There is a large number medicinal plants, among which far from the last place is occupied by sage. The plant belongs to the perennials of the Lamiaceae family, today there are about 900 different species. Due to the large number of chemicals that make up sage, the plant can help a person in a number of cases.

How to use sage:

• to combat inflammatory processes in the throat, oral cavity, bronchi;
• to disinfect and help skin cells (recover faster after frostbite, burns, pustular diseases);
• to improve digestion, relieve spasms in the intestines, eliminate bloating;
• to strengthen immunity;
• to enhance hair growth, prevent hair loss.

In addition, sage-based products help with insomnia and stressful situations, save from excessive sweating of the legs.

All these positive qualities speak for the fact that dried sage has the right to be present in the home first aid kit. And already to engage in its collection and harvesting or buy it in dried form, everyone decides on their own. So, when to cut sage for drying?

Collection of sage

When to harvest sage? The most favorable period for collecting leaves and flowers is the beginning of summer. At this point, the plant contains a large amount of essential oils. The collection begins after the inflorescences bloom.

Important! To prepare the medicinal base, you need to choose a sage with dark green leaves and lilac inflorescences.

For medicinal purposes, flowering tops of the plant are used, as well as leaves saturated with healing essential oils. The collection and harvesting of sage for the first time after planting is carried out in early autumn, then the foliage with inflorescences is harvested twice when summer and autumn are on the calendar:

• the onset of budding (June-July);
• fruit ripening (September).

Need to know. After sowing, over a two-year period, only the lower leaves of sage, having petioles of at least 20 cm, can be plucked. After this period, medicinal raw materials can be harvested from all ground parts of the plant.

Harvesting sage can occur in two ways:

• breaking of hardwood parts by hand, followed by drying;
• cutting with improvised means (sickle, secateurs, scissors) of the entire ground part of the plant, drying and threshing leaves and flowers.

Sage - how to prepare correctly? To obtain high-quality raw materials, the collection of plants is carried out on dry and sunny days, after the morning dew has dried. If the medicinal herb is dusty and dirty, then it must be washed with water and dried properly.

Having determined the time for collecting sage, it is worth going directly to the workpiece.

On a note. Dried, insect-damaged or diseased leaves should not fall into the workpiece.

How to dry sage

This plant has a pleasant aroma that will persist even after drying. But if the harvesting conditions are violated, the raw material will smell musty.

Drying sage is necessary immediately after collection. Inflorescences with leaves are washed in water at room temperature. Do not use hot liquid - this leads to the loss of half medicinal properties culture. After that, you need to spread the raw materials on parchment or newspaper sheets.

The room where the plants are laid out (hung) must be dry and well ventilated. The procedure can be carried out in the open air, but only if there is a canopy. It is important not to forget to periodically turn the parts of the plant.

How to dry sage? This can be done without cutting leaves and flowers from the shoots. It is enough to collect all the plants in small bunches and hang them under a canopy so that the tops look down.

dried sage in a bunch

Use of dryers

You can dry the medicinal plant in a special dryer or oven. The maximum temperature in the drying chamber should not exceed 40°C, otherwise the aroma and essential oils will be lost.

When selecting raw materials for drying, foreign branches, thick stems and other impurities should be avoided. To understand whether the raw material is ready or not, uses simple testing. A slight brittleness of the leaves indicates high-quality drying, but if the stems simply bend, then it is necessary to continue the process.

The subtleties of storage

You can store whole leaves with inflorescences or grind them first, but in this case the essential oils will evaporate much faster. Medicinal plants should be placed in cardboard boxes, canvas or paper bags, in a dry jar with a nylon lid. There is only one requirement for the room - it must be constantly ventilated.

Note! If all the rules are followed, then the raw materials obtained after drying can be used for two years.

Security measures

After it became clear when to collect and harvest sage, it's time to mention not only useful properties ah this plant. After all, like many others, he has his contraindications. This is due to the fact that some substances can be beneficial to human health or harmful. There are a number of cases in which the plant is best not to be used for treatment:

• the use of sage or medicines, in whose composition it is included, leads to the fact that the body accumulates substances that adversely affect kidney function;
• for children, the use of sage inside is not recommended due to the effect of thujone on the fragile nervous system;
• polycystic kidney disease or other inflammatory processes impose a ban on the use of sage as a medicine;
• at an early stage of pregnancy, it can cause a miscarriage, at a later date it provokes exfoliation of the placenta;
• contraindicated in breastfeeding(suppression of lactation);
• intolerance in an individual case.

The use of sage

It is important to know not only how to prepare sage, but also how to take it correctly. After reviewing the contraindications and, if none were found, you can make tea that will have anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects.

To prepare a drink you will need:

• sage - 2 teaspoons;
• boiling water - 250 ml.

The use of sage

Pour boiling water over dry sage, let it brew for 30 minutes, strain before use. If in winter you had to deal with such unpleasant diseases as tonsillitis, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, then this drink is more effective with the addition of honey.

A mixture of lemon juice and tea is used as a gargle for sore throats in winter.

Having received an answer to questions about when to collect and how to dry sage, everyone can independently collect a useful plant and use it for their own needs for medicinal purposes.

Sage, or salvia, refers to ornamental and medicinal plants. This is a member of the yasnotkovy family. To date, 700 species of flower with different shades are known. We grow sage in the country, as a rule, in order to decorate the site and provide our family with a delicious spicy seasoning. How to plant and grow salvia, and will be discussed in the article.

Choosing a place for sage

Sage is a heat-loving plant, so its successful cultivation depends on the place chosen for planting in the garden. Despite unpretentiousness, salvia suffers from excess moisture and lack of oxygen.

Lighting

To grow sage, choose a well-lit area, since the lack of sun reduces the productivity and decorativeness of the flower. Light and heat-loving sage does not tolerate places where a draft walks. There is a nuance regarding pot culture. Salvia grown in pots should not be moved from place to place, as this stresses the plant and slows down its growth.

Soil Requirements

Sage prefers nutritious, breathable soil. Before digging the beds, humus, compost and river sand are added to make the soil loose.

Too much humus should not be applied. Its excess will lead to increased growth of sage and stretching it in height. In this case, the strength of flowering will sharply decrease.

predecessors

When growing sage, you need to know after which crops this plant can be planted, and which ones can harm it. Experienced flower growers do not recommend using areas after lamb: basil, mint, thyme, oregano and corn. The best place- in the beds where they grew potatoes, cabbage, onions, peas, beans. A favorable neighborhood for sage in a garden plot with irises, strawberries, cereals.

Soil preparation for planting

The soil for seedlings must be cultivated 5-6 days before sowing to be sure of the death of spores of fungal diseases or pests. You can spill the soil with boiling water with potassium permanganate or steam it in an oven.

seedling method

Annual and perennial sage can be grown different ways. One of them is through seedlings. Reproduction of salvia by seeds is beneficial in that such plants begin to bloom in three months. Work is planned for February or March, depending on the possibility of planting seedlings in open ground.

Growing seedlings

To grow healthy seedlings of salvia, you will have to work hard, go through several stages.

Seed preparation. Sage seeds are difficult to germinate, so they require preparation. The seed must first undergo stratification, only in this case friendly shoots are obtained. Stratify the seeds for a month in the refrigerator. Before planting, they are placed in a pink solution of potassium permanganate for 15 minutes, then dried to flowability.

Tank preparation. Containers or trays are poured with boiling water or washed with hot water and laundry soap. The bottom of the tank is filled with drainage, for example, expanded clay, then nutrient soil is added.

Sowing features. Sage seeds are very small, so experts advise mixing them with sand and scattering them on the surface of the soil. You can't bury. Then plantings are sprayed with a spray gun. Containers are covered with glass or film. Seeds need a temperature of at least 20–25°C to germinate. When the first sprouts appear, the shelter is removed, and the containers are exposed to a well-lit window. Sage is a long daylight plant. If the seeds are sown for seedlings in February or March, then natural lighting is not enough, the plants need to be illuminated with special fitolamps. Water seedlings sparingly.

picking. Sage dive when two leaves appear on the seedlings. The soil is taken the same as when sowing seeds. For two days, the cups are placed in an openwork shade for successful rooting. Further cultivation of seedlings continues on a sunny window.

In order for the sage bush to be lush and have many side branches, pinch the top of the head over the sixth leaf on the seedlings.

Landing in the ground

Before planting sage seedlings in open ground, it is hardened for two weeks. For this, plants are taken out into the air so that they adapt to the environment. First for a few minutes, then increase the time.

Seedlings are planted after the weather is favorable for planting and the threat of frost disappears. In different regions, the landing time is different, it all depends on climatic conditions. For example, in the Moscow region, you can plant seedlings of salvia at the end of May. The distance between seedlings is at least 70 cm, so that the plants do not interfere with each other in the future.

Planting seeds directly into the ground

It is not necessary to grow salvia through seedlings. You can plant sage seeds directly into the ground in spring or autumn. It is important to remember that when sowing in autumn, the seeds should be planted in the soil dry. During the winter, natural stratification occurs. Seeds close up to a depth of not more than 7 mm. When the plants grow up, the plantings must be thinned out.

Care rules

Sage is picky, easily tolerates short-term drought, and can grow even on depleted soils. Planting and caring for him open field don't cause much trouble. But to increase the decorativeness, you will have to perform agrotechnical actions:

• water;
• remove weeds;
• feed;
• cut;
• protect from diseases and pests.

top dressing

In the spring, until the sage has bloomed, fertilizers with nitrogen are used for top dressing. This nourishment will help salvia grow lush greenery. In autumn, plants need phosphorus-potassium fertilizers so that perennial crops can survive the winter with less loss.

Transfer

Perennial salvia grow intensively - during the growing season they increase by about 30 cm. To maintain the health of the bushes, sage is transplanted to a new place every five years.

pruning

Sage bushes are cut and pruned. This allows you to get lush, plentiful flowering bushes on which new shoots appear. Bushes are sheared in spring and autumn, and this must be done ruthlessly. After all, the more shoots are cut, the better the bush grows. From a sage bush, not only lignified shoots are cut, but also dried inflorescences. Rejuvenating pruning is performed in the second year, leaving at least 10 cm above the surface. In autumn, before sheltering plants for the winter, all shoots are cut to the ground.

Preparing for winter

All types of sylvia winter poorly and need shelter for the winter. When low temperatures are established, the surface around the bush should be covered with mulch. At a temperature of 5–6 ° C, the bushes are covered with spruce branches. If there is little snow in winter, it is advisable to sprinkle the plants with a layer of earth.

Shelter in the spring is removed only after the establishment of positive temperatures.

reproduction

For propagation, in addition to growing from seeds (for example, clary sage), bush division and cuttings are used. The division of the bush is done in the spring, as soon as the plant begins to wake up. The bushes are dug up and a part of the rhizome with buds is separated with a sharp clean knife. The incisions are powdered charcoal and planted in a permanent place. Propagation by cuttings is also applicable for salvia. The shoot is cut with a scalpel, shortened by 4 buds. The cutting is rooted in fertile soil at a depth of 8-10 cm, setting it at an acute angle. You need to make sure that the soil does not dry out. Cover with clingfilm on top, ventilate from time to time. Roots will appear in 30 days. Rooted cuttings are immediately planted in the ground.

Diseases and pests

The composition of sage includes essential oils, so the plant rarely gets sick. The only "sore" place is the root system. She is rotten. We treat this disease only with proper watering. Of the preparations, a sulfur solution can be used for spraying. With thickened plantings, spider mites and thrips may appear on the bushes. Slugs are also annoying.

Collection, preparation and storage

In medicinal varieties of salvia, leaves and tops with flowers are useful. Collection of material can be carried out throughout the summer season. Harvesting is carried out in dry weather. Leaves and twigs should be dried in the shade so that the direct rays of the sun do not fall. Store the prepared material in a dry place in a hermetically sealed container.

Types and varieties of sage

Among the wide variety of sage species, only three of them are mainly cultivated.

Grow sage on suburban area not difficult. An unpretentious plant does not require much effort, caring for it does not take much time. But your garden will be transformed beyond recognition thanks to the multi-colored candles of blooming salvia.

How to grow sage in the garden (personal experience)

From the practice of natural farming, we know that when we grow sage in the country, the plant should choose a favorable neighborhood. Rather, you need to check that his phytoncides do not crush their companions in the garden. After all, any spicy herbs have the so-called allellopathic. Let's see if sage in the garden is as depressing as they say about it.

We grow garden sage in the country and select a favorable neighborhood for it

Sage: plant description

Sage - perennial herbaceous plant, looking like a low squat shrub (50–75 cm), as a rule, somewhat larger in width than in height. Its soft, grey-green foliage makes a statement in almost any garden. Sage is often planted in flowerpots along with various aromatic herbs such as rosemary, basil, and many others, preferably from the Mediterranean.

Such herbs can create a bouquet of exquisite aromas that make walking and relaxing among the greenery of the garden much more pleasant. Small flowers on inflorescences attract nectar-bearing insects to the garden, and dried tops that are not cut in winter become a shelter for wintering entomophages. It is quite possible to do without cutting faded inflorescences - dried corollas rise beautifully above the snow cover and are just as good in mixed mixborders as decorative cereals.

As for the other virtues of sage, cooks highly appreciate its peculiar taste, as well as its exceptionally pleasant aroma. Gardeners and professionals landscape design they use this small shrub with pleasure for their work - thanks to its velvety, always green leaves and delicate flowers, it perfectly decorates the site. But we will turn to decorative forms a little later, but now we will focus mainly on the “edible” so to speak. There are many interesting varieties on sale, here are some of them:

Salvia officinalis: planting and care, soil requirements

In horticulture and parks, varieties derived from sage officinalis are mainly used. AT Russian conditions, characterized by frost resistance zones 4–7 (minimum temperatures –12…34°C), this plant is seasonal. Transplantation is recommended in spring or autumn. The site should be sunny, well lit with well-drained, light soil having a pH of 6.5–7. This is achieved by adding sand and humus/compost. The desired acidity is obtained using chalk, ground eggshells or dolomite flour.

