While sometimes used interchangeably, oxycodone and OxyContin differ in the types of effects they produce. Both drugs exist as Schedule II opiate narcotics, meaning they carry a high potential for abuse and addiction. Opiate drugs in generate produce pain-relieving effects, which accounts for their widespread use.
Sage originates from the countries in the Balkans and around the Mediterranean Sea. One finds Sage everywhere in Southern Europe, to a height of 800 meters and in the gardens of the Provence it is often seen.
Sage has one of the longest histories of use of any culinary or medicinal herb. Ancient Egyptians used it as a fertility drug (Bown, 1995). In the first century C.E. Greek physician Dioscorides reported that the aqueous decoction of sage stopped bleeding of wounds and cleaned ulcers and sores.