Semushonga wemishonga uye yekubika, sage yave ichizivikanwa kwenguva refu kupfuura mamwe maruva mazhinji. VaEgipita vekare vaiishandisa semushonga wezvakasikwa wekubereka. Muzana ramakore rekutanga AD, chiremba wechiGiriki Dioscorides akashandisa decoction yesage yezvironda zvekubuda ropa uye kuchenesa maronda. Sage inoshandiswawo kunze neve herbalists kurapa sprains, kuzvimba, uye maronda.
Sage yakanyorwa zviri pamutemo muUSP kubva 1840 kusvika 1900. Mudiki uye kazhinji inodzokororwa dosi, sage mushonga unokosha wefivha uye mafaro ekutya. Mushonga unoshamisa unoshanda unosimudza dumbu rakagumbuka uye unokurudzira kugaya kusina simba zvachose. Sage extract, tincture uye mafuta anokosha anowedzerwa kumishonga yemishonga yemuromo nehuro, pamwe chete nemishonga yemimba.
Sage inonyatso shandiswa pahuro hutachiona, mazino abscesses, uye maronda emuromo. Iyo phenolic acids yesage ine simba rinopesana neStaphylococcus aureus. Muzvidzidzo zvemurabhoritari, mafuta esage anoshanda achipikisa Escherichia coli, Salmonella, filamentous fungi senge Candida Albicans. Sage ine astringent mhedzisiro nekuda kwekukwira kwayo kwe tannins.
Sage inofungidzirwa kuti yakafanana nerosemary mukukwanisa kwayo kuvandudza kushanda kwehuropi uye ndangariro. Muchidzidzo chinosanganisira 20 vazvipiri vane hutano, sage mafuta akawedzera kutarisa. IEuropean Herbal Science Collaboration inonyora kushandiswa kwesage ye stomatitis, gingivitis, pharyngitis uye sweating (1997).
Muna 1997, National Institute of Herbalists muUK yakatumira mibvunzo kune avo vaidzidzira physiologists. Pakati pevane 49 vakapindura, makumi mana nevanomwe vakashandisa sage mukuita kwavo, avo makumi mana nevashanu vakaraira sage yekuenda kumwedzi.