SAGE: In cooking it is used mainly with meat (pork, geese), game and vegetables. As a tisane it is diuretic, relieves cough, stops bleeding and is antispasmodic. The use of Sage is very common in Greece. Also the foreigners call it the tea of Greece. In the form of tea it has many healing qualities. It is good for colds, rheumatism and fever. The Arabs has a saying :” How can a man die, when he has Sage in his garden.” It is also regarded as a stimulant, tonic and strengthener. Used for stomach disorders and intestines. Also used for neurasthenia. It is a disinfectant, digestive, and in the form of a gargle for an irritated throat. Good for the skin, face and hair.

OREGANO: It is used mainly as a seasoning. Therapeutically it is used as a tonic, diuretic, to protect against caries and in cases of colic. Oreganum has many healing qualities, from being used to cure coughs, asthma, memory loss, chronic rheumatism, toothache, stomach and intestine disorders, diarrhoea, and externally on wounds.

ROSEMARY: Therapeutically it is used as a digestive, spasmolytic and anti rheumatic. Rosemary has many healing properties. It is good for stomach ailments, menstrual disorders, gallbladder, liver, jaundice caused by hepatitis, as a antiseptic for wounds and also as a anti-convulsive drug. It is also used for chronic catarrh in the lungs and rheumatism. As a tonic for blood circulation. Excellent for nervous head-aches. Young shoots in wine is a tonic for the heart. Washing hair with rosemary improves hair growth. The flowers and leaves are good for asthma, whooping cough, flu, and weakness. The list of healing properties are unlimited.

DITTANY: One of the mostly used medicines in ancient Greece. Hippocrates applied it on the diseases of the stomach and the digestive system, rheumatism and arthritis. It has wound healing, tonic and antispasmodic properties and helps menstruation. Dittany grows only on Crete.The popular Diktamo as a special warm drink with its aromatic healing properties can be used for anti convulsive, menstrual and as a tonic. It can be used externally as a poultice on wounds and bruises. It is thought to strengthen the heart muscles and arteries. Growing only in Crete, the locals called it also "eronda" which means love for its aphrodisiac properties. Popular in Minoan Crete and Ancient Greece, it was considered highly therapeutic plant. Hippocrates recommended it for stomach and digestive system diseases, rheumatism, arthritis and used it to tone and heal. It was named after the mountain Dikty (Lassithiotika) where it grows in abundance.

CAMOMILE: As an infusion it is used in diseases of the stomach and of the intestines. Further it is an excellent antiseptic used for washing and compresses. Very effective to constipation. Humble in appearance, but a giant in its healing properties, and usually with immediate results. Chamomile is a anti-convulsive and disinfectant. Used for stomach ailments, colds, colic, rheumatism. Also a digestive tonic for stomach cramps. It helps to prevent anorexia. A poultice from chamomile and its oil is a remedy for arthritis and rheumatism. Chamomile is well known for its large variety of healing properties and is being used world wide.

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