Sage

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This beautiful fragrant plant with violet-blue flowers has a strange, as it may seem, phrase that has become a catchphrase: “Sage grows in the garden against the power of death.”

The Latin name for sage comes from the wordsolvere- "save". Until the 12th century, the long-standing belief of the Gaul Druids that this plant could resurrect life was preserved. The ancient Egyptians and Romans gave sage juice to drink to a woman who wanted to become a mother, because it was believed that it “supports and revives everything that has been conceived.” The souls of children, they believed, come from the kingdom of the dead, and sage attracts them, so “sage grows in the garden against the power of death.”

Scientific experiments have shown that sage actually promotes conception, as it has a beneficial effect on sex hormones. It gives strength to seriously ill people to restore vital body functions. In this example, we are once again convinced that the beliefs of the ancients in most cases had a scientific basis. Sage was also used as a seasoning for various dishes, and, as it turned out, not by chance. It not only gives a piquant taste to dishes, but also activates the digestive process.

Greek poets sang the healing properties of sage. “Greek tea” was brewed from the leaves. And the Romans considered it a sacred herb, collecting it only after sacrifices and observing a number of conditions. “The smell is sweet, it has a powerful effect, helping in drinking. Taken by the hands of a doctor, it is useful for many ailments,” wrote the famous Strabo. Pharmacists called sage a “lifesaver,” as it was an important component of many medicinal formulations for many centuries. It was successfully used in medical practice by Pliny the Elder, Hippocrates, Galen, Salern, Kneipp and many others. The poem “On the Properties of Herbs,” written by the 11th century French scientist and physician Odo of Maine-on-Loire, says:

The Greeks gave their name to sage “elelisphacus”. Together with honey water, it relieves liver pain. When applied grated on top, it expels poison from bites. If you apply grated sage to fresh wounds (that are bleeding profusely), they say the flow will stop. If you take its juice warmed up with wine, it will help with old coughs and pain in the side. There is an opinion that hair turns black from sage juice if hair is thoroughly rubbed with it under the scorching sun.

And in the famous “Salerno Code of Health”, compiled at the beginning of the 14th century, it is written:

Sage strengthens the nerves and calms hand tremors, and it is able to drive away fever, even acute ones. You are our savior, sage, and the helper given by nature.

Medicinal properties

1. A good antiseptic for laryngitis, colds, chronic bronchitis, tracheitis, bronchial asthma, pulmonary tuberculosis, cough, tonsillitis.
2. Helps restore voice in case of hoarseness, used for laryngeal papillomatosis.
3. Used for gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers with reduced secretory activity of the gastrointestinal tract and low acidity of gastric juice.
4. Effective for urinary tract diseases, liver, inflammation of the kidneys and gall bladder, spasms of the stomach and intestines, flatulence.
5. Tones cardiac activity, hematopoiesis, normalizes blood pressure, cleanses the blood, and is used for vascular diseases.
6. It has a dilating effect on small vessels of peripheral resistance.
7. Prescribed for infertility, during menopause. Regulates menstruation, reduces their pain, facilitates labor, and helps stop lactation in nursing mothers.
8. Effective in the treatment of rheumatism, radiculitis, arthritis, polyarthritis, osteomyelitis, spondylosis, fractures, eliminates pain and muscle tension.
9. Removes toxins from the body, reduces sweating, helps with organic exhaustion after a long illness to restore strength and vital functions.
10. Widely used in dentistry as an astringent and anti-inflammatory agent for diseases of the oral cavity (thrush, stomatitis), bleeding gums.
11. A healing agent for infectious skin diseases, cracks, festering wounds and ulcers, abscesses, minor burns and frostbite, neurodermatitis, psoriasis (in remission).
12. In folk medicine, it is used for fever, inflammation of the renal pelvis and gall bladder, palpitations, dropsy, diarrhea, loss of appetite, nervous asthenic conditions, migraines, stomach pain, hemoptysis, against night sweats, sensitive gums, inflammation of the middle ear, rickets, scrofula , baldness, as a hemostatic agent.
13. Gently stimulates the nervous system in older people.
14. Calms and tones in case of severe nervous tension, depression, states of fear, improves memory.
15. Perfectly purifies the air in enclosed spaces.
16. Recommended for use in the care of dry and inflamed skin, hyperfunction of the sweat glands, premature aging of the skin, enlarged pores, and hair loss.
17. Deodorizes the skin.
18. Effective against insect bites, repels moths.

Dosage

Externally: 4-5 k. per 10 ml of ethyl alcohol.

Internally: 1-3 k. per 1 tsp. honey

Baths: 7-10 k. (take 2-3 hours before bedtime).

Inhalations: 1-2 k.

Enrichment of cosmetics: 1 k. per 10 g of base.

Contraindications. Individual intolerance, epilepsy, pregnancy, breastfeeding, addiction To seizures, hypertension. Do not take orally at the same time as medications containing iodine, iron, or alcohol.

Note. Oil of intense action, dizziness is possible, start using small doses.