A low, straggling, deciduous, perennial undershrub, with ascending or decumbent
stem 3 feet high, giving off root at the nodes, bluntly quadrangular, with erect,
hoary branches, leafy at the base, those bearing flowers 1 to 1 ½ feet long,
tomentose. The leaves are numerous, opposite, crowded on the barren branches,
entire, petiolate, oblong, narrowed or rounded, rugose, the lowermost white,
with wool beneath; floral leaves sessile, ovate, acuminate, and striated at
the base, veiny above, wooly and whitish beneath. The large flowers are blue,
variegated with white, on short pubescent pedunles, arranged in axillary cymes
of three or five. All parts of the plant are more or less glandular, have a strong
aromatic odour and a bitter, somewhat astringent taste.
Found in :-
Southern Europe, extensively cultivated in England, France, Germany and the United Sates.
The fresh leaves.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Salvia officinalis, moists magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 233 Cc. | = 333
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Distilled water | 167 Cc.
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Strong alcohol | 635 Cc.
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x to contain one part of tincture,
three parts distilled water,
six parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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