Sage, like lavender, needs to be pruned annually. This should be done in the spring, cutting off the old foliage and stems. In their place, several new ones appear, which increases the bushiness of the plant. By the end of spring, small pink or purple flowers. But, despite pruning, after 3-5 years, the sage stems are likely to become stiff, after which it stops developing. Before the expiration of this period, it is desirable to plant young plants, which will gradually replace the old ones. They are simply cut and put in water, where in a month they give good roots:

Sage in the garden and his companions

In nature, sage grows in dry places, next to plants such as drop cap, cereals and irises. Therefore, in garden flower beds, it is necessary for him to select fairly drought-resistant neighbors. It can also be planted along the perimeter of the garden, sage improves the taste of strawberries, and it will drive cabbage butterflies away from cabbage. But cabbage is moisture-loving, so the sage bush should be planted away from watering - again, on the periphery of the garden.

Problems

Of the diseases for sage, mold is the most dangerous, which can occur due to excessive thickening of the bush. To do this, it should be thinned out a little in order to ensure better air circulation. This is especially important on hot, humid summer days. To reduce the amount of moisture under the bush, it would be good to lay out the space around with small stones - water evaporates faster from their surface, and the excess goes into the soil.

Collection and storage

At medicinal sage leaves and flowering tops are suitable. And in the first year, the collection of sage should be carried out in a gentle mode, trying to cut fewer leaves and not touch the branches. In subsequent years, you can already harvest the maximum yield, up to the complete cutting of the entire bush. But in order to give the plant time to acquire new normal leaves, the last harvest should be carried out no later than two months before the first frost. It is desirable to dry the leaves directly with the twigs, hanging them by the base, and after that they are separated and stored, as mentioned earlier, in an airtight container.

Application

The scope of sage is quite wide. In cooking, these are dishes from pork, poultry, game, sausages, as well as a variety of vegetable salads, snacks and pickles. Sage is ideal as a component of various seasonings and spices. In addition, it is used in medicine in the treatment and prevention of diseases of the oral cavity.

Usually, those who separately create spicy beds do not have problems with growing - many spices are quite drought-resistant and photophilous. But those who love combined plantings will have to experiment, since there is no and cannot be a common opinion about companions - everyone has different conditions on the site and the set of crops also varies greatly. But now we grow sage quite easily in the country, choosing a favorable neighborhood for them from light-loving cereals and updating the bushes in time.

We grow sage in the country

Sage is grown in the country quite often. This perennial ornamental medicinal plant is loved by many gardeners. It can grow in southern areas, northern regions, middle lane. The culture belongs to the Lamiaceae family, has the second name Salvia.

Growing conditions

Garden sage perennial can be grown as annuals or biennials. Garden sage should be planted in an open, well-lit, sunny area. Small shading of bushes is allowed. A heat-loving plant does not tolerate drafts.

The semi-shrub prefers light sandy or loamy, nutritious, neutral, breathable soils. He does not like slightly acidic soils. Their acidity should be: pH=6.5 - 7.0. If necessary, you can use chalk powder, dolomite flour, eggshell. To make the earth loose, humus, compost, river sand are added before digging up the bed.

Note! Sage in the country can grow in one place for more than 8 years.

The culture does not tolerate excessive moisture. You can not use a large amount of humus. This can lead to stretching of the bushes in height.

A favorable neighborhood is important for a plant. You can not plant sage in the garden in the place where the lamb cultures grew: mint, oregano, basil, thyme, corn. It is better that the predecessors are such vegetables as:

On a note! Wonderful neighbors for sage will be irises, cereals, strawberry bushes.

reproduction

You can grow sage:

• dividing the bush. In autumn or spring, they dig up a plant, divide it into required amount fragments. Places of cuts are powdered with charcoal. Small bushes should have aerial parts and roots.
• cuttings. Cut off healthy branches of semi-shrubs. Drop them into a container filled with water. After the roots are formed, the culture is planted in the ground.
• seeds. This is the most popular method of breeding sage in the country, it is worth considering it in more detail.

Seeds are sown in February or March, early April. It depends on when it will be possible to transplant sprouts into open ground, summer residents should be guided by the local climate.

Important! Sage refers to plants with a long daylight hours. Therefore, it is necessary to highlight it with phytolamps.

Seed material is bought in a store or harvested from bushes in a summer cottage in the fall. In the latter case, you need to prepare them for sowing: the seeds are kept for 30 days in the refrigerator. Before planting, leave in a pink solution of manganese for 15 minutes and dry.

It is necessary to prepare the land in advance (5-6 days before planting). It is necessary to shed the soil with boiling water with the addition of potassium permanganate or warm it in the oven. It will destroy fungal infections, suspected pests. Next, you need to act like this:

1. Prepare containers. They are doused with boiling water, washed with laundry soap. Drainage is poured at the bottom - expanded clay. Then lay out the ground.
2. Sage has very small seeds, so experienced gardeners recommend mixing them with sand. Then gently sprinkle on the surface of the soil and spray with water from a spray bottle. Cover with glass or plastic wrap. Comfortable temperature for planting + 20-25 degrees.
3. When the first sprouts appear, the shelters are removed. Trays put on the window. The culture should be watered sparingly. The first shoots appear after two weeks.
4. Shoots dive when two leaves appear on each sprout (they use the same soil as when sowing). For a couple of days, the pots are left in a light (openwork) shade. This way they will root better. Then they are returned to a bright place.

Advice! In order for the bushes to be lush and give a lot of lateral processes, you need to pinch their tops over every sixth leaf.

Sage in the garden: planting and care

Before planting sage in the country in open ground, seedlings should be hardened off for 14 days. It is necessary to take the plants to the air so that they can get used to the habitat. To begin with, they are left for a few minutes, gradually increasing the time.

Young seedlings are planted when the threat of frost has passed (depending on the region, climate). For example, in the Moscow region, you can plant seedlings of Salvia in the last days of May. So that the bushes do not interfere with each other, the distance between them must be at least 70 centimeters.

It is not necessary to grow sage seedlings; you can also sow its seeds directly into the ground in spring or autumn. It is worth noting that during the autumn plantings, the seeds should be dry. Thus, natural stratification is carried out in winter.

Seeds are laid to a depth of 6 - 7 mm. When the seedlings grow up, they should be thinned out.

Salvia is not picky, it is quite easy to care for her.

Although sage tolerates drought well, it requires moderate watering. Otherwise, its leaves will become stiff. Water the plant as needed, avoiding excessive moisture. Otherwise, insect pests can attack it: spider mites, slugs, thrips, snails. After irrigation, the soil around the bushes needs to be loosened.

Important! Water stagnation should not be allowed.

Mulching with small pebbles or pebbles will retain moisture

In the spring, plants are fed before flowering or 14-20 days after seedlings have been planted (with nitrogen substances, mullein infusion). When flowers appear, use phosphorus, potassium (25g/m2). In autumn, when the bushes are pruned, the soil is fertilized with phosphorus-potassium compounds.

They begin to prune the plants in the second year after planting, leaving stems 10 centimeters high from the ground. Sage bushes are sheared in spring and autumn. This procedure rejuvenates seedlings, stimulates the growth of new branches, strengthens the roots. The first years, when sage grows, carry out autumn pruning. Later, a similar event is carried out only in the spring.

Important! The stems become woody after 3-5 years. It is necessary to replace old bushes with young seedlings. Usually they are cuttings in water. A month later, the roots appear and the cuttings are planted in the ground.

All types of sage do not tolerate winter cold, frost. In autumn, plants are prepared for winter: cut off, leaving stumps, mulched with dry humus. When the temperature outside becomes -5 - 6 degrees, sprinkle with earth, cover with foliage, spruce branches.

Collecting Sage

Everyone knows that sage has undeniable healing properties. Benefits bring both leaves and tops with flowers. It is possible to harvest medicinal material throughout the summer season until the beginning of autumn. The best period for collection is considered to be the flowering time of the crop. Collect the plant in dry sunny weather.

You can pluck the leaves separately or cut the branches, forming them into bouquets. From young seedlings (1 - 2 years old), it is advisable to take only the upper leaves, without touching the branches.

Dry medicinal herbs in well-ventilated areas (no more than +35 degrees). The sun's rays should not fall on it. Raw materials are scattered in a thin layer or hung in panicles. You can use an oven or an electric dryer (permissible temperature 50 - 60 degrees). Store the dried plant in glass jars, cloth bags, paper bags.

Application of sage

Interesting! It is used fresh and dried to flavor various meat, fish, vegetable dishes, it is part of complex spices. Also added during conservation.

For preventive, therapeutic purposes, all kinds of decoctions, infusions, rinses are prepared from sage. It has an antibacterial effect, stops the blood, improves vascular tone, cleanses the body. They treat wounds, burns, use it for compresses.

Sage is considered an excellent cosmetic product. Beneficial features:

• slows down the aging process;
• restores skin cells, cleanses, refreshes it;
• eliminates various inflammations on the skin, normalizes its fat content;
• rinse hair with infusion of sage.

Sage is widely used in cosmetology

The plant also has contraindications. Its preparations can not be used for the following diseases:

• acute inflammation of the kidneys;
• hypothyroidism (decreased thyroid function);
• polycystic;
• endometriosis;
• myoma;
• individual intolerance;
• pregnancy;
• breast-feeding.

On a note! The most common variety of salvia planted in summer cottages is Muscat sage (Voznesensky 24). It has a delicate aroma of nutmeg (the presence of an essential oil of 0.25%), for which it got its name. It is a perennial (usually biennial) plant. Differs in high winter hardiness. Its height is 1.5 - 2 meters. If the culture is grown in the Moscow region, then the growth will not exceed 1m.

Clary sage is grown in the country in the same way as other types of salvia.

Sage is not difficult to grow in a summer cottage. It is easy to care for, and the beautiful look of the flower will decorate any garden.

Sage: planting, growing, care

Sage, aka salvia, is another excellent representative of decorative and medicinal plants. It belongs to the glorious genus of Lamiaceae, which has given rise to many beautiful and useful flowers. I like its beautiful, narrow foliage and blue flowers. After articles by one author about sage, I wanted to learn as much as possible about such a familiar and beautiful plant. It turned out that the shapes and colors of sage are different: from the usual to the most outlandish and unusual. In the world, sage is represented by 700 different species.

Sage is a perennial, but there are both annual and biennial species. Sage inflorescences are collected in panicles or spikelets. The stems are erect, can branch and reach a length of 120 cm.

Sage is a wonderful assistant in cooking and medicine. In ancient Rome, it was used in the treatment of many diseases, today it is just as relevant.

Planting sage

Most species of sage love soils of normal acidity (5.5-6.5 pH). Plant sage in a well-lit area. It will be better to grow on the lungs, fertile soils. Loamy soils are well suited for this.

To enrich the soil before planting sage, in the fall, humus or compost, as well as phosphorus-potassium mineral fertilizers, are introduced for digging. Upon the onset of spring, the soil is leveled and broken with a rake, after which nitrogen fertilizers are also applied.

Sage has been growing in its place for more than 8 years. This culture sprouts well, so you can not use the seedling method, but sow the seeds immediately into the ground in early spring (March - early April, using a film) or in autumn under the snow. It does not matter if the planting is delayed, it can be sown in May, then a film cover for seedlings is not needed. At the same time, stratification and any other measures for seed germination are not required. You can make a ridge for sage, make a groove and plant the seeds to a depth of no more than 2 cm. Sage grows in a bush, so it is better to leave about 30 cm between plants, and take about 50 cm between rows.

You should not sow sage after relatives from the Lamiaceae family. The predecessors of sage can be potatoes, cabbage, onions, legumes.

Sage Care

Pruning. In the second year after planting, like many herbs with dense inflorescences, sage is updated with a cut (10 cm from the soil surface).

Watering. Sage normally tolerates drought, but it needs moisture to keep the greens juicy and tender. Otherwise, the leaves will simply become very tough. But it's not worth transfusing, he doesn't like that.

Application of fertilizers. In the spring, before flowering, fertilizing with nitrogen mineral fertilizers is carried out, in the fall, after the plant is cut and prepared for winter, many gardeners fertilize with phosphorus-potassium fertilizers in accordance with the norms on the package.

Collection of sage

It is customary to use and harvest sage during its flowering period. The leaves can be consumed fresh, or they can be harvested for the winter, in bunches or spread out in a dark, warm, ventilated place (in the attic).

Types of sage

After the studies, the Novosibirsk Research Station selected 12 species resistant to steppe conditions. But they turned out to be so different in their characteristics that they were divided into three groups:

1. Plants of American origin were identified in this group, their usual environment is the subtropics. In the natural environment, such plants live for several years. In the middle lane in winter, the plant dies, so it is cultivated as an annual. From germination to flowering will take at least 100 days. Therefore, the sage of this group is grown mainly by seedlings.

2. In this group, varieties of Mediterranean sage are already represented. In their natural environment, they are perennial, but in our middle lane in open ground they will die in winter, so they have to be grown as annual plants. But from germination to flowering will take about 40 days. This suggests that you can do without seedlings.

3. Our most popular group. This group includes varieties of sage that winter well in our open field. They are perennials temperate zone. This group also includes the Ethiopian sage, which is cultivated as a biennial. The most unaffected by research are salvia nutmeg, marsh, and lavender.

Salvia sticky

Salvia viridis

salvia microphylla

Salvia dolomitica

Varieties of sage officinalis

Since in this article, for the most part, we were talking about sage officinalis (vegetable), we will consider varieties that are suitable for different climatic zones and have excellent taste and irreplaceable medicinal properties.

Sage Breeze

This variety is included in the State Register of the Russian Federation, recommended for fresh and dried consumption (young shoots and foliage), used for the preparation of desserts, salads, soups, sauces, meat, fish. Plants of this variety reach about 60 cm in height, with erect shoots and dense foliage. The leaves are pubescent, serrated along the edges. In the second year after planting, the bush of the variety reaches about 280 g. The flowers are purple-blue in color. Seeds are small, brown-black.

