- The healing properties of the
- sage
application The clary sage oil is sometimes called the elixir of youth for its medicinal properties. It disinfects, relieves spasms, soothes, lowers blood pressure, increases immunity, tones up. With internal application, it cleanses the blood, stimulates digestion, normalizes the menstrual cycle. With external - promotes early healing of wounds and getting rid of many skin diseases. It is also used in aromatherapy to relieve stress, and for women, oil helps to maintain the beauty and youth of the skin.
The healing properties of sage
The name of this plant in Latin means "salvation".In the Middle Ages, healers used it practically against all diseases. Modern medicine uses the healing properties of its essential oil for the treatment of bacterial infections, colds, skin diseases and nervous disorders.
Composition
Essential oil of sage Muscat has a rather complex chemical composition. It includes alcohols, ketones, terpenes, esters.
Chemical composition of oil:
- cineole
- linalool
- borneol
- salviol
- linalyl acetate
- sesquiterpene caryophyllene
- thujone
- fellandren
- folding
- camphor.
Alcohols provide oil disinfection properties. Ethers relax, tone, have a phytoncidal effect. Ketones accelerate cellular metabolism, promote tissue regeneration. Terpenes give the oil a characteristic nutmeg smell of nut and spices.
An interesting fact! Spirits contained in large quantities explain the intoxicating effect of the oil. Therefore, it is not recommended for people whose activities require increased concentration of attention, epileptics, pregnant women.
Properties
clary sage oil has the following curative properties:
- antimicrobial
- tonic
- anti-diuretic
- deodorant
- choleretic
- immunostimulatory
- anticonvulsant
- anesthetic
- hypotensive
- expectorant
- wound healing
- soothing.
It helps to get rid of headaches, activates mental activity, excites sexual attraction, relieves nervous tension. During epidemics, sage oil will help protect against influenza, increase the body's resistance, and strengthen immunity.
Women sage oil is especially useful. It normalizes the menstrual cycle, removes unpleasant symptoms of menopause, treats frigidity, infertility. Masks and cream, which it includes, improves the structure of the skin, rejuvenates, and stimulates hair growth.
It is also known that essential oil of sage has the properties to remove gastric spasms, suppress gassing in the intestines, stimulate the production of bile. It is also useful for hypertensive patients, since it has the ability to lower blood pressure, purify the blood of "bad" cholesterol.
Application
Muscat sage oil is used in many fields of medicine and cosmetology. It is also used for aromatherapy, as well as in the perfume industry.
In medicine
Where only the clary sage oil is not used! Its application in medicine is so multifaceted that there is probably not a single disease, in the treatment of which it would not be useful. Most often it is used in the following cases:
- neuroses
- depression
- neurasthenia
- immunodeficiency
- cold
- influenza
- hypertension
- atherosclerosis
- rheumatism
- migraine
- amenorrhea
- impotence
- infertility
- ischemia
- tachycardia
- dystonia
- colitis
- hepatitis
- dyspepsia
- constipation
- gastritis
- dermatitis of various etiologies
- eczema
- psoriasis
- alopecia( alopecia)
- furunculosis.
And this is not a complete list of diseases in which sage oil is used. They treat various disorders of the nervous system, bacterial infections, hormonal disorders. It is also used in inflammatory processes on the mucous membranes of the mouth and edema.
Warning! Sometimes in medicine, sage oil is used. The properties and use of this drug are somewhat different. So, for example, clary sage oil lowers blood pressure. Drugs from the sage medicinal it increases and is not recommended for use by people suffering from hypertension. There are other differences, so when buying carefully read the composition, as well as instructions for use.
In cosmetology
The healing properties of sage have found their application in cosmetology. It is used as an antiseptic, anti-aging agent and a drug that stimulates the regeneration of tissues.
Oil of sage for the face and hair prone to fat content is especially useful. It regulates the work of the sebaceous glands, heals existing lesions, removes inflammatory processes, soothes irritated skin. They are treated with acne, age wrinkles. It reduces the pores of the skin, eliminates greasy gloss and black dots.
Sage oil helps strengthen weakened, dry hair, eliminates dandruff and seborrhea. They successfully treat alopecia - baldness of the scalp. Sage esters also help in solving such a delicate problem as excessive sweating, acting as a natural deodorant.
Aromatherapy
Muscatine sage contains a large amount of volatile essential substances. They then give this plant a specific smell of nut and spices. This fragrance is perfectly preserved in the essential oil, which is obtained from the inflorescences and the upper part of the plant by the steam distillation method.
The fragrance of sage oil is considered one of the best for relaxation and stress removal. Only a few drops of this incense are enough, and all cares will be removed with a hand. It is interesting that in the recent past it was used by shamans to enter into trance and communicate with the world of spirits. Currently, muskatnoy sage oil is used in the production of aromatic oils, candles and balms.
An interesting fact! One of the varieties of sage, which is called narcotic, or plant of predictors, is used to produce a strong hallucinogenic substance. It grows in the mountains of Mexico and, according to the scientists of ethnobotanists, was a sacred plant among the Aztecs.
Contraindications
Sage oil is not helpful to everyone. There are a number of contraindications for its use. So, for example, it is not recommended to use the following categories of persons:
- to pregnant women;
- for nursing mothers;
- to epileptics;
- to hypotension.
It is not desirable to use it for high hypertension and glomerulonephritis. Simultaneous intake of the drug with alcohol can lead to hallucinations and severe poisoning. It can not be combined with iron-containing medicines. Also, oil is not recommended for people engaged in extreme sports and people working at work, which requires an increased concentration of attention. Exceeding the dosage several times can cause a headache, and sometimes even narcotic intoxication.
An interesting way to prepare sage oil is available from this video: