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  1. Photos, basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism
  2. Basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism
  3. Botanical description, reference data, useful information, illustrations
  4. Recipes for use in traditional medicine and cosmetology
  5. Tips for growing, harvesting and storing

Clary sage, Salvia sclarea. Photos of the plant, basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism

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Basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism

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Family: Lamiaceae (Lamiaceae)

Origin: Clary sage is native to Southern Europe and Western Asia.

Area: The plant is widely distributed in Southern Europe, Central Asia, the Mediterranean and Central America. As a cultivated plant, it is grown in many regions of the world.

Chemical composition: The leaves and flowers of clary sage contain essential oil (up to 1%), which includes monoterpene alcohols, esters, salicylates, coumarins and other compounds.

Economic value: Clary sage is widely used in cooking and medicine. It is added to meat dishes, soups, salads, and is also used as a spice for preserving vegetables and fruits. In medicine, clary sage is prescribed as an anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antiseptic agent. The plant is also used to improve digestion and in the treatment of nervous disorders.

Legends, myths, symbolism: In ancient Greek mythology, sage was associated with the goddess of wisdom, Athena, who was also the goddess of magic. It was believed that sage had protective properties and could help with difficult problems. In folk medicine, sage has been used to treat various ailments such as sore throats, colds, menstrual disorders, headaches, and stress. It has also been used to improve digestion and lower blood pressure. Symbolically, sage may be associated with wisdom, magic, and protection, as it was associated with the goddess of wisdom and was used as a medicine to treat various ailments. It can also symbolize purity and spirituality, as its fragrance and use are associated with religious and meditative practices.

 


 

Clary sage, Salvia sclarea. Description, illustrations of the plant

Sage. Legends, myths, history

Clary

Its name comes from the Latin salvere - heals.

People have known about the healing properties of sage for thousands of years. In ancient herbals, you can find a legend about its healing power.

When the Virgin Mary with little Jesus fled from Herodes, she turned to all the grasses of the field for help, but none of the plants could cover her. Then she turned to the sage, with its thick leaves, he closed them from the eyes of the executioners from Herodes, and they passed by without noticing them.

When the danger had passed, the Mother of God turned to the sage: "From this day and forever and ever, you will be people's favorite flower, I will give you the power to heal people from all diseases, save them from death, just as you saved me from the eyes of executioners." Since then, sage has been treating people for ailments.

Dioscorides, like Hippocrates, considered sage to be a sacred herb and the most useful medicine, especially for infertility in women. In case of infertility, it was recommended to drink sage juice with a small amount of salt.

The Romans were famous for their special care for body hygiene. The famous ancient Roman terms (baths) were a whole city in which many townspeople spent almost their entire lives. This city included bath buildings - steam rooms, massage and beauty salons, swimming pools, playgrounds for exercise, libraries, and canteens.

Herbal sage baths were highly valued in ancient Rome, and some Romans argued that there is nothing better for human health. It is possible that some of the recipes for sage baths came to us from antiquity.

In the Middle Ages, sage was perceived as a panacea, a cure for all diseases. None of the medicinal plants known to medieval alchemists used a wider range of applications than sage. The incredible excitement around sage gave rise to many all kinds of legends about this plant, magical properties were attributed to it.

At that time, the herb was widely used for occult purposes by sorcerers and witches. As far as is known, alchemists used sage to obtain the "philosopher's stone" - as many scientists called the mythical substance that has the ability to turn any base metals into gold.

The people attributed special properties to sage: it was believed that drinking tea from sage leaves prolongs life.

From time immemorial, an old Arabic saying has come down to us: "Why should a person die if sage grows in his garden: against the power of death, sage grows in gardens!" This plant was called sacred grass in ancient Greece by Hippocrates, Pliny the Elder and Dioscorides. Already at that distant time, an aqueous infusion of sage leaves was called "Greek tea".

Author: Martyanova L.M.


Clary sage, Salvia sclarea. Description of the plant, area, cultivation, application

Clary

A biennial herbaceous plant of the labiaceae family with annually dying off stems.

Bush up to 1,5 m high with a central erect stem and many side shoots. Stems are tetrahedral, pubescent, with large inflorescences at the ends. The lower leaves are large, the upper ones are small, opposite, oval-heart-shaped, wrinkled. All leaves are also pubescent, which gives the plant a silvery hue.