Sage Aibolit

As well as the previous variety, it is included in the State Register of the Russian Federation. Used both fresh and dry. The plant is larger than the previous one, 60-120 cm tall. The leaf is dark green in color, finely serrated along the edge, wrinkled, has a strong pubescence. It is customary to use the variety in the second year after planting, after a month from the beginning of the growing season. But it is not as resistant in winter as the previous variety, so in the middle lane it is better to cover for the winter.

Sage Nectar

The variety, included in the State Register of the Russian Federation, is very popular in combination with cheese and in aromatic culinary compositions. Its height is about 100 cm, the stem is erect. The color of the foliage is light green with pubescence. Flowers blue-violet.

Sage Patriarchy Semko

The variety is used in dry and fresh form, it has been included in the State Register since 2000. The height of this variety is 50-80 cm. The erect stems are stiff at the bottom. Dense foliage up to 10 cm long. To the top of the shoot, the leaves are smaller. Seeds in the form of a ball, flowers are blue-violet.

Choosing neighbors in the vegetable garden

Fresh vegetables, just picked from the garden, are rich in vitamins important for life and are especially fragrant. Every gardener is proud of the grown crop. However, in order to get a healthy and rich harvest, it is important to plan the sequence and combination of different vegetables in a timely manner. Let's try to figure this out.

Landing plan

It is best to use the winter months for planting planning, as you need to think about the following: Distribution of beds. It is optimal to divide the site into 2 or 3 parts with different nutrient content. So, on the one hand, you can swap strong and weak consumers, on the other hand, different types of vegetables.

Consistency of crops throughout the year: This means planning short early crops, then main crop, so that the bed is used optimally throughout the year. Mixed crops: You should also think about which vegetables can and cannot be combined.

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Nutrient requirements of vegetables

The nutritional requirements of individual types of vegetables vary significantly.

Regarding the need for nitrogen, vegetables can be divided into strong, medium and weak consumers. These needs must be taken into account when preparing beds and fertilizing.

• Strong Consumers(high nitrogen requirement): green, white and red cabbage, bok choy, kale, brussels and cauliflower, broccoli, celery, onion, chard, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, zucchini, pumpkin.
• Average consumers(average nitrogen requirement): carrots, red beets, radishes, scorzonera, kohlrabi, onions, potatoes, fennel, eggplant, spinach, field lettuce, head lettuce, chicory.
• Weak consumers(low nitrogen requirement): peas, beans, radishes, nasturtium (bugbug), herbs and spices.

What and with what to combine

Planting several types of vegetables in the garden will allow you to significantly increase your harvest. The right combination of several types of vegetables promotes full growth, reduces the likelihood of diseases, creates a favorable habitat for beneficial insects and repels various pests.

But at the same time, the simultaneous planting of several types of vegetables together has its drawbacks, because not all plants can get along with each other. A few simple tips will introduce you to the most common possible combinations when growing vegetables:

• Asparagus goes well with many vegetables, but tomatoes, parsley, and basil are more suitable.
• Bush beans do well with potatoes, cucumbers, corn, strawberries, and celery, but do not tolerate onions. On the contrary, ordinary beans are more capricious - they grow successfully, being next to corn and radishes, and do not get along with beets and onions at all.
• Members of the cabbage family (broccoli, Brussels sprouts, White cabbage, cauliflower, kale, etc.) get along well with many other vegetables. Their "neighbors" can be made beets, celery, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, potatoes and spinach. But there are also unwanted plants, such as common beans, strawberries, tomatoes, etc.
• Carrots can be grown alongside many vegetables: beans, lettuce, rosemary, onions, sage, and tomatoes. However, carrots should not be planted next to dill.
• Celery is also unpretentious in relation to other vegetables planted nearby. It can be planted next to onions, cabbages, tomatoes and bush beans. Just like asparagus, there are no specific vegetables for celery that can negatively impact its growth.
• Corn should be planted away from tomatoes, but next to potatoes, beans, peas, pumpkins, cucumbers, etc.
• Cucumbers do not like to grow near aromatic herbs and potatoes, but they are extremely favored by planting near beans, corn and peas.
• Lettuce is an extremely unpretentious plant that can grow next to any vegetable. But it is best to plant it next to carrots, strawberries and cucumbers.
• Onions are best planted near beets, carrots, lettuce and representatives of the head family. However, it is better not to plant it next to beans and peas if you want to reap a good harvest later.
• Peas are best planted next to carrots, turnips, cucumbers, corn, and beans, but never next to onions or potatoes.
• Speaking of potatoes, it is best to plant them near beans, corn, and the head family for good results. Potatoes should not be planted next to pumpkins, tomatoes and cucumbers.
• Finally, tomatoes are one of the most common vegetables grown during the summer season. For best results, tomatoes should be planted next to onions, asparagus, carrots, parsley or cucumbers, but away from potatoes and various members of the head family.

The above is far from complete list. Undoubtedly, many other vegetables can be grown in the garden, and this article could be twice or even three times as long if everything was described in detail. But the vegetables described in this article are the most common. This will help you properly plan and organize your garden for next year.

Try planting vegetables in different combinations. You will find that they will be much healthier, which in turn will provide you and your family members with delicious and healthy food.

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Plants that should not be planted nearby

Among garden plants, mutual aid relationships are much more common than hostile relationships. Poor plant compatibility is most often due to their root or leaf secretions, which can inhibit the growth of neighboring crops. The secretions of some plants have a specific inhibitory effect only on one or two other species. For example, sage does not get along with onions, turnips suffer from the neighborhood of a walker and knotweed (knotweed), marigolds have a bad effect on beans, bitter wormwood - on peas and beans, tansy - on leafy cabbage, quinoa - on potatoes.

There are plant species that secrete substances that are poorly tolerated by most other species. An example is black walnut, which releases the substance juglone, which inhibits the growth of most vegetables, azaleas, rhododendrons, blackberries, peonies, apple trees.

The close proximity of wormwood is also undesirable for most vegetables.

Among vegetable plants there is also an inhospitable, or, as they say, “asocial” species, which has a bad effect on many cultivated plants. This is fennel. It damages tomatoes, bush beans, cumin, peas, beans and spinach.

Some weeds in field crops not only compete with them for water and food, but also oppress them with their secretions. Wheat is oppressed by a large number of poppy and chamomile plants, rapeseed - a walker and field mustard. Rye, on the contrary, itself inhibits the growth of weeds, and if it is sown two years in a row in one place, then wheatgrass will disappear in this field. Other cultivated plants are also able to inhibit the growth of weeds. Of these, they are trying to isolate the substances responsible for this action in order to create environmentally friendly herbicides on their basis.

A striking example of a negative interaction is the relationship between clover and all plants from the ranunculus family. The substance ranunculin is formed in their roots, which, even in extremely low concentrations, inhibits the growth of nodule bacteria and therefore makes the soil unsuitable for clover. If a ranunculus appeared on a field of perennial grasses, then the clover here will soon completely disappear. The American biologist R. B. Gregg, in his book on herbs, gives such a devastating characterization of the buttercup family. “Delphinium, peony, aconite and some other garden flowers belong to the ranunculus family, very strong and viable, but living only for itself. They require large amounts of organic fertilizers, and leave lifeless humus behind. The plants next to them will not grow well without a lot of compost.” In the kingdom of trees, according to the same author, spruce is distinguished by its aggressive character. It is hostile to all other trees, the unfavorable influence of spruce is manifested in the soil within 15 years after its felling.

There are many examples of such relationships, when in large quantities plants act depressingly on some culture, and in small quantities they are favorable for its growth. Such plants are recommended to be planted along the edges of beds with vegetable crops, but only in small quantities. This applies to white yasnotka (deaf nettle), sainfoin, valerian, yarrow. Chamomile in large quantities is harmful to wheat, and in a ratio of 1:100 it contributes to better grain performance.

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aromatic herbs

Aromatic herbs, whose leaves emit a large amount of volatile substances, are good companions for many garden plants. Their volatile secretions have a beneficial effect on vegetables growing nearby: they make them healthier, and in some cases significantly affect the taste. For example, fragrant basil improves the taste of tomatoes, and dill - cabbage.

The well-known dandelion emits a large amount of ethylene gas, which accelerates the ripening of fruits. Therefore, its neighborhood is favorable for apple trees and many vegetable crops. Most aromatic herbs - lavender, borage, sage, hyssop, parsley, dill, savory, marjoram, chamomile, krevel - work well with almost all vegetables. Planted along the edges of the beds or plots, white nettle (deaf nettle), valerian, yarrow make vegetable plants healthier and more resistant to disease.

Dynamic plants are those that have a good effect on everyone and everything, maintaining a general tone: nettle, chamomile, valerian, dandelion, yarrow.

• "Tyrants" that oppress all "neighbors" without exception: fennel and wormwood. Around fennel, indeed, everything is suffering. His - to the fence.
• "Helpers" for everyone - lettuce and spinach. They secrete substances that enhance the activity of roots and plants and shade the soil. So everyone is fed!
• All umbrella plants “quarrel” with each other, except for carrots: parsley, celery, parsnips, lovage, dill, cilantro. These are best planted apart.

It is useful to plant marigolds around the beds with greenery: they will be an excellent protection against pests.

To get rid of the wireworm (larva of the nut beetle), plant beans next to carrots. No matter what part of your site you plant your favorite root crops, carrots are never spoiled by this pest.

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Flowers: neighborhood and compatibility

Among flowers, as among people, there are very different "individuals" with similar and dissimilar habits. There are capricious ones who are very demanding for care, and there are “lovers” of extreme sports, for whom the worse, the better. Therefore, flowers to each other should be selected especially carefully.

Tip: remember that plants placed in the same flower garden should have the same requirements for light, humidity, soil quality.

The most luxurious perennials - roses, peonies and clematis - prefer to bathe in the rays of the sun, but for complete comfort they need fertile soil, proper feeding, sufficient and timely watering. And yet, even under such conditions, experienced flower growers advise planting them apart - separately from each other and from other plants (the distance for peonies is at least 1 m, for roses - 0.5 m).

These kings and queens of the garden will look especially impressive in solitary plantings against the background of a lawn growing at a distance from conifers or ornamental shrubs, provided that the latter bloom in different time with our heroes. Peonies do not bloom for long, but their lush bushes are magnificent even after flowering. Therefore, at some distance from them (but not in their shade), you can plant annuals that bloom later that love the sun and normally tolerate moderate drought.

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If your soul longs to diversify such a flower garden, choose a discreet, discreet frame for it. For example, the beauty of roses and peonies modest laces of gypsophila paniculata, graceful lavender or spectacular leaves of silvery wormwood are emphasized. Not far from the rose garden, you can plant protective plants that can drive away insidious pests. Perfect option - marigolds and sage.

These sun-worshippers are drought-resistant and do not pretend to be other people's top dressing. Tip: keep in mind that the abundance of different and simultaneously flowering plants in one flower garden looks at least ridiculous - it dazzles the eyes from such a variety.

Royal persons, whose quirks we have already talked about, are far from the only candidates for a “sunny” flower garden.

In spring, a clearing flooded with generous rays will be decorated with mixed plantings of bulbs: tulips, hyacinths and daffodils. The company of tulips will be willingly made up of decorative bows and gypsophila paniculata.

But remember: tulips should not be dug up and cut off their leaves until nutrients have accumulated in the bulbs. The signal for "withdrawal" will be completely dried foliage.

Do not worry about the beauty of the landscape, by that time the bulbs will be hidden by a “screen” of tall drought-resistant annuals or perennials, which in our climate have “retrained” into annuals.

it verbena and high varieties of marigolds and lacfiol (yellow levkoy). In similar conditions, lilies and phloxes, chrysanthemums and asters, dahlias and decorative sunflowers, gladioli and zinnias, cannes and daisies feel good.

However, the exactingness of plants extends not only to illumination, but also to humidity and other features of the soil. And this will also have to be taken into account when arranging flower beds and flower beds.

Many sun-loving plants prefer moderate watering and good drainage.

Quite drought tolerant ornamental grass, for example elimus, dvukistnik and gray fescue. But there are plants that equally love both the sun and water. These are irises and decorative bows, steap and panicled phlox, autumn helenium and rudbeckia, gladiolus and purple echinacea.

Flowers and flowering plants generally prefer rich, neutral soils and are happy to accept top dressings. Ground covers and some wildlife are accustomed to poor, not too generous land: it sage, young, wormwood(and other plants with silver-gray leaves), they often become ill from top dressing.

Tip: if possible, avoid dense planting, many plants eventually occupy an increasing area and interfere with each other, so it is important to keep a distance, and cover the "bare" ground with decorative mulch.

The shadow can be different: outbuildings, fences and dense plantings give a solid or impenetrable one, trees and shrubs with openwork foliage give a light one. Plants react differently to a lack or excess of light. Shade-loving ones show their beauty only where there is little sun.

Shade-tolerant prefer sunny places, but are willing to put up with varying degrees of shading, although with such a compromise, they partially lose their attractiveness. It is not worth combining plants with different tastes.

When choosing "tenants" for a shady corner of the garden, you need to pay attention to whether they are shade-loving or shade-tolerant.

Moderately shade-tolerant put up with a little shading that higher "neighbors" can create in the same flower garden: cornflowers, skyweed, daylilies, feverfew and dicentra.

An excellent option for shade is "wild" perennials, which in natural conditions adapted to the lack of sunlight.

Miniature ground cover - small periwinkle, yasnotka, pachysandra, ivy-shaped budra - will tighten the aisles and voids in the garden, driving away the weeds. You can create magnificent carpets even where shade-tolerant lawn grasses do not survive - under fir trees or on the north side of the house, shade-loving European hoof, yellow greenfinch, apical pachysandra and heart-leaved tiarella will perfectly take root here.

In intense shade, they feel good and forest anemone, lily of the valley, ferns, liverwort and some varieties and types of hostas. For shaded borders, rockeries and alpine slides, creeping tenacity, variegated varieties are suitable brunners, bergenia and lungwort. Among the beautifully flowering perennials that tolerate light shading without loss, you should pay attention to volzhanka, elecampane, rogersia and solidago. Can be planted in partial shade anemone, aconite, meadowsweet, dicentra and astilba.

A lot of former weeds, which have turned into ornamental plants with the light hand of gardeners, are accustomed to extreme sports and grow quite successfully on acidic soils.

