Herb Of The Week - Sage - Quotes

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Sage quotes

 

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Chris (list mom)

 

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CLARY, CLARY SAGE

 

" Some brewers of Ale and Beere doe put it into their drinke to make it

more heady, fit to please drunkards, who thereby, according to their

several dispositions, become either dead drunke, or foolish drunke, or

madde drunke. "

Matthias de Lobel, 17th century Flemish botanist

 

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SAGE

 

 

Sage cures Everything!!!

" Good for diseases of the liver and to make blood. A decoction of the

leaves and branches of Sage made and drunk, saith Dioscorides, provokes

urine and causeth the hair to become black. It stayeth the bleeding of

wounds and cleaneth ulcers and sores. Three spoonsful of the juice of

Sage taken fasting with a little honey arrests spitting or vomiting of

blood in consumption. It is profitable for all pains in the head coming

of cold rheumatic humours, as also for all pains in the joints, whether

inwardly or outwardly. The juice of Sage in warm water cureth hoarseness

and cough. Pliny saith it cureth stinging and biting serpents. Sage is

of excellent use to help the memory, warming and quickening the senses.

The juice of Sage drunk with vinegar hath been of use in the time of the

plague at all times. Gargles are made with Sage, Rosemary, Honeysuckles

and Plantains, boiled in wine or water with some honey or alum put

thereto, to wash sore mouths and throats, as need requireth. It is very

good for stitch or pains in the sides coming of wind, if the place be

fomented warm with the decoction in wine and the herb also, after

boiling, be laid warm thereto. "

'A Physicall Directory' (1649) by Nicholas Culpepper

 

" If one consults enough herbals...every sickness known to humanity will

be listed as being cured by sage. "

Varro Taylor, Ph.D. (herb expert)

 

" Sage helps the nerves and by its powerful might Palsy is cured and

fever put to flight "

French saying

 

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SAGEBRUSH

 

 

" Sagebrush is a very fair fuel, but as a vegetable it is a distinguished

failure. Nothing can abide the taste of it but the jackass and his

illegitimate child the mule. "

 

Mark Twain, (1835-1910) 'Roughing It'