Also known as: sage of the diviners, seer’s sage, yerba de la pastora.
Salvia officinalis is a perennial, shrub plant with numerous branches which grows to over a meter high. Its leaves are elongated and thick, in color of white and green. The flowers grow on verdebrae, it’s in purple color and bloom from May to June.
The main active substances are: Pinene, Cinnamol, Borneol and Thujone.
Mythology and History : Its Latin name is salvia, which means “plant that saves” and also well known as an immortality Herb. Ancient Greeks considered it, as a sacred herb and they dedicated it to God Zeus. Also sacred was for Romans. Traditional Medicine:
Salvia has a light bitter and an intense spicy flavor.
Salvia gives an excellent stimulation in the digestive and nervous system. It is the plant of the patients who recovering, as it used against weaknesses, the lack of appetite, the indigestion, the physical and moral impairment.
Preparation :
The simplest way to pleasure the benefits of the plant salvia is by make a cup of tea! Just, pour almost a cup of boiled water over a tablespoon of sage leaves and let them soak until the tea becomes as intense as you like. Then, drain the leaves.
Also, you can prepare a bath with some sage leaves. It is perfect to relief you from rheumatism. Put a great amount of chopped sage leaves into a perfume . after four or six weeks you will have an amazing eau de toilette which softens and lightens the skin.
Moreover you can use every a day, a tablespoon from this mix to wash your face.
Precautions:
Frequent an prolonged use of salvia may increase the blood pressure and is contraindicated in hypertensive individuals.