Slightly acidic can be easily overcome daylilies and primroses, apical pachysandra, tiarella and armeria. Slightly acidic soil is preferred by briar, aconite, delphinium, various varieties of sedge, anemone, lily of the valley, gentian and cereals. Strongly acidic soils "like" ornamental shrubs and some herbaceous perennials: ferns, dicentres, bergenia and multi-leaved lupine.

Friends or enemies?

Plants with similar tastes do not always get along together, and opposites force each other out of the occupied territory. Options for a successful neighborhood can be the most unexpected, but most often they have to be determined by trial and error.

It happens that plants whose requirements for comfort are the same cannot grow side by side. For example, tree peonies are bad neighbors not only for perennials, but even for trees and shrubs planted closer than 1.5 m.

Roses wither from close proximity to carnations and mignonette, and peonies have a depressing effect on the queen of the garden herself. Lilies of the valley make those growing nearby suffer peonies and violets, and dahlias seen in the "destruction" of almost all competitors - after all, there are fewer weeds next to them than with other plants.

Representatives are particularly aggressive buttercup family, they suck out moisture and all useful substances from the soil, thoroughly

depleting the soil, so their environment has to sit on starvation rations. Along the way, the roots of representatives of this family secrete substances that can poison the life of their green "brothers".

And if buttercups are planted on a clover lawn, then even a hardy clover will die. Ground covers love to conquer other people's territories, bulbous ones that winter in the ground especially suffer from them: it is difficult for them to break through the powerful interweaving of “tops and roots”. If, contrary to the habits of plants, you still decide to combine bulbous and ground cover crops in one flower garden, aggressive impulses should be limited to rigid frames made of tin or metal, both in the ground and above the ground.

Flowers and their neighborhood - choose candidates: photo

1. Marigolds Perfection1 F1. The bush is compact or sprawling with a clearly defined main shoot and completely round densely double inflorescences up to 15 cm in diameter. The bush is powerful, strong, well branched, 35-40 cm high, 30-35 cm wide. Plants look great in borders, flower beds and discounts , go well with phlox, dahlias, asters, geraniums. Flowering from late June - early July until frost.

2. BRACHICOMA- an annual plant 15-25 cm high. Numerous inflorescences with flowers with a diameter of 3-3.5 cm are located on the bushes. Reed flowers are white, blue, purple or lilac-pink; tubular (smaller) - blue or almost black. Flowering is abundant, from mid-June to September or October, depending on the weather. Likes open sunny places and light and nutritious soil. Watering is necessary only in dry weather; for abundant flowering, top dressing with complete mineral fertilizers is recommended. Planting after return frosts, the distance between plants is 15-20 cm.

3. Cornflower- a two- or one-year herbaceous plant with a height of 60 to 80 cm. The flowers of garden forms can be white, pink, purple, red. Unpretentious, but loves sunlight, blooms from June to September. Grown in open ground in a sunlit place, the distance between individuals is 20-50 cm. When grown in a group of plants or flower beds, plant on the south side in the first row so that sunlight evenly hits the leaves. Likes fertile, humus-rich soil with neutral acidity.

4. DIASTION WARRIOUS- most often an annual culture up to 30 cm high, branches strongly, forming a spherical bush. The flowers are small, up to 2 cm in diameter, pink in color, of different shades, often with a yellow spot in the neck. It tolerates lack of moisture well. therefore quite suitable for planting in containers, it is widely used to decorate the borders of mixborders, the edges of flower beds and garden paths.

5. Nemesia goiter- an annual plant 30-40 cm high. The flowers are bright orange, yellow, pink, red or variegated, up to 2.5 cm in diameter. This is one of the best flyers for borders or groups in prefabricated flower beds, as well as for planting in flowerpots and balconies boxes. Flowering continues until the end of September. To provoke a second wave of flowering, cut the faded stems at a height of 15-20 cm from the ground

Sage is widely used in cooking and is of particular value to medicine. A huge amount of useful components is concentrated in the leaves of the plant: flavonoids, phytoncides, alkaloids, resins, tannins and camphor substances, vitamins, but the plant is especially valuable with essential oil containing many active compounds, and thanks to which a strong aroma comes from the herb. Cultural sage content useful substances and esters during the growing season changes, so the collection of plants for harvesting is carried out only in a certain period.

How to collect sage

Sage is a perennial herb with a full growing season of two years. Therefore, a full-fledged harvest of sage begins from the second year of the plant's life. In the year of sowing the crop, the first harvest can be harvested only in the fall. In all subsequent years, grass is harvested in two stages: in summer (late June - July) and autumn (September - early October).

For medical purposes, leaves and tops of shoots are used, since it is in these parts of the plant that the maximum amount of nutrients and esters is concentrated. In the first two years, only the lower leaves are harvested from the bush, and in the future, the procurement of raw materials is carried out from the entire ground part. At the same time, you can collect leaves both with your hands and with the help of scissors, secateurs, a sickle - sage grows quickly, and cut off at the base in summer, it again forms a young bush by autumn.

It is advisable to collect sage on warm sunny days when the plant is dry. Dirty, dusty grass should first be washed with water from a watering can or hose, and then wait for the plants to dry completely. When collecting raw materials for a medicine, you need to make sure that diseased or insect-damaged shoots do not get into the total mass.

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In summer time

Summer harvest of sage is carried out in early summer (end of June), when the inflorescences begin to bloom. The herb harvested during this period is more saturated with ethers, and therefore is of particular value for traditional medicine, as well as for cooking - dry plants are considered a spice and are successfully used as an additive to many dishes.

For drying, you should choose intact shoots with dark green foliage, as well as buds that have not fully blossomed. Summer harvesting of grass lasts approximately 20 days, until mid-July. Then the sage fades, and seeds begin to ripen in place of the inflorescences. During this period, the green part of the plant coarsens, and the concentration of useful components decreases, so it is not advisable to collect grass. The culture reproduces well by self-sowing - dry seeds that have fallen into the soil germinate after the first rain.

Collection in autumn

The second harvest of sage grass lasts from late September to mid-October, when the plants are fully restored after a hot summer. By autumn, self-sowing bushes will form and grow stronger, and velvety greens will grow back on bushes cut in summer, and buds will appear. The concentration of nutrients in the autumn grass is in no way inferior to that collected in the summer, so the autumn harvest is no less valuable.

In autumn, sage is also harvested on dry days. If the weather is more rainy, you need to wait until the plants are completely dry, and only then collect. Bushes growing within the city, especially along roads, should not be used for drying - such plants are saturated with industrial emissions and exhaust gases. For use in food and as a medicine, it is important that the herb is of high quality and properly collected.

How to store sage

Drying is necessary for long-term storage of sage. Properly harvested and well-dried grass can be stored for up to 2 years under the following conditions:

• a container for storing dry leaves must be breathable (made from natural materials: cardboard, parchment, cotton) - storage in tightly closed glass or metal jars is allowed, but not more than a year;
• the place or room for storing harvested grass should be dry, well ventilated and preferably dark;

• you should not store dried sage in bunches, as the grass quickly burns out and loses its useful and taste qualities - it is better to separate the leaves and inflorescences from the dried shoots, and then place them in containers intended for storage;
• it is necessary to regularly check the quality of dry raw materials, since very often various pests start up in the grass: food moth, mold;
• it is better to store dry raw materials separately from other herbs and products, because the strong sage aroma tends to quickly evaporate, mix and be absorbed.

It should also be borne in mind that in bags, boxes, bags, raw materials are stored longer, but at the same time its aroma disappears, and in tightly closed containers, the aroma lasts longer, but the shelf life of the herb is reduced due to the lack of ventilation.

Drying

Only intact leaves and tops of sage shoots are suitable for drying - the lower stems, as a rule, are very coarse, almost woody, so we do not harvest them for future use. Drying sage leaves is carried out in several ways:

• leaves and young shoots are torn off the stems by hand and placed on a covered metal surface, such as a baking sheet, covered with gauze or linen in one layer, and placed in a dry, well-ventilated place;
• an easier way is to dry the grass without breaking off the leaves - cut plants should be laid out on paper with a layer of 30-40 cm under a canopy in warmth, and after drying, thresh the inflorescences and leaves;
• drying grass in bunches is also popular - for this method, plants are tied, hung with inflorescences down, and after drying, dry foliage is separated from the stems;
• artificial drying is the fastest and most effective way, as it allows you to save more healing essential oils - when using a dryer, you need to make sure that the temperature in it does not rise above 35 ° C, since when overheated, the healing and essential properties of the herb disappear.

Natural drying of sage leaves is carried out only in the open air, under sheds, where moisture does not get. Dry grass is very fragrant, but if it is not properly dried, it can acquire a musty, unpleasant odor. To prevent this from happening, we constantly monitor the temperature and humidity of the air when harvesting plants - the temperature regime should be at the level of 30-35 ° C, and the humidity should not exceed 13%.

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Sage and sage preparations for the treatment of various diseases

The action of the medicinal collection is stronger than the action of individual herbs of the same weight or volume. So, for example, a composition of 3-4 herbs acting in the same direction gives a better result than the same amount of each of them separately.

Gynecological abnormalities

1 teaspoon of sage pour a glass of boiling water, leave until cool. Drink slowly 30 minutes before meals. If it seems very bitter, you can add honey and lemon.

Gynecological collection: white mistletoe, celandine, knotweed, chamomile, hops, clover, calendula, sage, agrimony, nettle, yarrow, chicory, oregano, mint, arnica, horsetail, yarutka, acacia (flowers), highlander. With fibroids, myomas, cysts and inflammation of the ovaries, inflammation of the appendages, menopause, painful menstruation, bleeding, cervical erosion, dysmenorrhea, whites.

Collection of herbs (general): burdock (root), comfrey (root), bergenia (root), elecampane (root), calamus (root), Chernobyl (root), sophora (fruits), mistletoe, agrimony, celandine, tartar, hemlock , calendula, yarutka, veronica, sage. Facilitates the general condition. Infertility Sage strengthens the walls of the uterus and has a positive effect on fertilization. Thanks to high level contained female phytohormones, it increases libido, has a positive effect on the production of sex hormones, which is why it is considered a good helper in conception.

Sage tea reduces nervous tension during menopause.

Drink an infusion of sage in a dessert spoon 2 times a day in the morning on an empty stomach and at night for 11 days in a row, immediately after the cessation of menstruation. Drink for three months. If necessary, repeat the course after two months.

“Dry flower balm”: ironwort, acacia (color), marshmallow (color), thyme, loosestrife (color), sage (color), hatma (color), chamomile (color), immortelle (color. ), hawthorn (ts.), rose (buds), lavender (ts.), St. , iron ore (color), raspberry, linden (color), clover (color), wild rose (color), geranium, sunflower (color), calendula, thistle. It gives strength and vigor for the whole day, cleanses the body of toxins, poisons, toxins, regulates water-salt metabolism and general metabolism, tasty and pleasant tea. Bronchitis 1 tbsp. Pour a spoonful of sage into 1 cup of milk, boil over low heat under a lid, then let it brew for about 10 minutes, strain, squeeze out the sediment, and boil again. Drink a hot drink before bed.

Breast collection, consisting of sage leaves, anise fruits and pine buds (10 g each), marshmallow root and licorice root in crushed form (20 g each), pour a glass of boiling water, leave for 30-40 minutes and prescribe in three doses for day.

A collection of sage leaf (15), mallow root (15), coltsfoot leaf (35), dill (10), thyme herb (10) and comfrey root (15). The collection acts as an enveloping, expectorant, emollient, anti-inflammatory agent, therefore it is used for diseases of the upper respiratory tract and bronchitis, emphysema, bronchial asthma.

A collection consisting of elecampane root (25), sage leaf (10), mallow root (20), coltsfoot leaf (35) and dill (10). This collection is recommended for older people who require a leisurely long course of treatment for chronic diseases. The tool is brewed from the calculation. 1 st. spoon for 1 glass of water. For each reception, a fresh decoction is prepared.

Bronchial adult: acacia (color), black elderberry (color), linden (color), mallow (color), coltsfoot, thyme, sage, loosestrife, knotweed, horsetail, ironwort, marshmallow (color), oregano, shandra , veronica. It is used for bronchitis, bronchial asthma, influenza, cough, pneumonia, acute respiratory infections, catarrh of the respiratory tract.

Bronchial children: acacia (color,) black elderberry (color), linden (color), mallow (color), coltsfoot, thyme, sage, loosestrife, knotweed, horsetail, ironwort, marshmallow (color), oregano, clover (color), hatma (color). It is used for bronchitis, bronchial asthma, influenza, cough, pneumonia, acute respiratory infections, catarrh of the respiratory tract. Angina, tonsillitis 1 tbsp. a spoonful of dried leaves in 1 cup of boiling water, wrap and leave for 2 hours, then strain. Rinse your mouth several times a day.

1 st. a spoonful of crushed sage leaves is poured into a glass of boiling water, insisted for 30 minutes, filtered (for rinsing).

1 teaspoon of sage pour a glass of boiling water, leave until cool. Drink slowly 30 minutes before meals. If it seems very bitter, you can add honey and lemon.

4 teaspoons of sage leaves, brew with 2 cups of boiling water, leave for half an hour. Gargle.

2 cups boiling water 2 teaspoons of dry sage leaves, wrap and leave for 1 hour, then strain. Rinse should be half a glass of warm broth 3-4 times a day.

Gargling with sage: 2-3 drops of sage oil in a glass of warm water, streptococcus and staphylococcus aureus die in a few minutes.

The collection consists of plants with anti-inflammatory and disinfectant properties. The composition of the collection includes: peppermint leaf, sage leaf, thyme herb and thyme herb in equal amounts. For external use 1 tbsp. a spoonful of the collection is brewed with 1 glass of water, boiled for a short time and a warm broth is used to rinse the mouth with tonsillitis, inflammation of the gums, periosteum, tonsils, as well as other purulent and inflammatory processes in the oral cavity. Asthma

During an asthmatic attack, a few small puffs of a cigarette made from dry dope leaves and sage give a good effect. Mixture for smoking: take half a small leaf of Datura and one leaf of sage, roll a cigarette, inhale several times with not very strong smoke. The entrance is passing. It does not cure asthma, but it does provide relief.

