Rosemary - Everything You need to know about
Also, know as Rosmarinic the pharmaceutical, Diosmarini,
Rosmarinus Officinalis
One of the best-known herbs which carry many healing abilities.
Historically there' s a report of a famous elixir of youth made by distilling rosemary, cedar, and turpentine.
An old story Says that this elixir once transformed a paralyzed and with arthritic problems princess of 70 years old, into an attractive young girl who asked in marriage by the king of Poland in 1370.
That Elixir was called as the "water of the Queen of Hungary."
Centuries ago, People believed that Rosemary could grow only in the courtyard of the righteous people (according to the treasury of Botany) and because it has the ability to strengthen memory, has become a symbol of loyalty, friendship and remembrance.
In Cooking, Rosemary got used mostly with lamb, fish and as a flavoring of food including wine and garlic.
Vegetarians use it to give flavor to stuffed vegetables, baked with nuts, tomato sauce or stewed beans.
Rosemary contains phytochemicals called quinolones, which - as has been shown in laboratory studies - suppress carcinogens & carcinogenic (can also disable it and prevent the onset and spread of cancer).
Also, few know that students in Ancient Greece wore garlands of rosemary in the head when they study for exams, for the reason that it increases blood circulation to where you place it because it has stimulating abilities.
Rosemary is an ancient folk medicine for the improvement of memory and is used by herbalists to treat dizziness due to disorders of the inner ear.
The parts used are the leaves and flowering tops.
Active ingredients: Essential oil with cineol, Borneol, esters, pinene, camphene, Camphor, Tannin, bitter elements, Saponin.
Properties - Indications: It is an excellent tonic and stimulant (like mint, thyme, sage, the balm) and valuable in cases of physical and mental fatigue, accompanied by amnesia and hypotension.
It is cordial, hypertensive and slider casing at the cortex of adrenal gland.Has an effect on bile secretion and, therefore, is useful bile in cases of hepatitis, jaundice cholecystitis, gallstones etc.
It has expectorant properties (facilitates coughing) and antiseptic properties for the lungs and is used in chronic bronchitis, influenza, whooping cough and asthma.
It antidiarrheal a significant effect on intestinal disorders, in colitis, diarrhea, and a concentration of gas in the abdomen and the intestine (eliminates flatulence).
The infusion of the leaves is digestive, antispasmodic and stimulates vision.
Also upstream, antineuralgic, antiarthritic and powerful emmenagogue.
It is beneficial in disorders of the nervous system, in hysteria, migraines, dizziness and epilepsy, and tones the nervous system.
How we use it:
As infusion: Soak a teaspoon of leaves or flowers in a cup of warm water. We use a strainer for water and drinking after 10 minutes. A cup a day works as a digestif or antidiabetic or anticonvulsant or anti-hysterical or sedatives or anti blown (gaseous expulsion).
As a decoction: A sprig with 3 flowers boiling water a cup, hot drink before bedtime.
Individuals who have or amoebas Mellitus should drink twice as much in the morning on an empty stomach.
Women suffering from nervous headaches will be relieved if bathed with the beverage.
Essential oil (having a 50 drops of base per gram): Pour 3-4 drops in a spoonful of honey, two to three times daily.
For external use: For a foreign fatigue and weakness Boil one handful in a liter of water for 10 minutes and do compresses or bath. Also in bruises, rheumatism, muscle aches, sprains and eczema or for washing wounds.
Oral thrush eliminated by gargling decoction.
If boil in 2 liters of water two handfuls of rosemary and add to warm bath water, helps in rheumatism pain or impaired vision.
Often such bathrooms strengthen a weak child.
Precautions: If you frequently drink herbal teas or infusions of rosemary, it can be dangerous for our health.
Remember that every exaggeration is dangerous.