Did you know Rosemary  

This common herb can, apart from it's culinary use in soups, salads and stews, be used to cure headaches, stomach and nervous complaints. Use about 1/4-1/2 teaspoonful of the herb, should be steeped in one cup of boiling water for a while strained and drunk when cool .
The same preparation may also be used as a gargle to help check bad breath.



Rosemary Tea

Use:
Headaches
Body aches
Breath purifier
Aid in digestion of fat
Free radicals reducer
Stress
Headaches
Muscular stiffness and pain

Preparation :
Flower tea for the breath.
Boil water with rosemary in it to make it safe to drink.
Diuretic and liver aid, increases bile flow. Two handfuls of flowering tips into 2 cups of good brandy, soak 10 days, strain and seal. Mouthful twice daily.
Oil of rosemary is a natural anti-oxidant, and stress reliever
Sniff for headaches.
Chop a double handful of twigs and put in a pint of olive oil for one week, and use as a muscle liniment.

Not to mention the fact that it very aromatic, and tastes fabulous!

yes, Rosemary is used for its medicinal and beauty values. I just wanted to know what makes the Rosemary special. I found this at: http://www.raysahelian.com/rosemary.html


Rosemary is used for flavoring food, a beverage drink, as well as in cosmetics. In folk medicine, rosemary is used as an antispasmodic in renal colic and for dysmenorrhoea, in relieving respiratory disorders and to stimulate growth of hair. Extracts of rosemary relax smooth muscles of trachea and intestine, and have liver protective and anti-tumor activity.

The most important constituents of rosemary are carnosol, carnosic acid, caffeic acid and its derivatives such as rosmarinic acid. These compounds have powerful antioxidant activity. Rosmarinic acid is well absorbed from gastrointestinal tract and from the skin. It increases the production of prostaglandin E2 and reduces the production of leukotriene B4 in human white blood cells, and inhibits the complement system. This makes rosmarinic acid a strong anti-inflammatory agent.

I never knew that. Thanks for the tip.

I love Rosemary and use it often esp. in meats and stews. I didn't know it helped prevent food poisoning.

it also tasted REALLY REALLY good!!!

I use it to flavor foods but I didn't know about the preserving qualities.
Either that or I did and had forgotten.
I have a big book of herbs but I haven't looked at it in a while.
Thanks for sharing that information with us.

'Constituents: flavanoids, diterpenes, volatile oil, rosmarinic acid.

Action: antispasmodic, antiseptic, circulatory tonic, diffusive stimulant, diuretic, sedative, mild substitute for Benzodiazepine drugs. Used in European pharmacy to strengthen the heart and allay arteriosclerosis.

Uses: Migraine headaches, or those from high blood pressure. Headache of gastric origin or emotional upset, psychogenic depression, cardiac debility, giddiness, hyperactivity, tremor of the limbs, flitting pains from joint to joint. Inflammation of the gall bladder, jaundice. Cirrhosis: to aid function of the liver. To strengthen blood vessels by decreasing capillary fragility and permeability. Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME).'

Bartram's Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine

Wow I suffer from Chronic fatigue syndrome and I didn't realise Rosemary can help until I just read it!