Sage grows in the garden.”)
“ Cur moriatur homo cui salvia crescit in hortis.”
(“ Why man would die When sage grows in the garden.”)
SAGE Salvia officinalis, L.( P. A. Volkova, Dikorastushye, Moscow, 1960)
Over 500 species grow wild, some being cultivated in south Russia and west Siberia as food and medicine aromatics. Folk Medicine and Clinical: Aromatic, Astringent, Antiseptic, Carminative, Disinfectant( against inflammations). Commercial: Systematically Agro-Technics sow 7 – 8 lb of seed per acre and in five years’ time they can harvest two or three times a season, gathering up to 600 lb. per acre the first year and 1,200 lb. the following season. With exceptional climate conditions and care it is possible to gain 3,000 lb. per acre.
SANICLE Sanicula marilandica, L.( N. O.: Umbelliferae)
Common Names: Black Snakeroot, Pool Root, American Sanicle, Wood Sanicle. Features: Sanicle, of the Parsley family, is an indigenous perennial common to the United States and Canada. The fibrous root is aromatic in taste and odour, with a smooth reddish furrowed stem, 1 – 3 ft. high. The leaves are digitate, mostly radical and on petioles, 6 – 12 in. long, nearly 3 in. across, glossy green above, less colour underneath. The flowers bloom in June and July, and they are mostly barren white, sometimes yellowish, fertile ones sessile. Medicinal Parts: The root and leaves. Solvent: Water. Bodily Influence: Vulnerary, Astringent, Alterative, Expectorant, Discutient, Depurative. Uses: Used by the Indians in intermittent fevers and for treating a variety of skin conditions. The action upon the system very much resembles Valerian, possessing( besides the previously mentioned) nervine and anodyne properties.
J. Kloss in“ Back to Eden”:“ This is one of the herbs that could well be called a‘ Cure All’, because it possesses powerful cleansing and healing virtues, both internally and externally.” It heals, stops