Hi everyone,
Could someone please tell me what are the culinary and medicinal uses for pineapple sage. i have one, but i don't know any of its uses.
Thanks!
westraad
P.S. i am posting a picture, just so you can make sure its pineapple sage.
Pineapple Sage
The properties are aromatic and tonic.
It is good for culinary uses as well. The flowers are delicious!
so can you make a tea from the leaves?
and if the flowers are delicious, could you use them in a tropical fruit salad?
Oh yes! The young leaves are good in salads too. Leaves can be added fresh or dried to meat, poultry, and fish.
Thank you, Metros!
i have heard that sage is good for tonsillitus, does that include pineapple sage? i often have trouble with my tonsils.
Hi Westraad, I can't find any reference that says it's good for that.
Hey, westraad!
I found it on a chilean webpage mentioned Salvia officinalis for ailments of the neck (gargantua? I don't speak Spanish, but I understand some...), among other uses: digestive, cicatrization of skin wounds, etc
http://www.mundonuevo.cl/areas/Areas_Tematicas/Terapias_Naturales/plantas_medicinales/salvia.php
thanks, guys.
and i think the flowers might make a better garnish than cockatoo feathers!
I found this about the sage
Medicinal use
Pineapple sage is extensively used in Mexican traditional medicine, especially for the treatment of anxiety. Although scientific information about these medicinal properties is scarce, a preliminary study on mice found support for the plant potentially having antidepressant and anti-anxiety properties
That is a good picture I never had my to bloom yet.
Thanks for posting
Greg
Mine is almost constantly blooming. does it require pruning after it flowers?
Yes, cut the stems back to the first set of leaf shoots (branches) that haven't flowered.
Ok, thanks metro!
E komo mai! Your very welcome Westraad!
Please call me Dave.
Aloha, Dave!
Allright then, Dave! you call me Isaac, thats my first name.
Isaac
Hi,
The Salvia in the photo above is not Salvia elegans commonly known as Pineapple Sage. I believe you have one of the many cultivars of either Salvia microphylla or greggii or one their crosses.
Andy
Oh, ok. at the nursery they told me its pineapple sage, but they could have been wrong. now i know! thanks Andy.
That would be easy to check. The microphylla and the greggii smell sort of stinky (to me) when you touch them. Pineapple sage smells and tastes like pineapple.
in that case, it must be pineapple sage, mine has a strong pineapple smell!
Isaac
This message was edited Aug 23, 2009 3:11 AM
Hi,
There are a few cultivars of S. microphylla that have a bit of a pineapple aroma, though the picture in question is definitely not S. elegans.
Andy
does S. Microphylla have the same uses as S. Elegans?
Mine finally started blooming.
Thats great, Greg! could you maybe post a picture?
Mine is still doing well, and has been blooming right up until now.
Isaac
Mine is finally blooming. Its great !!!!!!!
Greg