The flowers are bisexual, large, pinkish-purple, located in the axils of the bracts in the form of semi-whorls of 3-4 on the lateral and 6 on the neutral stem, form flower branches collected in a large panicle inflorescence.

The fruits consist of 4 dark brown rounded nuts. The root is taproot, powerful, branching in the upper part.

Homeland sage nutmeg regions of the Mediterranean. In the wild, it grows in the Crimea, the Caucasus, in some regions of Central Asia. It is cultivated in the south of Ukraine, in the Crimea, in Moldova, in the Krasnodar region of Russia.

Sage can be sown in August (winter) or before winter, as its seeds have the ability to form a colloidal shell in a humid environment, which prevents them from freezing. Seed germination begins at a soil temperature of 12 °C. Mass flowering of sage - in July-August. Seeds ripen in September-October.

Clary sage is very photophilous, drought-resistant.

Excessive soil moisture during the flowering period leads to a decrease in the content of essential oil in the plant. Frost-resistant. Therefore, throughout the winter, when interruptions are noted with fresh spices, freshly picked sage leaves can be put in food. Only at frosts of 20 ° C do the leaves die off, but the growth buds remain.

Very undemanding to soils. However, stony, eroded marl or washed away soils are unsuitable for it. Gives the highest yields on light fertile lands.

Takes fertilizer well.

Clary sage is a very fragrant plant. Most of the essential oil in it happens during the regrowth period. Sage leaves contain ascorbic acid, tannins, the largest amount of them in the plant during the budding period. Clary sage is a good honey plant.

Sage refers to spices that are used both fresh and dried in vegetable omelettes, when preserving fish, for flavoring jams and pickles. Clary sage leaves, along with black elderberry flowers, are added to wine to give it a nutmeg tone.

The essential oil is used to flavor wines, liqueurs, confectionery and other food products.

Clary sage was already known as a medicinal plant in Roman times.

The condensate after extracting the essential oil from the inflorescences is used to treat rheumatism, sciatica and in other cases.

Cultivation. A well-lit area is allocated for growing clary sage.

The most favorable are loamy and sandy soils. Sage can also grow on other soils where there is no close groundwater.

After harvesting the predecessor (preferably legumes), the soils are carefully dug up to a depth of 25-27 cm, 2-3 kg of manure is applied per 1 m2. Before sowing, the seeds are harrowed 1-2 times green and rolled. Sage forms a rich vegetative mass.

therefore, it needs a lot of nutrients in the soil. The accumulation of green mass in the plant occurs for estimates of nitrogen fertilizers, and ethers - phosphorus.

Sage is sown in October or in the first decade of November, the seeds are planted in the ground to a depth of 3-4 cm. Seedlings appear in March - early April.

The optimum soil temperature for seed germination is 25°C. After the emergence of seedlings, weeding is carried out and only if necessary - thinning. The aisles are loosened shallowly due to the fact that the bulk of the roots is located in the upper layers of the earth.

Care for crops of the second year begins with early spring harrowing across the rows 10 days before germination. Further, the aisles are loosened 3-4 times.

Clary sage is harvested in the phase of mass flowering, cutting plants at a height of 15-20 cm from the ground. Cut inflorescences are dried in the shade under a canopy or in a well-ventilated area.

Store packed in paper or canvas bags in a cool ventilated place.

Authors: Yurchenko L.A., Vasilkevich S.I.


Clary sage, Salvia sclarea L. Botanical description, distribution, chemical composition, features of use

Clary

Lamiaceae family - Lamiaceae.

Perennial plant, semi-shrub 100-120 cm high.

The stems are pubescent with curly hairs with an admixture of stalked glands. Stem leaves are long-petioled, cordate-ovate, short-haired and glandular.

The flowers are collected in whorls of four to six; corolla two-lipped; pale pink, lilac or whitish. Inflorescence paniculate-branched, shorter than the vegetative part of the stem. The fruit is an elliptical brown wrinkled nutlet.

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

Grows on rocky slopes, in gardens as a weed.

Mediterranean look. It is found in Central and Southern Europe, Western and Central Asia, in the Caucasus. Cultivated everywhere.

The aerial part of the plant contains essential oil, its yield from inflorescences is 0,1-0,3% (dry weight). The essential oil is a colorless or slightly yellowish liquid with a very peculiar pleasant odor reminiscent of amber, orange and bergamot.

