Sage leaves

Sage leaves are a well-known plant in the people. Even ancient healers noticed the healing properties of this plant and used it to treat most diseases. Some physicians of Rome and Greece in the descriptions of their medical practice mentioned this grass.

A distinctive feature of sage is that the maximum concentration of medicinal substances accumulates in the plant that the person has grown. Sage is a shrub, and in nature old shoots absorb most of the nutrients, but the healing yield of such a plant will be minimal.

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Indications of the sage leaves

Sage leaves are widely used for inflammatory processes in the oral cavity, nasopharynx, and also in the upper respiratory tract. Sage has astringent, disinfectant, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties. Tincture from the leaves of the plant is often used for rinses, lotions, inhalations.

Tincture of sage is used for inflammation of the skin, with festering wounds, ulcers on the body, with burns or frostbite.

Infusion of sage leaves can be prescribed as an auxiliary therapy for gastritis, ulcers, with reduced acidity, with spasms of the gastrointestinal tract. Also, infusion of sage is recommended to drink with inflammation of the bladder.

Sage helps reduce sweating, so it is often used in the tuberculosis process, fever, menopause.

Release form

Sage leaves are available in cardboard packs. Each pack contains 50 g of dried leaves of the plant.

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Pharmacodynamics

Sage leaves have versatile properties: antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant, also sage helps reduce sweating, the production of gastric juice. Traditional medicine recommends sage mainly for compresses, trays for inflammations and suppuration on the skin, syringes for rinsing of the throat and oral cavity with various inflammatory processes.

The use of sage tincture is recommended for gastritis with reduced acidity, stomach ulcers, tuberculosis diseases (to reduce sweating), with menopause, with inflammation of the bladder. Also, sage is used as an auxiliary treatment for diabetes mellitus (mild form), inflammation of the respiratory system, gall bladder, liver, diarrhea.

When antidiabetic treatment is better to use sage as a part of medicinal fees.

There is a rather big difference between the action of tinctures of sage on an alcoholic and water basis, since the level of solubility of the basic substances in them is significantly different. Tinctures on the water are recommended for improper digestion, diabetes, in the tuberculosis process in the body, with menopause. Alcohol tinctures well clean spasms, have an antiseptic effect, relieve inflammation.

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Pharmacokinetics

Sage leaves are a plant that has anti-inflammatory and blood-resurrecting properties.

Alcoholic extract of sage with long-term admission in large quantities can provoke epileptiform cramps. Take the drug inside if the kidney function is contraindicated.

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Dosing and administration

Sage leaves are usually used for cooking tinctures.

Take 20gr of plant leaves and pour a liter of boiling water, then infuse for 10-15 minutes, this tincture is taken three times a day for one glass. In addition, this tincture can be used for rinsing or compressing.

Also used powder, for the preparation of which the dried leaves are ground and diluted with a small amount of water. Such a powder is well suited for outdoor use as a lotion.

For outdoor use, you can also use a decoction (rinses, compresses). 2 tbsp. Spoons of sage leaves pour a liter of water and boil 10 - 15 minutes, cool and use as needed.

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Use of the sage leaves during pregnancy

Sage leaves during pregnancy should not be used. The plant includes substances that lower the level of progesterone - the main hormone for a pregnant woman. If there is a violation of the hormonal background, the course of pregnancy can be significantly impaired, besides this, sage strengthens the uterus contraction, which is also dangerous in pregnancy.

Contraindications

Sage leaves are contraindicated in pregnant women during lactation (there is a theory that sage reduces the production of milk in the body of a woman), with a menstrual cycle, with inflammation of the kidneys, a decreased function of the thyroid gland.

Excessive and prolonged intake (longer than three months) of sage can provoke severe poisoning. Sage leaves are poorly tolerated with reduced muscle tone and blood vessels (hypotension), and the plant is not used in cases of severe cough, since sage administration will provoke stronger coughing attacks.

Side effects of the sage leaves

Sage leaves are mostly well tolerated, in some cases allergies to plants can develop. With excessive use, you may experience heart palpitations, tinnitus, seizures, nausea (sometimes vomiting).

Overdose

Sage leaf is tolerated well enough by patients, no cases of overdose have been established. In some cases, excessive and prolonged use of sage may cause increased heart rate, general malaise, convulsions. When these symptoms occur, you must stop using sage.

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Interactions with other drugs

Interaction Sage leaves with other drugs are not known.

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Storage conditions

Sage leaves should be stored in a dry place, well protected from sunlight. The temperature should not exceed 25 ° C. The prepared tincture of sage can be stored in a cool place for no longer than two days.

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Shelf life

Shelf life of the leaf is 18 months from the date of manufacture.