For kidney disease

It has diuretic and disinfectant properties. The composition of the collection includes: horsetail grass (20), hernia herb (50), birch leaf (30), bearberry leaf (1 5) and lovage root (20). It is used for inflammation of the kidneys and Bladder, with poor urine output (oliguria), edema, urolithiasis, inflammation of the renal pelvis and bladder. The decoction is prepared at the rate of: 1.5 tbsp. tablespoons of the mixture in 1.5 cups of water. Boil and drink warm 3 times a day.

Gastritis Gastric collection with high acidity: agrimony, St. With hyperacid gastritis, gastric ulcer and duodenum, ulcerative colitis.

Gastric collection for gastritis with normal and low acidity: yarrow, chamomile, agrimony, sage, loosestrife, knotweed, mint, veronica, immortelle. With hypoacid gastritis, indigestion, nausea. Strengthening memory, maintaining clarity of thinking

Sage oil: 2 drops per cup of tea.

The collection includes agrimony herb (10), fenugreek seed (20), plantain leaf (7), licorice root (3), St. John's wort herb (7), sage leaf (17), lovage root (3), mint oil (0 ,one). It has anti-inflammatory, protective, astringent properties and inhibits the development of bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract. It is used for digestive disorders (especially with neurosis), for diseases of the bile ducts, accompanied by heartburn, belching, aversion to food and feeling unwell, with excessive fermentation in the intestinal region, as well as with stomach and duodenal ulcers.

Hair loss Massage with sage oil at dosage: 1 drop of oil per 5 g of base.

Collection: nettle, hops, sophora (fruits), sage. With hair loss, baldness. Inflammation of the gums

Toothache

Decoction (concentrated, for rinsing): 3 tbsp. tablespoons of raw materials in 1 glass of water, boil over low heat for 10 minutes, leave for 30 minutes, strain.

Diseases of the genitourinary system The collection has diuretic and disinfectant properties. It consists of: horsetail grass (20), hernia herb (50), birch leaf (30), bearberry leaf (1 5) and lovage root (20). It is used for inflammation of the kidneys and bladder, with poor urine output (oliguria), edema, urolithiasis, inflammation of the renal pelvis and bladder. The decoction is prepared at the rate of: 1.5 tbsp. tablespoons of the mixture in 1.5 cups of water. Boil and drink warm 3 times a day.

Prostate gland: hazel (leaf), eryngium, nettle, blackberry, periwinkle (grass), knotweed, mistletoe, ironwort, horsetail, knotweed, sage, tenacious bedstraw, real bedstraw, black poplar (buds), chamomile. With a disease prostate, adenoma, prostatitis, hypertrophy, oncology of the initial stage.

Kidney collection: horsetail, agrimony, mistletoe, wild carrot (seeds), knotweed, blackberry, sage, plakun grass, mint, mallow, ironwort, beans (shutters), ironwort, succession, fireweed (leaf). Regulates water-salt metabolism, is used for pyelonephritis, cystitis, urethritis, inflammation of the kidneys and bladder, edema, sand and urolithiasis.

With prostatitis and adenoma, the collection is effective, which also includes sage. They take in equal parts a leaf of medicinal sage, dioica nettle, bearberry, large plantain, peppermint, five-lobed motherwort herb, naked hernia, common yarrow, horsetail, flowers of marigold officinalis, chamomile, calamus rhizome. 2 tbsp. spoons of the collection pour 0.5 liters of boiling water, insist for an hour and a half. Take 0.5 cup 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

"Incontinence": agrimony, toadflax, knotweed, St. John's wort, blackthorn, lavender (color), sage, chamomile. Colitis Laxative collection: black elderberry (color and leaves), acacia (color), oregano, horsetail, knotweed, loosestrife, mint, sow thistle, marsh fireweed, toadflax, blackberry. It is used for constipation, spastic and chronic colitis.

2 teaspoons of sage should be poured with 2 cups of boiling water, let it brew for 20 minutes, strain. Take 1 tbsp. spoon every 3 hours.

Gastric collection with high acidity: agrimony, St. With hyperacid gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, ulcerative colitis. Cholecystitis

Liver collection: immortelle, agrimony, chicory, yarrow, arnica, horsetail, hops, knotweed, mistletoe, mint, sage, wormwood, St. John's wort, loosestrife, shandra. Apply for cholecystitis, cholangitis, hepatitis, biliary dyskinesia, liver enlargement and cirrhosis, pancreatitis, cholelithiasis.

Fungal diseases Sage essential oil is widely used for the treatment of fungal diseases. Mix 1/2 cup of refined sunflower oil and twenty drops of sage essential oil and rub it on the cracks between your fingers.

When treating eczema, use sage oil. To prepare such an oil, you need to pour 200 g of chopped sage herb with purified vegetable (preferably almond) oil so that it covers the grass completely, and insist in a dark place for 10 days. Then strain the oil and use it to treat eczema. Regularly lubricate the affected skin with this oil or, applying a small amount of it to sterile gauze, attach it to the sore spot and secure with a bandage.

Helps with eczema by taking inside a decoction of sage, burdock, dandelion, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of dry herbs. Pour the indicated herbs 3 tbsp. water, bring to a boil and leave. In the morning, boil the decoction for another 5 minutes and drink this serving in a day in 3 divided doses. Every day you need to make a fresh decoction.

For eczema, it is also useful to make lotions from the green shell of walnut fruits, birch leaves, oak bark, stonecrop grass, lemon balm and sage. Take all components in equal parts, mix, prepare a decoction and apply to the affected areas in the form of compresses and lotions. Psoriasis General and local baths with infusion of sage leaf help. A decoction is prepared at the rate of 50-100 g of leaves per 12 liters of boiling water, poured into a bath of water, so that the temperature is about 37 ° C. The duration of the procedure is 15 minutes, the course of treatment is 16 baths. Inside with psoriasis, they also take 1 tbsp. a spoonful of leaf infusion, prepared in the usual way, 3 times a day.

For the treatment of psoriasis, an ointment based on sage is also prepared: dry leaves are ground into powder, mixed with ghee - for 1 part of the powder - 9 parts of oil, lubricate the affected skin 2 times a day. Diabetes mellitus Anti-inflammatory infusion. For cooking, you should take 20 g of elder flowers, sage leaves, mallow and mix everything properly. 20 g of the mixture should be poured with 200 ml of boiling water, leave for 2 hours. Then thin out.

Take in equal parts by weight the herb of the cuff, the herb of the galega officinalis, the herb of the tricolor violet, the herb of the smoke, the sage leaf. 1 st. pour a spoonful of collection with a glass of boiling water and insist until cool. Drink during the day in 3 divided doses.

A decoction of sage to some extent reduces blood sugar levels. It can be used to treat mild forms diabetes. As an antidiabetic agent, sage is used together with dandelion roots, sandy caraway seeds, hawthorn flowers in a ratio of 2: 3: 2: 2: 2. Take 2 tbsp. spoons of the mixture, pour 1 glass of water, boil over low heat for 10 minutes, cool. Patients drink 50 ml 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals. Sciatica In case of polyarthritis, neuritis, sciatica, sage leaves are used together with common thyme herb, lemon balm, peppermint, black poplar cones. You need to take 50 g of each plant, pour 5 liters of water, boil over low heat for 10 minutes and leave for 1 hour. Do warm baths 3 times a week. The course of treatment consists of 15 procedures. Such baths are indicated for post-traumatic arthritis and arthrosis, spondylitis, osteochondrosis. At the same time, you should adhere to a dairy-vegetable diet rich in vitamins and trace elements.

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Perennial shrub 20-70 cm high. With stems, usually slightly leafy at the base, woody, gray tomentose, like all young stems; with finely toothed, petiolate leaves tapering towards the base. Sage blooms in June-July. The smell of the plant, especially when rubbed in the fingers, is strong, specific. The plant comes from Asia Minor and is cultivated in our country. In the villages, it is cultivated in gardens, vegetable gardens, flower beds, as a remedy primarily for rinsing the mouth and throat, especially for toothache.

Where does sage grow?

It is widely cultivated in the south of the European part of Russia, in the Caucasus, in the Crimea. Does not grow wild.

Collection and storage of sage.

Harvested 2-3 times: the first harvest - during flowering, the second - in September. Sage leaves are dried in an air dryer. Shelf life 1 year.

Medicinal properties of sage.

Sage leaves have disinfectant, astringent, hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, emollient effects.
It is used in inflammatory processes of the oral cavity and pharynx, upper respiratory tract as an astringent and anti-inflammatory agent in the form of rinses. Also used for poultices. Festering wounds heal quickly if they are washed with an infusion of sage or make lotions from this infusion.

The use of sage in traditional medicine recipes.

A decoction of sage cleanses the stomach, frees the throat from phlegm, and cooked in water or wine has a good effect on the liver and kidneys. The action of sage is enhanced if wormwood is added to it and a decoction is prepared from this mixture. The decoction enhances the activity of the endocrine glands. Sage is used for hypertension, atherosclerosis (especially in menopause in women), tremor paralysis. Gargling with a decoction is recommended for various inflammatory processes in the oral cavity and throat diseases. If you regularly rinse your mouth with sage, you can avoid gum disease. Inhalation from a decoction relieves the condition in diseases of the larynx and respiratory tract. It is useful to make masks and compresses for the face from sage. The people attributed special properties to sage: it was believed that drinking tea from sage leaves prolongs life. Hippocrates and Dioscorides considered sage to be a sacred herb and the most useful medicine, especially for female infertility.

In case of infertility, it was recommended to drink sage juice with a small amount of salt. In Chinese medicine, sage has long been used as a general tonic, as well as for articular rheumatism, and externally for chronic skin diseases.

Infusion of sage leaves.

Brew 1 liter of boiling water 50 g of herbs, leave for 1 hour, strain. Drink without restriction with bedwetting.

Infusion of sage leaves.

Grind 10 g of sage leaves to 0.5 mm, pour a glass of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, cool, strain. The infusion is good for 2-3 days. Store in a cool place.
In high doses, it is undesirable to use for a long time, since there may be poisoning of the body and irritation of the mucous membranes.

The plant came to the people through pharmacies and became quite popular in it.
Now you can often meet the use of sage both in pure form and in mixtures with other herbs in the treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, diseases of the liver and gallbladder, as well as a diuretic, carminative and astringent.

Water tincture of sage.

20.0 g per 1 liter. boiling water is steamed with a closed lid - it promotes digestion.
Sage leaf tea has antiseptic properties and treats inflammatory processes in the renal pelvis; facilitates expectoration in chronic bronchitis.
It also reduces night sweats in consumptives.
With fluxes, diseases of the gums and throat, a mixture of two decoctions is good: from sage (5.0 g per 1 glass of water - 10 minutes) and oak bark (5.0 g per 1 glass of water). Both decoctions are filtered and mixed. Rinse hot.
During asthmatic attacks, a few small puffs of a cigarette made from dry Datura leaves (Datura is poisonous) and sage give a good effect. Take half a small leaf of Datura and one leaf of sage, roll up a cigarette, inhale several times not very strongly with smoke. The entrance is passing. This, of course, does not cure asthma, but it brings relief.

The use of sage.

The name of the herb comes from the ancient Greek words: sun, health, well-being. Hippocrates, Dioscorides and other ancient Greek physicians called sage “sacred herb”. To this day, sage leaves are official in many countries of the world.
Traditionally, sage is used for rinsing in acute angina, chronic tonsillitis, stomatitis, gingivitis, aphthous lesions of the oral cavity.
In addition, an infusion of sage leaves is taken for gastric diseases, cholecystitis, hepatitis, mild forms of diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, shaking paralysis, pulmonary tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis, articular rheumatism, intervertebral osteochondrosis. Baths with sage are useful for eczema, psoriasis, skin rashes. Sage improves memory, cleanses blood vessels.

properties of sage.

Sage is a repository of phytohormones. Their role is still not well understood. They are known to act as catalysts and are similar to human hormones similar to estrogens (female sex hormones). That is why it is useful for women after 35 years of age to take a course of rejuvenation - three times a year for a month, regularly drink a glass of infusion in the morning: 1 teaspoon of sage per glass of boiling water. Insist until cool. Drink slowly, 30-40 minutes before meals. You can add honey or lemon for taste. In ancient Egypt, after devastating wars or epidemics, women were required to drink brewed sage and season their food with it in order to increase the population. The priests distributed the herb for free. The fulfillment of these conditions by young women was especially carefully monitored.
There is nothing surprising or mystical in this. Infusion of sage seeds promotes conception, helps both men and women. Unlike other fertility-enhancing plants, sage increases the “sucking” reflex of the cervix in women.

Infusion of sage seeds.

1 teaspoon of seeds pour a glass of boiling water. Do not strain. Keep in the refrigerator so as not to sour. Drink 1 dessert spoon 2 times a day - in the morning on an empty stomach and at bedtime for 11 days immediately after the cessation of menstruation. The course of treatment is 3 months. If the desired pregnancy does not occur, then take a break for two months and repeat the treatment. The result is sure to come. And no - it means you need to treat inflammation of the tubes and ovaries.
I hope someone appreciates the following advice.

Sage infusion for longevity. (Especially useful in old age.)

100 g of sage flowers, 800 ml of vodka and 400 ml of water. Insist 40 days in the sun in a closed glass vessel. Take 1 tablespoon half and half with water in the morning on an empty stomach. The shelf life of the tincture is 1 year. Tones and stimulates the nervous system, in addition, sage contains natural antioxidants. Note: sage grows in the south - in the Crimea, Krasnodar Territory, in the Caucasus, in Ukraine, in Moldova - you can agree on flowers or tinctures with relatives or friends, or write them out by mail.

To improve memory.

Crush the leaves into powder. Take a pinch 3 times a day with water.

Sage infusion for parkinsonism and multiple sclerosis.

Pour 2 teaspoons of sage with 2 cups of boiling water, simmer in heat for 2-3 hours. Strain twice. Daily dose: drink in fractional portions no more than half a glass at a time. Or take 1 dessert spoon 3-4 times a day - individually. In some cases, sage baths up to 5-7 procedures are useful.

