Summer savory is an annual herb, however it is quite similar in use to the perennial winter savory.

This medicinal herb possesses aromatic and carminative properties.

The Romans introduced it to England where it was used as an ingredient in stuffing instead of an herbal remedy. Nonetheless, the Romans used it as a medicine, a bee sting treatment and also as an aphrodisiac.

It is a member of the mint family and it is a popular herb in Atlantic Canada. This herb has lilac tubular flowers which bloom from July to September.

It is very popular in Germany

Savory the less succulent leaf herbs sage, rosemary, thyme, and summer savory which contain less moisture, can be partially dried in the sun without affecting their color,

It was seen as a sovereign remedy for colic and as a cure for flatulence, and was also considered a good expectorant.

Culpeper, an herbalist and botanist, and who cataloged hundreds of medicinal herbs said that the juice dropped into the eyes removes dimness of sight if it proceed from thin humours distilled from the brain and that the juice heated with oil of Roses and dropped in the ears removes noise and singing, and deafness. When outwardly applied with wheat flour, it gives ease to sciatica and palsied members.

The summer kind is best.

Both the old authorities and modern gardeners agree that a sprig of either the winter or summer herb rubbed on wasp and bee stings gives instant relief.