Sage is the predominantly Greek sage, with widespread uses as a medicinal plant in botany and folk medicine. The leaves and flowers of the plant are used for therapeutic purposes. Its wide range of applications includes conditions such as pharyngitis, laryngitis, tonsillitis, bronchitis (emollient, expectorant and antimicrobial action), diarrhoea, gastroenteritis, dysentery (astringent and antiseptic action), dysmenorrhoea, leukorrhoea, hypotension, diabetes, arthritis.