Sage wild, meadow.

It grows everywhere in our meadows. Collect at the beginning of flowering. I will not describe it, but it also contains anthocyanins, steroids, organic acids, essential oils.
It will be more useful if I tell you about its application.

With neurosis of the heart and neurastheria, an infusion of sage is used.

Pour 2 teaspoons of dried leaves with 2 cups of boiling water, leave for 1 hour. Drink half a glass 2-4 times a day in a warm form.

Treatment of thrush with the use of sage infusion.

1 full tablespoon per 200 ml of boiling water. Leave for half an hour. Mix 3 parts of the infusion with 1 part of table vinegar. Make lotions.

The use of sage to improve hearing.

Pour a handful of leaves with hot water, bring to a boil. When it boils, keep one or the other ear over the steam. Don't lean too low to avoid getting burned. Do 1-2 times a day until improvement.

Sage infusion for tuberculosis of the lymph nodes.

Pour 2 tablespoons of leaves with a glass of boiling water, first leave for 5 minutes, then boil for 2 minutes. Strain after cooling. In a month, it will be possible to add lemon balm, mint, St. John's wort, currants, rose hips to sage. Inside, take 1-2 tablespoons, use the rest of the broth for lotions.

Sage contraindications.

Sage - for all its obvious benefits, it is not without side effects.
It should be excluded from therapeutic agents for reduced thyroid function.
Sage is contraindicated with acute inflammation of the kidneys - nephritis, pyelonephritis, glomerulonephritis.
You can not take an infusion of sage with a strong cough, otherwise it will only intensify it.
Poorly tolerated sage with hypotension. It is undesirable to use it from above three months in a row (breaks required).
Sage is contraindicated during pregnancy. As a precaution, do not prescribe his drugs to nursing mothers, as he dramatically reduces the amount of milk.
Sage is contraindicated in amenorrhea - a long delay in menstruation.

All this applies to any kind of sage.

Ethiopian sage or key herb.

Perennial herbaceous plant 50-100 cm high, of the labiaceae family. The root is thick (up to 3 cm), hard, lignified, the stem is pyramidal, branched, tetrahedral, from 25 to 100 cm high. Basal leaves in a rosette, ovate, unequally toothed, wrinkled, petiolate up to 15 cm long; stem - paired, short-leaved or sessile, with a wide stem-bearing base, much smaller; the upper bracts are sessile, broadly ovate, pointed, entire, shorter than the flowers. Ethiopian sage flowers are white, 6-10 in false rings. Fruits are ovoid-trihedral, brown, smooth nuts in a calyx. Ethiopian sage blooms in June-July. The fruits ripen in July-August.

Where does Ethiopian sage grow?

Grows on the slopes of beams and river valleys, forest edges and clearings, on the roadsides of the Caucasus, forest-steppe regions of Ukraine.

Collection of Ethiopian sage.

Medicinal raw material in Ethiopian sage is the upper parts of the stem with flowers, partly with immature fruits, leaves and individual leaves. The smell of raw materials is slightly aromatic, the taste is slightly bitter. Store in a well ventilated area.

Medicinal properties of Ethiopian sage.

Ethiopian sage leaves can be used to make an antiperspirant tincture. In tuberculosis patients with profuse sweating, a tincture at a dose of 15 drops 3 times a day reduces sweating. The greatest effect develops on the 3rd day. After stopping the tincture, the effect lasts from 2 to 15 days. A similar effect of the tincture was also found in patients with fibrous-cavernous pulmonary tuberculosis with debilitating profuse sweating. In this case, the tincture was prescribed 20 drops per dose 3 times a day for 3 days. Sweating decreased on the 2-3rd day.
In healthy people with profuse sweating during the summer heat, the tincture has no effect.
Preparation of tincture: pour 250 ml of vodka or alcohol 1 tbsp. l. sage herbs, insist in a dark place for 9 days, strain. Drink 15-20 drops 3 times a day before meals.

They belong to the category of heat-loving shrubs. The plant has an elongated shape and an average height of up to 70 cm. Sage leaves are oblong, pointed, have a rich green tint, and the flowers, collected in inflorescences, are painted light purple. A large number of essential oils are concentrated in flowering tops, so they should be collected and harvested for medicinal purposes.

sage bush

The intensity of the aroma, the content of essential oils, as well as the concentration of useful substances of sage varies depending on the season of the year. That is why there are certain periods of collecting plants in summer and autumn. You can meet lawns with sage growing in the wild in Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia, Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and other countries of southeastern Europe. In Russia and the CIS countries, wild sage is rare. It is mainly grown in private gardens and summer cottages.

The most favorable period for collecting leaves and flowers is the beginning of summer. It is then that the greatest amount of essential oils is concentrated in it. You can start collecting immediately after the blooming of the inflorescences. For the preparation of the medicinal base, we select dark green leaves and lilac inflorescences. For the convenience of drying, we cut off the branches where the lower flowers have already blossomed, and the upper ones are collected in buds. Summer collection time– 20 days after blooming inflorescences.

young sage

Then the sage fades, and the secondary stage of ripening begins. Self-seeding occurs, new seeds are formed in the pericarp, which soon fall to the ground or are carried by the wind, and after the first rain they germinate, filling the area with young sage bushes. During this period, the plant is not harvested, its leaves and stems coarsen, and the concentration of nutrients decreases several times.

Try to collect most of the sage in the area, if you do not want this plant to fill almost the entire space of your garden during the new flowering period. Many gardeners specifically assign sage large areas, because, in addition to therapeutic use dry leaves and buds, you can also use its stems as green manure for compost. Re-collection begins at the end of September. By this time, both young and old shrubs have time to fully form, on which green leaves and lilac inflorescences reappear. In terms of a set of nutrients, autumn sowing is not inferior to summer sowing.

The collection process itself takes place in two ways. In the first case, you can pluck leaves and inflorescences from a growing shoot, and in the second, you can prune the aerial part of the sage with garden shears and dry it in a way that is convenient for you. It is recommended to remove not all leaves and inflorescences from the bush, but somewhere around 50-70% of the total. This will give you the opportunity not to plant new crops next year, but to get young shrubs from germinated seeds. Choose dry and sunny days for harvesting, waiting for the moment when the morning dew has completely evaporated. Before harvesting, we recommend washing the bushes from dust with a hose and letting them dry thoroughly. During the collection, pay attention to the quality of raw materials, excluding diseased and spoiled leaves, inflorescences.

If you do not have the opportunity to grow sage in your summer cottage, you can do it at home by creating special conditions. To do this, you need to have a cool room with plenty of light, such as a loggia or balcony, where you could keep a constant temperature in the range from 0 to +5 ° C.

Sage has a pleasant aroma that persists even after drying. But if the raw material is not prepared correctly, it will have a musty smell. Therefore, start drying the plant immediately after harvesting it. We wash the leaves and inflorescences under water at room temperature, not hot, otherwise the sage will lose half of its medicinal properties, and then lay everything out in an even layer on parchment paper or newspaper. Drying is carried out in a ventilated, dry room or under a canopy in the open air, not forgetting to turn the leaves over.

Drying herbs

Also, you can not remove the leaves and flowers from the cut shoots, but collect them in a bunch and hang them upside down to dry.

You can use the dryer. It is necessary to carry out this process at a minimum temperature not exceeding 35-40 ° C in order to prevent the loss of essential oils and the aroma of sage. In dry raw materials, there should be no twigs, thick stems and other impurities. A simple test will help determine the readiness of raw materials. If the leaves break easily, they are well dried, and if they bend, we continue to dry the sage. At the exit, you should get 25-30% of the medicinal preparation from the initial volume of fresh sage. natural tea from such raw materials has an astringent and bitter taste.

Store the leaves and inflorescences as a whole, as essential oils evaporate much faster from the crushed culture. We recommend using breathable materials as storage containers: cardboard boxes, paper or canvas bags, dry jars with a nylon lid. The room where dry sage will be stored should also be constantly ventilated. Subject to all these rules, the shelf life of raw materials is 2 years.

Sage, also known as salvia, is another excellent representative of ornamental and medicinal plants. It belongs to the glorious genus of Lamiaceae, which has given rise to many beautiful and useful flowers. I love its beautiful, narrow foliage and blue flowers. After articles by one author about sage, I wanted to learn as much as possible about such a familiar and beautiful plant. It turned out that the shapes and colors of sage are different: from the usual to the most outlandish and unusual. In the world, sage is represented by 700 different species.

Sage is a perennial, but there are both annual and biennial species. Sage inflorescences are collected in panicles or spikelets. The stems are erect, can branch and reach a length of 120 cm.

Sage is a wonderful assistant in cooking and medicine. In ancient Rome, it was used in the treatment of many diseases, today it is just as relevant.

Planting sage

Most species of sage love soils of normal acidity (5.5-6.5 pH). Plant sage in a well-lit area. Grows best in light, fertile soils. Loamy soils are well suited for this.

To enrich the soil before planting sage, in the fall, humus or compost, as well as phosphorus-potassium mineral fertilizers, are introduced for digging. Upon the onset of spring, the soil is leveled and broken with a rake, after which nitrogen fertilizers are also applied.

Sage has been growing in its place for more than 8 years. This culture sprouts well, so you can not use the seedling method, but sow the seeds immediately into the ground in early spring (March - early April, using a film) or in autumn under the snow. It does not matter if the planting is delayed, it can be sown in May, then a film cover for seedlings is not needed. At the same time, stratification and any other measures for seed germination are not required. You can make a ridge for sage, make a groove and plant the seeds to a depth of no more than 2 cm. Sage grows in a bush, so it is better to leave about 30 cm between plants, and take about 50 cm between rows.

You should not sow sage after relatives from the Lamiaceae family. The predecessors of sage can be potatoes, cabbage, onions, legumes.

Sage Care

Pruning. In the second year after planting, like many herbs with dense inflorescences, sage is updated with a cut (10 cm from the soil surface).

Watering. Sage normally tolerates drought, but it needs moisture to keep the greens juicy and tender. Otherwise, the leaves will simply become very tough. But it's not worth transfusing, he doesn't like that.

Application of fertilizers. In the spring, before flowering, fertilizing with nitrogen mineral fertilizers is carried out, in the fall, after the plant is cut and prepared for winter, many gardeners fertilize with phosphorus-potassium fertilizers in accordance with the norms on the package.

Collection of sage

It is customary to use and harvest sage during its flowering period. The leaves can be consumed fresh, or they can be harvested for the winter, in bunches or spread out in a dark, warm, ventilated place (in the attic).

Types of sage

After the studies, the Novosibirsk Research Station selected 12 species resistant to steppe conditions. But they turned out to be so different in their characteristics that they were divided into three groups:

1. Plants of American origin were identified in this group, their usual environment is the subtropics. In the natural environment, such plants live for several years. In the middle lane in winter, the plant dies, so it is cultivated as an annual. From germination to flowering will take at least 100 days. Therefore, the sage of this group is grown mainly by seedlings.

2. In this group, varieties of Mediterranean sage are already represented. In their natural environment, they are perennial, but in our middle lane in open ground they will die in winter, so they have to be grown as annual plants. But from germination to flowering will take about 40 days. This suggests that you can do without seedlings.

3. Our most popular group. This group includes varieties of sage that winter well in our open field. They are perennial plants of the temperate zone. This group also includes the Ethiopian sage, which is cultivated as a biennial. The most unaffected by research are salvia nutmeg, marsh, and lavender.

Salvia sticky

Varieties of sage officinalis

Since in this article, for the most part, we were talking about sage officinalis (vegetable), we will consider varieties that are suitable for different climatic zones and have excellent taste and irreplaceable medicinal properties.

Sage Breeze

This variety is included in the State Register of the Russian Federation, recommended for fresh and dried consumption (young shoots and foliage), used for the preparation of desserts, salads, soups, sauces, meat, fish. Plants of this variety reach about 60 cm in height, with erect shoots and dense foliage. The leaves are pubescent, serrated along the edges. In the second year after planting, the bush of the variety reaches about 280 g. The flowers are purple-blue in color. Seeds are small, brown-black.

Sage Aibolit

As well as the previous variety, it is included in the State Register of the Russian Federation. Used both fresh and dry. The plant is larger than the previous one, 60-120 cm tall. The leaf is dark green in color, finely serrated along the edge, wrinkled, has a strong pubescence. It is customary to use the variety in the second year after planting, after a month from the beginning of the growing season. But it is not as resistant in winter as the previous variety, so in the middle lane it is better to cover for the winter.

Sage Nectar

The variety, included in the State Register of the Russian Federation, is very popular in combination with cheese and in aromatic culinary compositions. Its height is about 100 cm, the stem is erect. The color of the foliage is light green with pubescence. Flowers blue-violet.

Sage Patriarchy Semko

The variety is used in dry and fresh form, it has been included in the State Register since 2000. The height of this variety is 50-80 cm. The erect stems are stiff at the bottom. Dense foliage up to 10 cm long. To the top of the shoot, the leaves are smaller. Seeds in the form of a ball, flowers are blue-violet.

They belong to the category of heat-loving shrubs. The plant has an elongated shape and an average height of up to 70 cm. Sage leaves are oblong, pointed, have a rich green tint, and the flowers, collected in inflorescences, are painted light purple. A large number of essential oils are concentrated in flowering tops, so they should be collected and harvested for medicinal purposes.

sage bush

The intensity of the aroma, the content of essential oils, as well as the concentration of useful substances of sage varies depending on the season of the year. That is why there are certain periods of collecting plants in summer and autumn. You can meet lawns with sage growing in the wild in Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia, Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and other countries of southeastern Europe. In Russia and the CIS countries, wild sage is rare. It is mainly grown in private gardens and summer cottages.

