies it summarises. Not a recommendation for you — doses that suit a trial population may not suit you.
- Standard
- Standardized extract, acute.
Related reading
Entries that share this one's tags or conditions.
- Sage for Acute memory / attentionEvidence grade C — Small trialsEvidence grade C
- Sage for Cognition in dementiaEvidence grade C — PreliminaryEvidence grade C
- Sage: dosage and how to take itStandardized extract, acute.Evidence grade C
- Sage: side effects, safety & interactionsGenerally safe at supplemental doses; avoid high-thujone forms in pregnancy.Evidence grade C
Sources
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Last revised . A grade is this entry's reading of the evidence, not medical advice.