The main component of the essential oil are esters (50-77%), among which the leading place is occupied by linalyl acetate. In addition, the oil contains linalool, linalilfornisate, alpha- and beta-pinene, camphene, myrcene, limonene, beta-ocimene, n-cymol, alloocimene, free organic acids - formic, acetic, etc.; Sesquiterpene, di- and triterpene hydrocarbons have also been found.

The fruits contain up to 31% (by absolutely dry weight) of fast-drying fatty oil, the main component of which is linoleic acid; the quality of the oil is close to tung oil. The roots contain coumarins. The inflorescences and leaves contain aromatic resins, organic acids (formic, acetic), saponins, flavonoids.

In the food industry, the essential oil of clary sage is used in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages and confectionery products to give them the aroma of nutmeg. In the tobacco industry, it is used to flavor expensive varieties of tobacco.

Waste after distillation of the essential oil contains a significant amount of sclareol, which can be used for the synthesis of aromatic substances with the smell of ambergris. The drying fatty oil is used to obtain high quality drying oil for enfleurage and fixing essential oils.

Fresh and dry inflorescences and leaves are used as a seasoning for culinary products, for flavoring cheese, tea and other products.

In some countries, a fragrant intoxicating drink is obtained from the flowers. In Mexico, Chili roots and young stems are used to prepare aromatic soft drinks, they are ground into flour for confectionery, the aerial part of the plant is added to beer and wine to give them a nutmeg smell.

The aerial part rich in essential oil during the flowering period is used in medicine for baths and applications for polyarthritis, osteomyelitis, deforming arthrosis, and trophic ulcers. The raw materials remaining after extraction of the oil are used for therapeutic antirheumatic baths.

The plant has antibacterial properties, contains phytoncides. Coumarins from the roots have antitumor activity.

In folk medicine, the plant was used for urolithiasis, rheumatism, tachycardia, a decoction of the aerial part in milk is used as an antitussive, as well as an aromatic and digestive remedy.

Clinical trials have shown the effectiveness of an ointment containing 5-20% clary sage extracts in the treatment of psoriasis.

Authors: Dudchenko L.G., Kozyakov A.S., Krivenko V.V.

 


 

Clary sage, Salvia sclarea L. Botanical description, area and habitats, chemical composition, use in medicine and industry

Clary

Perennial herbaceous plant 20-120 cm tall, of the labiatae family (Labiatae). Stems densely pubescent.

Leaves opposite, wrinkled, heart-shaped or cordate-ovate, 7-20 cm long.

The flowers are two-lipped pinkish and lilac, collected in false whorls and form a paniculate branched inflorescence. Fruit of 4 oval nuts 2-3 mm long. The tap root is slightly branched.

Flowering in June-July, fruiting in August-September.

Range and habitats. It occurs naturally in Central and Southern Europe, Western and Central Asia, and the Caucasus. Cultivated everywhere.

Grows on rocky, clayey, loess, fine-grained fine gravel slopes, on sands, on arable land, in gardens as a weed.

Chemical composition. The aerial part of the plant contains essential oil (clary sage oil), its yield from inflorescences is 0,1-0,3% (dry weight). The essential oil is a colorless or slightly yellowish liquid with a very peculiar pleasant odor reminiscent of amber, orange and bergamot. The main component of the essential oil are esters (50-77%), among which the leading place is occupied by linalyl acetate. In addition, the oil contains linalool, linalilfornisate, alpha- and beta-pinene, camphene, myrcene, limonene, beta-ocimene, n-cymol, alloocimene, free organic acids - formic, acetic, etc.; Sesquiterpene, di- and triterpene hydrocarbons have also been found.

The fruits contain up to 31% (by absolutely dry weight) of fast-drying fatty oil, the main component of which is linoleic acid; the quality of the oil is close to tung oil. The roots contain coumarins. The inflorescences and leaves contain aromatic resins, organic acids (formic, acetic), saponins, flavonoids.

The plant has antibacterial properties, contains phytoncides. Coumarins from the roots have antitumor activity.

Application in medicine. The aerial part rich in essential oil during the flowering period is used in medicine for baths and applications for polyarthritis, osteomyelitis, deforming arthrosis, and trophic ulcers.

The raw materials remaining after extraction of the oil are used for therapeutic antirheumatic baths.

Clary

In folk medicine, the plant was used for urolithiasis, rheumatism, tachycardia, a decoction of the aerial part in milk was used as an antitussive, as well as an aromatic and digestive remedy.

The warming and relaxing effect of clary sage oil relieves nervous tension, which is very important in a feverish and panic state. Improves concentration, memory, stimulates brain activity. Increases creativity and awakens intuition.