The most favorable period for collecting leaves and flowers is the beginning of summer. It is then that the greatest amount of essential oils is concentrated in it. You can start collecting immediately after the blooming of the inflorescences. For the preparation of the medicinal base, we select dark green leaves and lilac inflorescences. For the convenience of drying, we cut off the branches where the lower flowers have already blossomed, and the upper ones are collected in buds. Summer collection time– 20 days after blooming inflorescences.

young sage

Then the sage fades, and the secondary stage of ripening begins. Self-seeding occurs, new seeds are formed in the pericarp, which soon fall to the ground or are carried by the wind, and after the first rain they germinate, filling the area with young sage bushes. During this period, the plant is not harvested, its leaves and stems coarsen, and the concentration of nutrients decreases several times.

Try to collect most of the sage in the area, if you do not want this plant to fill almost the entire space of your garden during the new flowering period. Many gardeners, however, specifically allocate large areas to sage, because, in addition to the medicinal use of dry leaves and inflorescences, you can also use its stems as green manure for compost. Re-collection begins at the end of September. By this time, both young and old shrubs have time to fully form, on which green leaves and lilac inflorescences reappear. In terms of a set of nutrients, autumn sowing is not inferior to summer sowing.

The collection process itself takes place in two ways. In the first case, you can pluck leaves and inflorescences from a growing shoot, and in the second, you can prune the aerial part of the sage with garden shears and dry it in a way that is convenient for you. It is recommended to remove not all leaves and inflorescences from the bush, but somewhere around 50-70% of the total. This will give you the opportunity not to plant new crops next year, but to get young shrubs from germinated seeds. Choose dry and sunny days for harvesting, waiting for the moment when the morning dew has completely evaporated. Before harvesting, we recommend washing the bushes from dust with a hose and letting them dry thoroughly. During the collection, pay attention to the quality of raw materials, excluding diseased and spoiled leaves, inflorescences.

If you do not have the opportunity to grow sage in your summer cottage, you can do it at home by creating special conditions. To do this, you need to have a cool room with plenty of light, such as a loggia or balcony, where you could keep a constant temperature in the range from 0 to +5 ° C.

Video: Collecting sage for brewing from a pharmacy

Sage has a pleasant aroma that persists even after drying. But if the raw material is not prepared correctly, it will have a musty smell. Therefore, start drying the plant immediately after harvesting it. We wash the leaves and inflorescences under water at room temperature, not hot, otherwise the sage will lose half of its medicinal properties, and then lay everything out in an even layer on parchment paper or newspaper. Drying is carried out in a ventilated, dry room or under a canopy in the open air, not forgetting to turn the leaves over.

Drying herbs

Also, you can not remove the leaves and flowers from the cut shoots, but collect them in a bunch and hang them upside down to dry.

You can use the dryer. It is necessary to carry out this process at a minimum temperature not exceeding 35-40 ° C in order to prevent the loss of essential oils and the aroma of sage. In dry raw materials, there should be no twigs, thick stems and other impurities. A simple test will help determine the readiness of raw materials. If the leaves break easily, they are well dried, and if they bend, we continue to dry the sage. At the exit, you should get 25-30% of the medicinal preparation from the initial volume of fresh sage. Natural tea from such raw materials has an astringent and bitter taste.

Video: How to dry greens and other plants

Store the leaves and inflorescences as a whole, as essential oils evaporate much faster from the crushed culture. We recommend using breathable materials as storage containers: cardboard boxes, paper or canvas bags, dry jars with a nylon lid. The room where dry sage will be stored should also be constantly ventilated. Subject to all these rules, the shelf life of raw materials is 2 years.

Salvia officinalis

The generic name comes from the Latin salvus - healthy, as the plant is medicinal. The species definition - "pharmacy" indicates the same.

Hippocrates, Dioscorides and other ancient Greek physicians called sage "sacred herb". To this day, sage leaves are official in many countries of the world.

The plant came to folk medicine through pharmacies and became quite popular.

Sage officinalis is a semi-shrub with woody roots. There are several stems, branched, 20-50 cm high. The lower ones are woody, the upper ones are herbaceous tetrahedral. The leaves are opposite, petiolate, young - white tomentose. The flowers are blue-violet, collected 6-10 in false whorls, forming apical racemose inflorescences. The fruit is fractional, consists of four nuts. The smell of the plant, especially when rubbed in the fingers, is strong, specific.

Blooms in June-July. The fruits ripen in September.

It does not occur in our country; it grows wild in the Mediterranean. In the villages, it is cultivated in gardens, vegetable gardens, flower beds, as a remedy primarily for rinsing the mouth and throat, especially for toothache.

On a note!

Old plants winter poorly, and crops gradually thin out. To slow down the "aging", in the spring the plants are cut to half the length of the stem, which enhances bushiness. Propagated by seeds. They are sown in early spring or late autumn in a wide row with row spacing 60 cm wide.

Collection and drying

Collect leaves and tops of stems during flowering. Dry sage in attics, under sheds, in dryers at a temperature of 30-40 °. When the plants lose 50-60% of moisture, the temperature is raised to 50-60°. After drying, the plants are crushed, discarding the stems. Seeds are collected from intact plants.

The smell of medicinal raw materials is fragrant, the taste is bitter-spicy, astringent. Shelf life on average 1 year 6 months.

Chemical composition

Sage leaf contains up to 2.5% essential oil, 4% condensed tannins, ursolic and oleanolic acids, phenolcarboxylic acids, vitamins, macro- and microelements, diterpenes, bitter substances, 5-6% resinous substances, flavonoids, coumarin esculetin, etc. .

The composition of the essential oil includes up to 15% cineol, 30-50% thujone and thujol, pinene, salvene, borneol, camphor, sesquiterpene cedren and other terpenoids.

Action and application

Essential oil cineole has bactericidal properties, with which the phytoncidal properties of the plant are associated. Tannins have an astringent effect, and flavonoids have a choleretic effect.

Traditionally, sage is used for rinsing in acute angina, chronic tonsillitis, stomatitis, gingivitis, aphthous lesions of the oral cavity.

In addition, an infusion of sage leaves is taken for gastric diseases, cholecystitis, hepatitis, mild forms of diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, shaking paralysis, pulmonary tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis, articular rheumatism, intervertebral osteochondrosis. Baths with sage are useful for eczema, psoriasis, skin rashes. Sage improves memory, cleanses blood vessels.

Sage is a repository of phytohormones. Their role is still not well understood. They are known to act as catalysts and are similar to human hormones similar to estrogens (female sex hormones). That is why it is useful for women after 35 years of age to take a course of rejuvenation - three times a year for a month, regularly drink a glass of infusion in the morning: 1 teaspoon of sage per glass of boiling water. Insist until cool. Drink slowly, 30-40 minutes before meals. You can add honey or lemon for taste. In ancient Egypt, after devastating wars or epidemics, women were required to drink boiled sage and season their food with it in order to increase the population. The priests distributed the herb for free. The fulfillment of these conditions by young women was especially carefully monitored.

There is nothing surprising or mystical in this. Infusion of sage seeds promotes conception, helps both men and women. Unlike other plants that help conception, sage increases the "suction" reflex of the cervix in women.

The infusion is prepared as follows: 1 teaspoon of seeds is poured into a glass of boiling water. Do not strain. Keep in the refrigerator so as not to sour. Drink 1 dessert spoon 2 times a day - in the morning on an empty stomach and at bedtime for 11 days immediately after the cessation of menstruation. The course of treatment is 3 months. If the desired pregnancy does not occur, then take a break for two months and repeat the treatment. The result is sure to come. If not, then it is necessary to treat inflammation of the tubes and ovaries.

Attention!

Sage should be excluded from therapeutic agents with reduced thyroid function. Sage is contraindicated in acute inflammation of the kidneys - nephritis, pyelonephritis, glomerulonephritis. You can not take an infusion of sage with a strong cough, otherwise it will only intensify it. Poorly tolerated sage with hypotension. It is undesirable to use it for more than three months in a row (breaks are necessary). Sage is contraindicated in pregnancy. As a precaution, do not prescribe his drugs to nursing mothers, as he dramatically reduces the amount of milk. Sage is contraindicated in amenorrhea - a long delay in menstruation.

Life Extension Tincture

Especially useful in old age.

100 g of sage flowers, 800 ml of vodka and 400 ml of water. Insist 40 days in the sun in a closed glass vessel. Take 1 tablespoon half and half with water in the morning on an empty stomach. The shelf life of the tincture is 1 year. Tones and stimulates the nervous system, in addition, sage contains natural antioxidants.

Sage Powder for Bad Memory

Crush the leaves into powder. Take a pinch 3 times a day with water.

Infusion

An infusion of 20 g of raw materials per 200 ml of water, 2-3 tablespoons 3 times a day, is prescribed for night sweats, to reduce the formation of milk in nursing mothers, for bronchitis, gastric and intestinal inflammation, diarrhea, flatulence, inflammation of the liver and gallbladder. The same infusion is used for rinsing with inflammatory processes in the mouth and throat, tonsillitis, catarrh of the upper respiratory tract.

Infusion for multiple sclerosis

Pour 2 teaspoons of sage with 2 cups of boiling water, simmer in heat for 2-3 hours. Strain twice. Daily dose: drink in fractional portions no more than half a glass at a time. Or take 1 dessert spoon 3-4 times a day - individually. In some cases, sage baths up to 5-7 procedures are useful.

tonic drink

Mix 3 tbsp. l. dry leaves of lavender and sage, pour a mixture of 1 liter of dry red wine, leave for 2 weeks in a cool place, shaking occasionally, then strain.

Drink 30 g in the morning and evening 30 minutes before meals. The drink slows down the aging process of the body.

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What does sage look like and where does it grow?

Salvia officinalis is a perennial herbaceous plant whose natural habitat is the territory of Italy and southeastern Europe. Also, this species is ubiquitous on the territory of Ukraine and Russia, however, the plants of this geographical zone are mainly cultivars. Therefore, sage can often be found in many gardens and orchards.

Wild-growing forms also grow here, but in most cases only cultivated varieties of sage are found in the CIS.

Did you know?The healing and rejuvenating properties of sage have been seen since ancient Egypt. Therefore, the leaves of this plant were actively used as food by the ancient Egyptians (especially after serious epidemics).

Determining sage against the background of other vegetation is not so difficult. This species is 20-70 cm high, with a straight, powerful and branched stem, with a large number of characteristic leaves. The lower part of the stem is predominantly woody, the upper part is herbaceous. The root system is also powerful, it is characterized by a woody structure and rather serious branching. Stem leaves, opposite, 4 to 8 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide. The leaf blade can be either pointed or slightly blunt, rounded or wedge-shaped at the base. The venation of the leaves is reticulate. The inflorescence of all representatives of the species is simple or branched. After the end of the flowering period, characteristic fruit-nuts appear on the plant, almost regular rounded shape.

Chemical composition

The chemical composition of this plant is quite rich. All parts of sage contain up to 2.5%. Also in the leaves of this species, a rather serious amount of tannins, alkanoids and flavanoids, ursolic and oleanolic acids, phenolcarboxylic acids were found. The fruits contain a large amount of fatty oil (up to 25%), which is linoleic acid glycerides. In addition, vitamins such as bitterness and phytoncides, which have an antibacterial effect, were found in the composition of the plant.

Did you know?The antibacterial effect of sage officinalis was noticed in ancient Russia. Therefore, when any infectious disease was detected, the room where the patient lay, and himself, was plentifully fumigated with the smoke of this plant.

Medicinal properties and application

The pharmacological properties of sage are quite wide. Means prepared from leaves and stems have a disinfectant, astringent, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, hemostatic effect on the human body. In addition, plant extracts have emollient properties and, when properly dosed, can reduce perspiration. Quite often, sage preparations are used in pathological conditions, as they contribute to the overall strengthening of this department.

Did you know?In addition to the medical and cosmetic industries, sage is actively used in spicy herb can often be found in many meat dishes of Italian cuisine, and in the United States - as a spicy addition to soups and side dishes. In addition, for more than one century, the plant has been used as an indispensable food preservative.

Often, sage is prescribed for patients with gastritis, with inflammation of the gallbladder, since its active components not only prolong the period of remission, but also help restore the organs of the excretory system and the gastrointestinal tract. In the case of respiratory diseases, extracts from the leaves of this species are actively used as the main component for. Apply funds from sage and externally. For this, special decoctions are prepared, which are actively used for problems with the hairline. The combination of such an infusion with an extract makes it possible to overcome the main disease of office workers -.

Collection and preparation of medicinal raw materials

Many of our compatriots still do not know how to collect and dry sage. But in order for the prepared extracts, infusions and decoctions from it to really have a beneficial effect on the general and the person, the plant must be properly prepared. Only in this case, the raw material will store the maximum amount of all useful substances.

Leaves or upper flowering inflorescences are traditionally used as raw materials for harvesting. Harvesting can be carried out in several stages, however, if the plant was sown in the same year, then the collection begins in early autumn, in early September. In subsequent years, raw materials are harvested several times per season, but no more than 2-3 times during the growing season. At the first collection of the season, the necessary parts of the plant are carefully cut. At the end of the season, the stem is completely removed by cutting it at a height of about 10 cm from the soil.

Important!Sage belongs to the group of essential oil plants, so it should be dried at a temperature not exceeding +40 °C. Otherwise, the raw materials may lose their valuable substances, and with them a high therapeutic effect.

Dry sage in any dry, warm and well-ventilated place, away from direct sunlight. For these goals will suit any secluded place available on the farm (attic, shed). You can create a special drying room, but this will require a lot of effort, time and money. Dried leaves and inflorescences are stored in a tightly closed glass container for 1 year.

Recipes for use in home cosmetology

For hair

Sage hair cosmetics are multicomponent products, so plant extracts can be used for almost any problem with this area of ​​the human body. Such products help to actively fight problematic hair growth, eliminate excessive oiliness, and are also the best nutritional basis for healthy growth. Here are the most popular recipes:

1. In order to eliminate problems with hair growth, it is customary for the people to prepare a special nourishing mask. For this, 2 tbsp. l. infusion of sage (in 2 parts hot water insist 20 minutes 1 part of the herb) mixed with 2 tbsp. l. honey, then add to the mixture 1 tbsp. l. mustard powder. The resulting mask is rubbed into the hair roots for 25-30 minutes, then washed off with warm water.
2. When caring for oily hair, it is useful to use alcohol tinctures from sage. To do this, 0.5 l of vodka is mixed with 0.5 tbsp. l. apple cider vinegar. Next, add 7 tbsp. l. sage leaves, 15 tbsp. l. nettle leaves and insist everything in the refrigerator for 14 days. The resulting liquid is filtered and rubbed into the hair roots overnight. You can wash off the mask only in the morning.
3. To give shine, silkiness and strengthen the hair follicles, you should use a rinsing decoction of sage. It is prepared by infusing herbs in boiling water in a ratio of 1:2. After infusion for 30-60 minutes, the mixture is filtered and placed in the refrigerator. Rinse your hair after each wash (before use, a cold decoction can be slightly warmed up).

