Summer Savory 夏香草

Satureja hortensis

夏香草是一種芳香度極高的草本植物，具有溫熱，辛辣的味道，並含有馬鬱蘭，薄荷和百里香的香味。夏香草精油含有強大的抗氧化特性，其功能還可以促進細胞健康。*

Usage Tips:

• Take internally—one to two drops in a veggie capsule—to help maintain the health of your immune, cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous and musculoskeletal systems.*
• To help support stomach function and digestion after a large meal, take one to two drops internally.*
• Add a drop to your diffuser blend for a spicy, herbaceous twist in scent. 
• Include in your next grilled meat marinade (start with a toothpick’s amount up to one drop).

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Native to the eastern Mediterranean, summer savory is a low-growing plant that belongs to the mint family. Ancient Egyptians dried the summer savory herb to be powdered and used in various tonics. Today, summer savory is best known for its culinary uses, but it also offers many health benefits.

Summer Savory essential oil promotes healthy cellular strength, offering benefits and support to a myriad of body systems including the respiratory, immune, nervous, musculoskeletal, digestive, and cardiovascular systems.* This is primarily due to its main chemical constituent, carvacrol. Experimental research suggests that carvacrol may also help with healthy weight management.*

Carvacrol is a phenol constituent. Phenols have powerful antioxidant properties.* They are also very potent, which may cause irritation or sensitivity to the skin. Oils with high phenol content like Summer Savory, Oregano, and Clove should be diluted before topical application.

Appropriately, Summer Savory grows only during warm months. It grows between July and September, blossoming lilac flowers and bronzy green leaves. The essential oil is steam distilled from the leaves of the plant after they have been harvested and dried.