Devoted to the goddess Salyus

The goddess heard Ksantiya's prayers and responded to its request.

One night Ksantiya saw a dream – there is she on the hill and collects leaves and lilac flowers from small low shrubs. Having woken up early in the morning, Ksantiya immediately went to look for the low shrub which dreamed her and at once found it. It was the sage.

The woman prepared broth from the grass sent it by the goddess Salyus and in nine months gave birth to the long-awaited kid. Since then the sage became the plant devoted to the goddess Salyus and one of the main sacrifices to her.

The sage is Salvia L. - a grass, a semi-bush or a bush from family of a mint family. There is a set shalfeev, but most often in the medicinal and cosmetic purposes use a sage medicinal - Salvia officinalis L – a long-term semi-bush height to the 50-70th.

At a bush several branchy, strongly oblistvenny, stiffening at the basis stalks. Leaves are gray-green, oblong, with a mesh zhilkovaniye, on long scapes. Blue-violet flowers on short pedicels, are collected in a kolosovidny inflorescence on the ends of branches.

Sage the fine melliferous herb, its flowers are filled with sweet fragrant nectar. All plant too pleasantly smells. The sage in June — July blossoms.

The homeland of a sage consider Asia Minor where it grows on dry hillsides. Gradually the sage extended across all Mediterranean and the Balkan Peninsula. It is cultivated in many countries of the world, in the territory of the former Union in the Crimea, in Ukraine, in Moldova, in the North Caucasus.

For the medicinal purposes collect sage leaves during the whole summer. Leaves of a sage contain: vitamin P, essential oil, oleanolovy and ursolovy acids, tannins, pitches, flavonoids, gum, starch, alkaloids. Fresh leaves of a sage contain a large amount of phytoncides therefore they possess strong bactericidal action.

Most often in modern medicine the sage is appointed at inflammatory diseases of a mucous mouth in the form of rinsings and at inflammations in other places in the form of irrigations, washings, appliques and turund for treatment of wounds and fistulas.

In traditional medicine the sage is appointed inside at gastritises, stomach ulcer, diarrhea, enterokolita, bronchitis, cholecystitis, hepatitis, a hypothyroidism, drozhatelny paralysis, tuberculosis of lungs, articulate rheumatism, intervertebral osteochondrosis, infertility, at a climax, obesity, diabetes and to elderly people at the general weakness.

- Infusion. To fill in 1 tablespoon of the dry crushed raw materials with 1 glass of boiled water and to insist within 1 hour, to filter, cool, accept 2 tablespoons 3 times a day to food.

The sage is considered an effective remedy in national cosmetics.

- Lotion for skin clarification. To fill in 1 tablespoon of dried leaves of a sage with 1 glass of boiled water, to insist in a thermos all night long, to filter, cool, add 1 tablespoon of vodka, to mix. To store in the refrigerator. To wipe face skin in the morning and in the evening.

- A mask for the porous, withering skin. To fill in 2 teaspoons of the crushed leaves of a sage with 1 glass of boiled water and to put for half an hour on a hot water bath. To cool, filter, add 1 teaspoon of honey and ½ teaspoons of lemon juice. To impregnate a small terry towel in liquid and to impose on face skin. From above to cover a face with a dry terry towel. In 15 - 20 minutes to wash water of room temperature and to apply the moisturizing cream. It is possible to wipe with this broth a neck and a decollete for elasticity and a tone.

- The bathtub with a sage perfectly cleans, calms skin and gives it elasticity. To fill in a handful of dry leaves of a sage with 1 liter of water, to boil within an hour on slow fire, to insist day, to filter, add to a bathtub. Water temperature in a bathtub should not exceed + 38C. Such bathtubs in hot weather are especially useful. If to do them every other day by a course in 21 bathtubs, then sweating considerably decreases.

- For strengthening of hair, disposal of dandruff and giving to hair of a beautiful silky shade. 100 gr. leaves of a sage to make in 1 liter of boiled water in a thermos and to insist all night long. To filter, rinse broth hair and to allow to dry them in the natural way. After several such spolaskivaniye you will be pleasantly surprised. The effect will amplify if not to wring out hair, and at least to take half an hour wet under a towel, then to allow to dry.