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title: Does Salvia officinalis (sage) reduce PMS severity? | Niyora
description: Yes. Severity decreased by about 20-23 percent over 2 months with sage, significantly more than placebo.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/salvia-officinalis-reduces-the-severity-of-the-premenstrual-syndrome-2019/
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Randomised trial, 2019

# Does Salvia officinalis (sage) reduce PMS severity?

Yes. Severity decreased by about 20-23 percent over 2 months with sage, significantly more than placebo.

 Moderate study design

90 college students in Tehran, Iran with PMS

## What they did

90 college students in Tehran with PMS took either 500-mg sage capsules or placebo once daily for 2 consecutive months.

## What they found

The sage group showed mean decreases in PMS severity of 19.84 percent in month 1 and 23.42 percent in month 2. Both physical and psychological symptoms improved significantly more in the sage group than placebo (p<0.001).

## What it means for you

Sage may effectively reduce PMS symptoms. The study was triple-blinded and reasonably sized, but included only college students in Iran, so findings may not apply to all women with PMS.

19.84%

Month 1 severity improvement

23.42%

Month 2 severity improvement

p<0.001

Statistical significance

## About the study

Original title [Salvia officinalis Reduces the Severity of the Premenstrual Syndrome] Authors Abdnezhad R, Simbar M, Sheikhan Z et al. Journal Complementary medicine research Year 2019 Study design Randomised trial Participants 90 What was tested 500-mg Salvia officinalis capsules once daily for 2 months Read the paper [doi.org/10.1159/000490104](https://doi.org/10.1159/000490104)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Other herbal medicine](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-herbal-other/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)

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