Poachers are stealing wild white sage at an alarming rate from its Southern California habitat and selling it to smudge stick makers. Here's how to save the native plant.

For instance, while smudging with white sage is widely discussed online, there are many other ways people can cleanse a space spiritually using plants or other items that may come from their own ...

That includes white sage, acorns and basketry plants. Chris Nejo works for Pala Tribal Chairman Robert Smith on various issues and serves on the tribal cultural resource committee.

Antsy about the insects on your property? Chemicals aren't the solution. Look to plants like thyme, mums, and marigolds ...

If someone is harvesting white sage and doesn’t know how to properly do so, they’re preventing more plants from growing and thus endangering the plant species. Smoke Cleansing Versus Smudging ...

You may already have sage in your garden to attract hummingbirds, but some of its companion plants are of interest to ...

White sage itself is loaded with antioxidants and is said to heal colds and lower blood sugar. Even though people have adopted forms of smudging herbs, at one point in history this freedom wasn't ...

White sage (an actual sage, Salvia apiana) ... It’s actually found in many plants used in cultural spiritual rituals to enhance intuition. 4. It may help dispel negative energy.

Native Americans use white sage for medicinal and ceremonial funerary purposes. Filmmakers Rose Ramirez and Deborah Small focus on its cultural appropriation in their documentary “Saging the World.” ...