Medicinal Value of Sage

There are many common plants in life. When choosing some plants, you also need to have a good understanding of them, so that when you use them, you will know how these plants can help you. Sage is commonly used, but many people are not very clear about sage. Therefore, before choosing sage, you need to understand the effects and functions of sage.

Sage is very helpful to the human body, and sage essential oil has a good effect on improving the skin. So what are the effects and functions of sage? There are many aspects. Let’s introduce it in detail below.

The effects and functions of sage:

It has a strong smell after drying and is often used when cooking soups or strong-flavored meat foods. Adding a small amount can alleviate the taste and can be added to salads for enjoyment, which can also have a beauty-enhancing effect. The flowers can be used to make tea, which emits a fresh fragrance, can eliminate fats in the body, help circulation, and has antiseptic, antibacterial, and antidiarrheal effects. It contains estrogen, so pregnant women should avoid using it.

Medicinal Value of Sage

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Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Sage, a plant of the Lamiaceae family.

Latin plant, animal and mineral name: Salvia japonica Thunb.

Harvest and storage: Harvest in summer, wash and dry.

[Original form] Sage, annual herb, 40-60cm tall. The stem is erect and quadrangular. The leaves at the bottom of the stem are bipinnate; the petiole is 7-9cm long; the leaf blade is 6-10cm long and 5-9cm wide. The upper part of the stem is a pinnate compound leaf with a short petiole; the terminal leaflet is lanceolate or rhombic, up to 10 cm long and 3.5 cm wide, with acuminate or caudal apex, long cuneate base, and obtuse serrations on the margins; the lateral leaflets are ovate-lanceolate and nearly sessile. Inflorescence is in whorls, with 2-6 flowers in each whorl, forming an elongated raceme or racemose panicle; bracts and bracteoles are lanceolate; pedicels are short and pubescent; calyx is tubular and two-lipped; corolla is light red, light purple, light blue to light white, with a tubular crown tube and two-lipped crown brim, the upper lip is elliptic, the lower lip is 3-lobed, the middle lobe is larger and obcordate, with rounded edges; there are 2 developed stamens, the outer stamens are 3, and the filaments are short; the style is protruding, and the tip is unequally fissured. The nutlets are oval, brown and smooth. Flowering period is from June to September.

The above is a detailed introduction to the effects and functions of sage. You can choose it with confidence, but it should be noted that when choosing sage, you should do so according to your own needs, and the amount of sage used should not be too much, so that it will not harm the body and can achieve a good effect in improving the disease.