Showing posts with label sage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sage. Show all posts

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Natural guide

Abscess
If you have tooth infection, try gargles with a decoction of sage (two teaspoons of leaves per 100 ml of water).You can also rinse your mouth with a decoction prepared from four to five teaspoons of comfrey root and a cup of water.

Thrush
Mouth ulcers can be treated by gargling with a concentrated decoction prepared from two tablespoons of white or black mulberry leaves, added to a cup of water.

Allergy
If you sneeze from pollen or drown in a room full of dust, a concoction of black currant fruit helps you breathe easier. Teas or tinctures of black currant have hypoallergenic and anti-inflammatory properties, comparable to indometacin.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Sore throat remedies

Cold air has already made its presence; did it make your tonsils angry? Here are some ideas.

  • Drink herbal teas made from a mixture of sage, colt’s foot, plantain, field horsetail, St. John’s wort, yarrow, chamomile (make an infusion of all the above) and add a few drops of Swedish bitter.
  • Take two baths a day for 25 minutes.
  • Apply a poultice of clay and grinded onions on the neck race for 2 hours per day.
  • Place your feet in hot water for 30 minutes and take steam baths of chamomile and peppermint or lavender oil at the head and chest.
  • Apply neck compresses the comfrey kernel, fenugreek or raw cabbage leaves.
  • Do garlic, onion, lemon and oil gargle for 3-4 minutes.
  • Gargle with tea as an infusion made of marshmallow, chamomile, marigold, yellow bedstraw, horsetail, sage and thyme.
  • Apply warm compresses at night, with infusion of oak bark
  • Massage your body with an alcoholic solution of peppermint and lavender.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Sage drives away tiredness


Remedy for memory strengthening and clarification, sage is used routinely to prepare various dishes. Too little is known however, that this plant has always had an important role in medicine. Sage acts on the cerebral cortex, increasing the ability to concentrate. It was also found that, in cases of generalized hypersensitivity, sage facilitates relaxation. In addition to lavender, is used to combat night sweats. Sage tea has healing effects in cases of spasms, spinal cord damage and limb tremor.