Important!Sage is a strong natural dye, so owners of blond hair should not use it. Otherwise, you can expect quite a serious darkening of the hair.

For skin

Nutrient from this plant is one of the better ways rejuvenate the skin and give it tenderness and a healthy look. For this, the following cosmetics are prepared:

• decoction of sage leaves for problem skin: boil 6 tbsp. in 0.5 l of water for 20 minutes. l. sage. The decoction is filtered and used in the morning and evening by rubbing the liquid into the skin of the face thanks to a moistened cotton pad. This decoction perfectly helps to eliminate excessive oiliness of the skin and gives it a healthy color;
• rejuvenating ice: the decoction prepared according to the technology described above is filtered, poured into ice molds and frozen. The resulting cubes must be rubbed into the skin in the morning or evening. The systematic use of ice cubes helps to stop the process of new wrinkles and smooth out old ones;
• skin mask: 1 tbsp. l. dry grass should be poured with a glass of boiling water, insist until completely cooled, then strain and add 1 tsp. honey and 1 egg white. The mixture is applied to the face and kept for 15 minutes, after which it is washed off with warm water. This cosmetic product is ideal for daily care of normal and combination skin.

Did you know?Many centuries ago, sage was considered one of the most valuable species plants. Ancient Chinese navigators exchanged as many as 3 boxes of their valuable green tea for 1 box of this plant.

Recipes for use in traditional medicine

Preparing a medicine from sage is quite simple. That is why this plant does not lose its popularity in the modern highly developed pharmacological industry. In addition, the effect of this kind of drugs can not be compared with any therapy. chemicals artificial nature.

Essential oil

Sage essential oil has many positive properties, so it has been widely used for the treatment of respiratory tract and bronchitis, as a prophylactic for mass diseases of the population with acute respiratory viral infections. To do this, it is shown to carry out inhalations using 1-2 drops of oil per procedure. With violations of the menstrual cycle and menopause, sage oil helps to stabilize the processes in the body. To do this, 1 drop of oil is mixed with 2 drops and enclosed in a bread capsule. Such a remedy should be used no more than 3 times a day.

You can make your own essential oils. To do this, use the method of hot marcipation: dry raw materials are poured into a glass dish, which is poured with special oil for making infusions in an amount equal to 1/3 of the original volume of dry raw materials. The resulting mixture is infused in a water bath at low heat for 3-4 hours. After that, the liquid is cooled and carefully filtered.

Important!Oil with sage should be kept in a water bath at a temperature not exceeding +37 ° C, otherwise you will not get the expected therapeutic effect from the product.

Tea

From sage has many indications for use. However, in most cases it is used to increase the protective functions of the body and the general during the period of mass distribution. This should be brewed according to the same principle as the usual one: pour 250 ml of boiling water over one teaspoon. You can increase the effectiveness of this infusion by adding 1 tsp. .

Decoction

The most widely decoctions of sage officinalis have found their application in gynecology. The tool contributes to the active fight against cervical erosion, etc. For this, douching of the problem area with an aqueous extract of the herb is shown 2 times a day (morning and evening). To prepare it, you need 1 tbsp. l. crushed plant pour 250 ml of water and insist on a water bath for 15 minutes, then cool and strain.

This decoction is also great for stomatitis. To do this, rinse the problem area with a liquid at least 2 times a day. Few people know that inflammatory diseases can also be defeated with a decoction of sage, since the herb has not only a disinfectant, but also an anti-inflammatory property. Gargle should be at least 2-3 times a day. This procedure will perfectly help to cope with laryngitis and other diseases.

Infusion

An infusion of this plant is used to alleviate the flow of flatulence, with bronchitis and for choleretic purposes. To prepare the decoction correctly, 1 tbsp. l. leaves, pour 250 ml of boiling water, insist in a glass vessel with a tightly closed lid for 30 minutes, and then strain. Take this infusion should be 3-4 times a day, 50-75 ml 20 minutes before meals.

Alcohol tincture

Alcoholic tincture of sage is one of the most effective drugs at. Also, many doctors advise taking such a remedy for older people to restore and stimulate activity. nervous system. For its preparation 3 tbsp. l. dried and crushed leaves should be infused in 0.5 liters of vodka for 1 month. The resulting infusion is carefully filtered and used 1 tbsp. l. on an empty stomach, drinking water, 1-2 times a day.

Important!It is necessary to use medicines containing sage extracts strictly after the recommendation of experienced specialists and only under the supervision of a doctor. Otherwise, you can aggravate your health condition.

Contraindications and precautions

Although the products prepared on the basis of sage leaves are characterized by many useful properties, there are many contraindications for the use of this type of plant. First of all, people with individual intolerance to the components of the herb and pregnant women should refuse to use products containing sage. Also, you should not use funds from this plant orally for inflammatory diseases of the kidneys and related systems. Do not use sage for problems with increased level estrogens, with endometrial hyperplasia, tumors in the female genital organs and breasts. Sage is also contraindicated in epilepsy, after surgery, as well as hypertension, since the components of the plant can have a very negative impact on the general state of human health.

Today we told in detail what a herb such as sage is, and also analyzed the instructions for its use. It is worth noting that this is one of the most effective medicinal plants known to mankind. Therefore, this species has found its application in many branches of medicine and cosmetology. However, substances with a high content of sage extracts should be used with extreme caution, since an overdose of the body active substances herbs can have a rather negative impact on overall health.

But it turns out that sage has truly unique healing properties.

Useful properties of sage

• Sage officinalis is anti-inflammatory, disinfectant, antimicrobial and astringent.
• It is used for diseases of the upper respiratory tract.
• Externally used for sore throat, mumps, gingivitis.
• It helps with inflammation gallbladder and liver.
• The leaves contain essential oil, tannins, resins, acids, bitterness, vitamins P, PP, mineral salts.

Leaves and tops of stems are used for harvesting raw materials. But unfortunately, sage is almost never found in the wild. But those who grow it on their plots should know the rules for harvesting it.

How and when is sage harvested

Sage is harvested in early summer, when its flowers are just beginning to bloom. For harvesting choose dry, sunny weather.

Plants must be clean. If there is dust on them, then they need to be rinsed with a hose or watering can and allowed to dry well.

Sage is a perennial plant, and it begins to bloom only in the second year of life. If the plant has never bloomed, then only the lower, well-formed leaves can be taken for drying.

And in a flowering plant, the leaves are cut off along with the upper part of the stem.

Before drying, the plants are sorted out, removing the lower stems, since they are coarse, almost stiff in sage and are not suitable for drying. Also remove browned leaves.

How to dry sage

The stems are collected in bunches, tied with a harsh thread and hung with flowers down in a dark, warm, dry place where there is good air circulation.

Also, plants can be laid out on linen or burlap and, as the top layer dries, carefully stir up raw materials to avoid rot.

Sage is a very fragrant plant, but if it is dried incorrectly, it acquires a musty smell. Therefore, it dries very quickly.

You can dry sage in dryers, but the temperature should not rise above 40 °, otherwise the essential oils will evaporate.

Finished raw materials should consist of whole or slightly broken leaves. It is not customary to grind sage leaves, because then they quickly lose their aroma.

Well-dried leaves become very brittle, and the stems brittle. When dry, sage does not lose its aroma. The taste of raw materials is bitter, astringent. The yield of finished raw materials is 25-35% of the initial volume.

How to store sage

Sage is stored in a dry, dark place at room temperature.

Leaves or whole sprigs should be in a well-closed container so that essential oils do not evaporate and its aroma does not mix with other herbs. The shelf life of raw materials is 2 years.

Healing properties of Sage known to mankind for many centuries. O medicinal properties This plant was mentioned by the ancient Roman physician Galen. Hippocrates and Dioscorides called Sage"sacred herb" In ancient Egypt, it was believed that it prolongs life, so its leaves were included in almost all medicinal collections.

In Ancient Greece Sage called the "grass of immortality", and the Gauls believed that if a person grows this healing herb in the garden, then he does not need a doctor. In the Middle Ages, it became so popular that it was even used in everyday life, its leaves were added to food. It was believed that this promotes good digestion.

Sage- a common name including several hundred species and subspecies. Found in Russia Sage Meadow, Oak or Wild Sage, Whorled Sage and Officinalis Sage in gardens.

All these types of Sage have similar properties, are used in traditional medicine, but it is believed that the highest concentration of nutrients in Sage officinalis.

Names of Sage

Sage -Salvia in literal translation from Latin, sage is designated as "grass of life"

Where does sage grow?

meadow sage- a resident of glades and edges, dry meadows and light pine forests, a common plant for central Russia.

It loves open places, grows on the slopes of foothills and hills, on forest edges, on the banks of streams and rivers. In the wild, salvia is distributed throughout Europe, excluding the northern part, in the Caucasus and Siberia.

On the territory of Russia, it is distributed in the European part, in the Caucasus, in Western Siberia. It grows in open places, as well as on clay cliffs and limestone slopes.

What does sage look like?

Sage hard to miss in the field, the bright purple tassels of its flowers stand out among the grasses. Sage grows in bushes, 30-40 centimeters high.

sage leaves dark green, narrow and elongated, rough to the touch. Inflorescences form purple-blue brushes.

Common sage, oak sage, and whorled sage have much in common. They differ mainly in the arrangement of flowers. In Sage oakwood they are collected in dense panicles, in Sage meadow flowers are more rarely located on the stem, and in Whorled Sage they are arranged on the stem in tiers like fluffy skirts.

Blooming time for sage

Sage blooms for a long time, from June to September, sometimes even until October.

Collecting and harvesting Sage

As a rule - there are two collections of Sage: summer and autumn.

Summer collection of Sage.

At the beginning of summer, Sage is most saturated with essential oils, and the leaves and flowers harvested at this time are most valued. The collection of Sage begins as soon as the inflorescences begin to bloom. For drying, intact dark green leaves are selected and plucked along with the cuttings. Also collect inflorescences of Sage. Branches are cut off on which the lower flowers have already blossomed, and the upper ones are still in buds. If you cut off fully bloomed inflorescences, during drying, the lower petals will fall off, and the stems that are bare from below will remain, which are of little value.

Autumn collection of Sage

The second harvest of Sage begins at the end of September, when the plant has recovered from the summer heat. By this time, beautiful velvety leaves grow back on the Sage bushes and flowers begin to bloom.

dried sage outdoors under a canopy so that the sun's rays do not fall on the plants spread with a thin layer.

The medicinal properties of Sage have made it famous as an herbal healer, and the spicy aroma is used as a fragrant seasoning and perfume fragrance.

sage leaves contribute to the reduction of sweat secretions.

Sage apply in the treatment of: skin diseases; neuroses; neurasthenia; asthma; bronchitis; thrush; scabies; tuberculosis of the cervical lymph nodes; gastrointestinal disorders; respiratory infections; stomatitis; sore throats; periodontal disease; rheumatism; scrofula.

Sage can be used both internally and externally.

Depending on the disease, it is used in the form of decoctions, infusions, baths, compresses, inhalations.

Inside Sage taken for gastrointestinal, respiratory and infectious diseases. From Sage prepare infusions, decoctions, tinctures.

Medicinal sage is a heat-loving subshrub belonging to the Lamiaceae family. The plant has a straight leafy stem up to 70 cm high, pointed oblong green leaves and light purple flowers, collected in branched or simple apical inflorescences. The fruit is a small, four-lobed nutlet, black or brown.

In the wild, sage can only be found in the countries of southeastern Europe (in Greece, Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, etc.). In Russia and the CIS, the plant grows in gardens, fields and vegetable gardens, as cultivated or wild.

How to collect sage

For medicinal purposes, the flowering tops of sage and its leaves containing healing essential oils are used. The first collection of vegetable raw materials is carried out in early autumn in the year of planting. In subsequent years, sage leaves and inflorescences are harvested in two stages:

1. during the budding period (in June-July);
2. during fruit ripening (September).

During the first two years after sowing, only the lower leaves of the plant with petioles at least 20 mm long are plucked. In the future, medicinal raw materials are harvested, collected from the entire ground part of the shoots.

Sage is harvested in two ways:

• they cut off the leaves with their hands from the growing shoot and dry them;
• the ground part of the plant is cut with a sickle, pruner or scissors, dried, and then the leaves and flowers are threshed.

Harvesting is advisable to produce on dry, sunny days, waiting for the morning dew to dry. Dusty and dirty plants should be washed with water from a hose or watering can before harvesting and allowed to dry thoroughly. During harvesting, it is necessary to ensure that diseased, dried or insect-eaten leaves do not get into the medicinal raw material.

How to dry sage at home

Sage is dried in dark, well-ventilated, warm rooms protected from moisture ingress or under specially equipped outdoor sheds. Cut plants are collected in bunches, tied and hung to dry with flowers down. The leaves collected from the growing shoots are laid out in a thin layer on paper and dried, from time to time exposing the medicinal raw material to tedding in order to prevent decay.

If desired, sage can also be dried in a dryer. However, it is necessary to ensure that the temperature in its chamber is below 35 degrees. When overheated, healing essential oils evaporate from the herb, and the medicinal raw material itself quickly loses its healing and aromatic properties.

The moisture level of dried sage should not exceed 13%. At the same time, thick stems, twigs, darkened leaves and other third-party impurities should not be contained in the finished medicinal raw material.

Sage storage rules

Sage is stored in glass containers, cardboard boxes, canvas or paper bags in dry, warm rooms with good ventilation. The shelf life of vegetable raw materials, subject to all storage rules, is 2 years.