We are emerging from eating the limits of decency and beyond the limits bearable by digestive system of most humans. Still three days to break yet another proof of the Christmas season, the New Year Eve dinner – and there must be a reason instead of dinner if you call dinner! If our stomach asks mercy and our intestine does not give us respite, try with infusions from spices. Supermarkets are now closed? No problem, just take a look in the kitchen between the spices… That’s it, and our digestive system, there will be very grateful!
If you have a balcony and a desire to cultivate a small plant using the sage, you can also buy already potted at the supermarket or already searched collection of spices. If you decide to make the big purchase, remember that the best period for collecting the leaves is from April to July and are dried in the shade in a ventilated and kept in bags made of canvas or paper. The sage is good against all the gastrointestinal disorders such as meteoric and abdominal swelling in general.
The infusion of sage should be prepared by pouring boiling water in a tisaniera (measure: tea cup) with a teaspoon of dried leaves and leaving to brew for about ten minutes: you can consume more cups throughout the day. If the leaves are fresh personally prefer to make a decoction 3 by boiling sage leaves in a cup of tea. With the fresh leaves can exploit, in addition, the antiseptic properties of sage rub a couple on the gums that is not inflamed are rare in this period because of sausages and cakes.
The infusion of sage can also be against the pain and the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome and premenopausal-especially effective against the’ excessive sweating.
Very important: the sage is to be avoided in pregnancy.
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Pregnancy is one of those phases of life, where one finds oneself easily full of ailments. But if in normal conditions, rely on natural remedies and especially the herbal medicine can only be a good thing, unfortunately with a baby in the belly must be very careful! For any remedy, even for the tea bought at the supermarket, there is a requirement before appointment, to call our doctor and the gynecologist even better that we are following during the pregnancy. There are, in fact, essential principles contained in plants such as Rosemary Amice causing considerable damage to the fetus.