Salvia officinalis is an effective remedy for many diseases

Salvia officinalis has long been known in folk medicine as an effective and reliable assistant from many ailments. In our locality this healing plant came back in the ancient centuries from the Mediterranean. It was the ancient Greeks and Romans who for the first time discovered the healing properties of sage and successfully started using it for medical purposes.

This plant has another name, common in the people, which gave him Hippocrates - "sacred grass". Translated from Latin, "sage" means "to be healthy," which is why he was so revered among these Mediterranean peoples. To use a sage medicinal for the treatment of many diseases all the inhabitants of the planet have the opportunity, since there is no place where he would not grow.

Tincture and decoction of sage has long been used as an antiseptic and anti-inflammatory drug for sore throats and gum disease. In gynecology, sage is used for syringing. When there are diseases of the respiratory tract, the decoction of the plant is used in the form of inhalations, which quickly allows you to get rid of unpleasant and painful sensations.

Girls, wishing to have thick and curvy hair, after washing their hair on the roots of the hair infusion of sage. After such lotions hair loss was no longer observed and as a result, they became much larger.

People suffering from hemorrhoids applied compresses to the diseased areas, which improved their well-being and after a while promoted complete recovery.

In addition, all of the above does not limit the possibility of using medicinal sage, since this plant is one of those that help get rid of almost all existing ailments. To do this, you just need to know the secrets of its application.

Currently, many gardeners are engaged in the special cultivation of medicinal sage in their gardens and orchards. But we must understand that it is much inferior to the medicinal plant that grows in the meadows, in a familiar environment. Sage growing near the house will not always be effective from many diseases.

Some people grow it also because they do not have absolutely any problems associated with caring for the plant: it is unpretentious, quietly tolerates heat and drought.

Salvia officinalis has a very rich composition: it contains essential oil with such useful substances as linalool, acetic acid, aromatic resins, ponies, acid formic, flavonoids and tannins. Thanks to such components, the plant is characterized as a strong anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, hemostatic and restorative.

Many doctors, if they discover ulcers or gastritis in their patients, prescribe to them a medicinal sage in the form of broths and infusions: it helps to increase the secretory activity of the digestive system, and also improves the secretion of gastric juice.

Effectively applying the plant with problem skin prone to acne, the formation of boils and other inflammatory processes.

Treatment with sage is considered especially indispensable in such diseases as angina, bronchitis and asthma. There is a very large number of different recipes for preparing infusions and decoctions, and the ratio of water and grass depends only on the purpose and type of disease.

In order to accurately calculate the required amount of a medicinal plant in order to avoid overdoses, it is better to look at the recipe in special reference books. But most often this traditional ratio is used, available for indoor and outdoor use: 1:10 - dry raw materials and water, or 1: 5 using fresh sage leaves. For an hour, the infusion is kept in a thermos bottle, you can use a water bath for this, but at the same time you must constantly monitor the cooking process so that it does not go to the boiling stage, because in this case, the medicinal sage will no longer have its healing properties, and treatment Positive results will not.

Gynecologists say that the leaves and seeds of sage have the ability to favorably influence the female hormonal background. They note that with the use of infusions and decoctions of this plant, many women experience improvement of their well-being during the menstrual cycle, disappearing accompanying pains and periodic disruptions, and most importantly - it becomes possible for early infertile women to become pregnant and give birth to a healthy child.

But like any healing plant, sage should be consumed very carefully, best to avoid overdose and misuse, consult a doctor.