Savory – Summer (Satureja hortensis) & Winter (Satureja montana)
Flowers: June to September. Height: 20cm – 30cm (8 – 12in).
Medicinal: Used for asthma, coughs and chest infections, intestinal disorders including cramps and applied as a poultice for sciatica. It could improve the digestive system by “expelling wind in the stomach and bowels, and is a present help for the rising of the mother procured by wind.” Culpeper’s Complete Herbal (1653). A sprig of Savory was used to rub on wasp or bee sting as a form of pain relief and also to relieve muscle and rheumatic pain.
Culinary: Leaves flavoured cooked foods and salads with Winter Savory having a slightly more bitter flavour.
