Uses menopausal hot flushes excessive sweating sore throatsdescription sage is commonly used to enhance the taste of food the plant is native to the mediterranean although it also grows well in temperate climeshow it works sage is believed to rebalance the sweatregulating mechanism in the brain which can be thrown out of balance by hormonal changes taking place during the menopauseexcessive sweating in women or men eg palms feet may also be corrected by sagein addition sage has a separat