the best way i have found to tone down the taste of sage in homemade vegetable soup is to add a little ketchup and sugar.. depending on what your making usually anything sweet will help tone it down. hope this helps.
Use a smaller amount than called for in the recipe.
To tone down a strong garlic flavor in a dish, you can try adding ingredients like lemon juice, vinegar, sugar, or dairy products like cream or yogurt. You can also try cooking the garlic on low heat or for a shorter amount of time to mellow out its flavor.
Although the garlic flavor is very characteristic, you can tone it down with some parsley (either the curly-leaf or the Italian kind). It has a strong flavouring too. You might try using potatoes or some chayote, which are flavor-absorbing plants. It also helps with salty-excessive dishes.
The general attitude or flavor.
Chutneys by their very nature are quite sweet. Look for a tested recipe with walnuts or pecans, onions, and strong spices like curry. Avoid chutneys with raisins.
Sliced potato simmered in the soup till cooked then removed, may help. Best tip with all herbs and spices is start with a little, you can always add more but you cannot take it out.
the tone for wo in Chinese is a little arrow pointing down
with a little sugar ;]
Sugar
Reduce the volume.
If your hair goes a brassie blond and you want to tone it down you can do a few different things. You can dye it for example.
Comforting