Botanical Index No. 908

Savory

satureja sp.

Medicinal Actions

Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

Alzheimer’s Anorexia Arthrosis Bacteria Bite Cancer mouth throat Catarrh Cholecystosis Cold Congestion Constipation Cough Cramp Diarrhea Dysmenorrhea Dyspepsia Enterosis Fever Frigidity Fungus Gas Gastrosis Hepatosis Herpes Infection Inflammation Insomnia Mucososis Mycosis Nausea Nephrosis Nervousness Otosis Pain Salmonella Sclerosis Staphylococcus Streptococcus Throat Virus Water Retention Worm

General Dosage

1.5 g in tea; 3 tsp dry herb/day;-4 tsp herb/cup water 1–3 ×/day; 0.5–1 tsp tincture 1–3 ×/day.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 1. Applied undiluted to backs of hairless mice, summer savory oil was lethal to half the animals in 48 hours. LD50 = 1370 orl rat. An important source of the COX-2 inhibitor, ursolic acid.

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