(Help) Artemisia tridentata: Big Sagebrush

[Aki]

I now live in an area where I can wildcraft this particular sage with little effort, and in looking it up, I found a several conflicting pages saying that it WASN'T and WAS okay to use in medicine, whether internal or external. I have found the wiki pages listing the toxicity report, and that it is bad for your liver, but I have also found pages (ecological studies) saying that the toxic chemicals are less in the fall/winter, so that they can be more eatable to animals.

I've found pages listing what it was traditionally used for, and I have found pages with what it is commonly used for today (ranging from decoctions, to poultices). There is a lot that seems to point to external usage only, but many people saying that it is good internally as well.

I am not sure what it is good for, or whether it is internal or external, or both (e.g. can I make it into a tea, or do I just put it over a wound). If anyone can help me, that would be great. Any current practitioners of herbal medicine, or anyone with good, solid PERSONAL knowledge would be great (I can find enough hearsay on Google myself). Traditional knowledge would be okay, but nothing further than secondhand ("I watched my father/mother/grandmother use this, and they/the person came out just fine without liver failure").

Sorry to seem so picky, but I don't feel like taking my liver into my own hands, here. Worst comes to worst, I will just use it for smudging. It smells incredible (to me).