Sage (leaves)

Description:

Pieces of leaves with pieces of leaf petioles and a small amount of stem pieces, less often flowers with and without pedicels. The color is grayish-green, greenish-gray or silvery-white with greenish-brown, light brown, yellowish-white, white, reddish-purple, and rare brown specks. The smell is characteristic. The taste of the aqueous extract is bitter-spicy, slightly astringent. Sage leaves contain essential oil, flavonoids, tannins, triterpenoids (ureolic, oleanolic acids), phenolic carboxylic acids, vitamins, macro- and microelements, and other biologically active substances.

Composition: 

Sage leaves.

Indications for use:

In complex therapy of inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity (stomatitis, gingivitis), pharynx and larynx (angina, pharyngitis).

Contraindications:

Hypersensitivity to the drug, children under 12 years of age.

With caution:

Pregnancy, breastfeeding period.

Use during pregnancy and breastfeeding:

The use of the drug is possible if the expected benefit for the mother outweighs the potential risk to the fetus and child. It is necessary to consult a doctor.