Organic Officinal Sage Essential Oil

Botanical family: Lamiaceae
Latin name: Salvia officinalis
Other names: Big sage, Sacred herb, European tea
Origin: France
Cultivation: Controlled organic agriculture - Certisys-BE1 control
Distilled part: Flowering tops
Production process: Steam distillation
Quality: 100% pure, natural and chemotyped
Olfactory notes: camphorated, herbaceous, penetrating, balsamic

Ketones: thujone (40%), borneone (camphor)
Oxides: 1.8 cineole (10%)
Monoterpenes: pinenes, camphene

The hydrosol from the same plant is also of particular interest.

Sage oil contains thujone, an abortive and neurotoxic substance.

• Not recommended for pregnant and breastfeeding women or children.
• Contraindicated in patients with epilepsy or a history of seizures, or with neurological pathology.
• Contraindicated in cases of mastosis or hormone-dependent cancer (breast, ovary, endometrium).
• Essential oil to be used with great care, may be fatal if swallowed.
• Do not use for long periods without medical advice.
• A certain dermocausticity requires that this essential oil be sufficiently diluted for cutaneous use.
• Risk of allergy (limonene, linalool): take care not to overdose in mixtures.
• An elbow test is recommended prior to any skin application (min 48 hours before use).
• Avoid contact with the eyes.
• Keep out of reach of children.
• Not for sale in France.