Description.
Rosemary is an evergreen shrub growing in the sun-warmed Mediterranean countries. Its height can reach two meters, gray-green leaves are like pine needles, and bluish flowers are collected in inflorescences in the form of brushes. If you take the leaves of rosemary and rub it in your palms, then immediately you will notice a characteristic smell. Medicinal rosemary leaves, flowers and upper parts of shoots contain essential oils, which represent the entire strength of rosemary as a medicinal plant. To get 1 kilogram of essential oil, you need 50 kilograms of raw materials.
Medical properties.
Infusion of leaves of rosemary while ingesting helps to cope with diseases of the upper respiratory tract, facilitates asthma. Infusions also caress the throat with inflammation of the larynx and pharynx.
Rosemary oil is useful in disorders of the nervous system. Oil intake is from one to three drops inside, it is also added to the bath, used for inhalations and with massage.
Infusion of rosemary helps with colds and headaches. If you breathe a little over an open vial of rosemary oil, the headache will quickly subside. Means with rosemary help cope with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
Ointments based on infusions of rosemary help with skin diseases, furuncles and poorly healing wounds. Gout, neuralgic pain, neuritis are treated with ointments for rubbing and baths with the addition of infusions of rosemary.
Attacks of rheumatic fever are weakened if the painful places are ground with a mixture of 70% alcohol and rosemary oil. Infusion from the leaves of rosemary is useful for neuroses of the heart. It can strengthen the contractions of the heart and raise blood pressure for a short time. Infusion has also a tonic effect.
Infusion of leaves of rosemary, with added lavender, has a positive effect on patients with a stroke behind them, as it improves blood circulation in the brain.
Cosmetologists recommend using a tincture of rosemary with lavender to care for oily skin, rubbing the surface of the skin before bed. Means with rosemary oil prevent hair loss and dandruff.
Rosemary is used in the manufacture of additives for baths, oils for massage and creams. Taking baths with rosemary increases the overall tone of the body. The effect of rosemary is expressed in the activation of fluid metabolism in the body, and there is also an increase in blood circulation and excretion of toxins. Rosemary is added to baths for strengthening effects for visually impaired children.
An aromatic lamp with a pair of drops of rosemary oil in the child's room will help if problems with concentration are noticed. The same effect has a bath with rosemary. If you spray the apartment with essential rosemary oil, the air will clear and the number of pathogens will decrease, which is very useful during the flu epidemic.
Rosemary oil improves concentration and memory. Rosemary leads the stimulation of the nervous system and helps those who experience reduced vision, speech and smell. Rosemary helps activate blood circulation, stabilize low blood pressure, and cope with cold extremities.
Means with rosemary are indispensable for depression, because rosemary increases interest in life, inspires. In aromatherapy, essential oil, flowers and leaves of rosemary are widely used.
The cuisine of the Mediterranean countries can not do without rosemary, and in our country a large number of gourmets are addicted to this spice. Rosemary gives an unusual taste to dishes, acting not only as a seasoning, but also as a medicine. It is recognized as an ideal addition to heavy meat dishes, because essential oils increase the work of the gallbladder and liver, which improves the digestion process. Also, rosemary increases appetite, and most importantly, when you eat it you can eat less food, which is also very beneficial for the body.