Sage/Salvia

Garden tea

Garden tea

Residence in Bulgaria:

In our country, the herb is found as a wild plant in the warmer regions of the country, in southern and southeastern Bulgaria. It is also grown in gardens as a flower.

Description:
Sage/Salvia
Sage/Salvia

Biennial or perennial semi-shrubby plant. The root is highly developed, penetrating deep into the ground. The stems are numerous, 80–100 cm high, four-edged, branched, herbaceous above, woody below, usually gray-brown in color. The leaves are opposite in two, pointed, warty often rough above, almost gray, with white veins. Younger leaves are gray fibrous, and older leaves are green, more so on the upper side. The flowers are large, with a violet up to 3 cm long corolla, arranged in 6 to 12 spines. The calyx has funnel-shaped pointed lobes, bell-shaped, double-lipped. The upper lip has three and the lower lip has two teeth. The corolla is tubular, with hairs inside. The stamens are 2, with strongly curved stalks. The fruit is composed of 4 nutlets, disintegrating when ripe. The herb can be cultivated

Usable parts:

Shortly before flowering, the upper parts with the color and the lower leafy parts of the plant are harvested

Collection time:

May - November

Composition of the herb:

Contains essential oil up to 2.5 %, in the composition of

which include cineole, alpha-pinene, salvene, borneol, d-camphor, grated The drug also contains saponins, catechins, some triterpenes, etc. The seeds contain a dried oil, which contains the glyceride of linoleic acid. The leaves also contain alkaloids, flavonoids, oleanolic acid, uvaol and paradiphenol. The plant also contains vitamins C, PP and A.

Therapeutic effect:

Anti-inflammatory, blood-purifying, antibacterial, regulates the body's secretory functions, burning effect

Usage:

Sage has been known as a medicine since ancient times.

Употребява се при ангина, bronchitis, мъчителна кашица, ларингит, грип. Dizziness, припадъци, слаби нерви, парализа. Ревматизъм, тендовагинит, артрит. Мастопатия, треперене на крайниците. Нощно изпотяване и нощно напикаване. Дрогата намира приложение при стомашно-чревни заболявания, язви, гастрити, колити, диария, хемороиди, чернодробни възпаления, жлъчни и бъбречни страдания. С успех може да се ползва при отбиване на детето за намаляване млякото на кърмачката. Употребява се също при пролетна умора, безсъние, диабет.

Ways of use:

Internally: 2 teaspoons of finely chopped drug is poured with 400 ml of boiling water, left to soak until it cools, then strained and drunk in 2-3 hours, one tablespoon at a time. It can also be used in the form of a tincture of 70 % alcohol and drug, in a ratio of 10:2, taking 15–20 drops in 50 ml of water, 3–5 times a day.

Externally: За налагане при бяло течение, рани, обриви, екземи, гнойни огнища на венците, навяхвания, ужилвания от насекоми, разтривки след боледуване.

The herb is not toxic!

Bulgarian traditional usage:

Отвара от градински чай се пие при сърдечносъдови проблеми, вятър в корема и диария, в комбинация с Живовлек – при язви в стомаха. Отвара от корените се ползва при нощно напикаване. Отвара от няколко стръка се пие при задух. Против шарка и тифус се пие отвара от Градински чай и St. John's Wort. Запарка от Градински чай във вино се ползва при налагане на гнойни рани, натъртено, навехнато, подагра и ревматизъм. Отвара от Градински чай, Живовлек и Камшиче се пие при кръвохрачене и повръщане на blood, дизентерия, продължителна менструа- ция, припадъци, сърцебиене, като пикочогонно и жлъчогонно средство.

 

Important:

Not to be used by pregnant women

Do not use by children

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