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Traditional Healing Herbs are gentle, nature\u2011centered ways of easing the symptoms of flus, colds, and digestive upsets, of working with chronic maladies, and of giving first aid for minor accidents such as cuts, bruises, and stings. For thousands of years, people have relied on plants for healing. Gathering summer plants for winter remedies is\u00a0 part of the year’s rhythm. There’s a pleasant satisfaction, too, in preparing herbal remedies for your family, your friends, and yourself. Among the joys of summer can be growing and gathering beneficent garden herbs, drying them in big fragrant bunches for winter teas, and preparing a collection of herbal tinctures, syrups, oils, ointments, and cosmetics. In winter, we can use summer’s bounty to keep ourselves healthy.<\/em><\/p>\n

Summer savory, an 18 inch annual, grows in full sun or part shade. Small tidy bushes are covered with masses of pink flowers.<\/p>\n

Traditional Healing Uses: Summer savory has been used as a mild remedy for stomach upsets, colic, flatulence, diarrhea, and loss of appetite. It has been used for asthma and coughs, and as a gargle for sore throats. Leaves have been rubbed on insect bites and stings to relieve pain. It has also been considered an aphrodisiac.<\/p>\n

Other Uses: As a culinary herb, summer savory\u2019s warm peppery flavor is often used as seasoning for beans, rich meats, and dressings, bringing both flavor and digestive assistance. It is also used to season poultry, fish, peas, eggs, soups, stews, and salads.<\/p>\n

Take a look at all our Traditional Healing Herbs in this amazing flip-book<\/a>! Or click here for a poster<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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