fast FACTS
ORIGIN
Mediterranean
EXTRACTION
Distillation
MAY HELP WITH
Aches and pains
Breathing
Circulation
Focus
Skin conditions
fast FACTS
ORIGIN
Mediterranean
EXTRACTION
Distillation
MAY HELP WITH
Aches and pains
Breathing
Circulation
Focus
Skin conditions
As a culinary delight, rosemary is famous for bringing flavor and fragrance to the kitchen table. The essential oil from this aromatic herb has the potential to ease your pain, support circulation, stimulate your mind, help you breathe easier, and fight infection.
This aromatic Mediterranean herb has been used in food and medicine for millennia. The tradition continues with the leaves and light-blue flowers distilled to create a revivifying-tonic essential oil. Rosemary produces variations in chemistry and is often named after the dominant compound, such as Rosemary verbenone or R. cineole type.
Soothe sore muscles with a rosemary-oil massage.
Rosemary produces a clear oil with a fresh, herbal fragrance recognized from the use of its dried needle-shaped leaves in savory dishes such as roast chicken. The cineole type also has a eucalyptus note while the verbenone has a more balsamic, slightly sweet, character.
As if rosemary’s flavor-boosting benefits weren’t enough, its essential oil may also help you:
• Relieve aches and pains. Rosemary’s warming and analgesic properties can help relieve muscle soreness, joint pain, and even menstrual cramps.
• Protect your skin. Rosemary has powerful anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, and antiviral properties that may help heal minor wounds, sores, and bites. The verbenone variety is the most regenerative, wound-healing, and antiaging.
A Natural Volumizer
If you want fuller or longer hair, try adding a few drops of rosemary oil to your unscented conditioner. It has a fresh scent and may stimulate hair growth.
• Support circulation. A rosemary-oil massage or compress can boost blood flow to cold hands or feet as well as soothe sore muscles.
• Breathe easy. Rosemary oil’s tonic effect on the lungs may help ease congestion, asthma, bronchitis, colds, and coughs.
Rosemary may benefit your health in a number of ways when you use it in:
• Massage oils and compresses. Adding rosemary oil to a warm compress or massage oil supports circulation, relieves pain, and soothes the stomach.
• Diffusers or inhalers. Breathing in rosemary oil (cineole type is best) may fend off respiratory infections while also improving focus and memory.
• Balms and salves. With anti-inflammatory and antiseptic benefits, rosemary may be a smart addition to wound treatments.
• Soaps and lotions. Add rosemary oil to hair products to help stimulate hair growth and even reduce dandruff.
Breathing in rosemary oil may fend off respiratory infections.
Remember This
Rosemary oil is used to energize and reduce fatigue. It is often said to stimulate memory and improve focus, making it an ideal companion for work and study.
Some blending combinations for rosemary oil include: basil, bergamot, cedarwood, lavender, lemon, lemongrass, orange, peppermint, and pine.
Rosemary is an oil with no known safety issues. Use it responsibly as you would any essential oil. Complete a patch test if you are concerned about sensitivity.