Clinical trials have shown the effectiveness of an ointment containing 5-20% clary sage extracts in the treatment of psoriasis.

Other uses. Fresh and dry inflorescences and leaves are used as a seasoning for culinary products, for flavoring cheese, tea and other products.

In some countries, a fragrant intoxicating drink is obtained from the flowers. In Mexico, Chili roots and young stems are used to prepare aromatic soft drinks, they are ground into flour for confectionery, the aerial part of the plant is added to beer and wine to give them a nutmeg smell.

In the food industry, the essential oil of clary sage is used in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages and confectionery products to give them the aroma of nutmeg. In the tobacco industry, it is used to flavor expensive varieties of tobacco.

Waste after distillation of the essential oil contains a significant amount of sclareol, which can be used for the synthesis of aromatic substances with the smell of ambergris.

The drying fatty oil is used to obtain high quality drying oil for enfleurage and fixing essential oils.

Clary sage oil is an aphrodisiac. Being an anti-stress, it helps to solve problems of a sexual nature, increases the reproductive function of both men and women.

Authors: Turova A.D., Sapozhnikova E.N.

 


 

Clary sage, Salvia sclarea. Recipes for use in traditional medicine and cosmetology

cultivated and wild plants. Legends, myths, symbolism, description, cultivation, methods of application

Ethnoscience:

  • For abdominal pain: prepare an infusion of 1 teaspoon of dried clary sage leaves, pour a glass of boiling water and leave for 10 minutes. Strain and drink. This infusion can help relieve stomach pain and improve digestion.
  • For insomnia: Mix 1 teaspoon dried clary sage leaves with 1 cup hot water. Steep for 10 minutes, then strain and drink before bed. This infusion can help improve sleep quality.
  • For headaches: prepare an infusion of 1 teaspoon of dried clary sage leaves, pour a glass of boiling water and leave for 10 minutes. Strain and drink. This infusion can help relieve headaches.
  • From calluses: prepare an infusion of 2 tablespoons of dried clary sage leaves, pour a glass of boiling water and leave for 30 minutes. Strain and use as a compress on a corn or bump.

Cosmetology:

  • Face tonic: Mix 1/4 cup clary sage infusion with 3/4 cup rose water. Add 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar and 5-7 drops of lavender essential oil. This tonic can help soften and soothe the skin of the face, as well as reduce inflammation and irritation.
  • Hair Mask: mix 1/4 cup burdock oil with 10 drops of clary sage essential oil. Spread evenly on hair and leave for 30 minutes, then rinse with warm water and shampoo. This mask can help strengthen and improve the condition of the hair.
  • Massage oil: Mix 1/4 cup sweet almond oil with 10 drops of clary sage essential oil. Use as a body massage oil. This oil can help improve the condition of the skin, make it firmer and improve blood circulation.
  • Body Scrub: Mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup olive oil, and 10 drops of clary sage essential oil. Use for body massage in the shower or bath. This scrub can help purify the skin, remove dead skin cells and improve its texture.

Attention! Before use, consult with a specialist!

 


 

Clary sage, Salvia sclarea. Tips for growing, harvesting and storing

cultivated and wild plants. Legends, myths, symbolism, description, cultivation, methods of application

Clary sage (Salvia sclarea) is a herbaceous plant with beautiful flowers and fragrant leaves. It is widely used in cooking and medicine.

Tips for growing, harvesting and storing clary sage:

Cultivation:

  • Clary sage prefers a sunny location with well-drained soil and a neutral pH.
  • Seeds can be sown directly outdoors or in seedling containers in spring or fall.
  • Clary sage requires moderate watering, as it does not like flooding or drying out of the soil.
  • It is recommended to fertilize clary sage regularly to ensure good growth and yield.

Workpiece:

  • Clary sage leaves should be harvested when the plant reaches a height of about 30-60 cm.
  • The leaves should be picked in dry weather, after the dew has gone but before flowering begins.
  • The leaves can be used fresh, dried or frozen.

Storage:

  • Fresh clary sage leaves can be refrigerated in a plastic bag or container for several days.
  • For longer storage, clary sage leaves can be dried. To do this, the leaves should be placed in a thin layer on a paper towel and left in the sun or in a ventilated place until completely dry. The leaves should then be stored in glass jars or bags.
  • Clary sage leaves can also be frozen by immersing them in boiling water for a few seconds, chilling, and placing them in freezer bags.

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