Rosemary's Incredible Use as Medicine



Native to the Mediterranean and Southern France, Rosemarys incredible use in medicine predates the middle ages.

Favored in early apothic gardens, Rosemary was once used to ward off the Black Plague by burning it in the home, and wearing it in a pouch to sniff when navigating through suspicious areas.

The Greeks associated Rosemary with memory recall, and scholars often wore it atop, or around their heads as wreaths, during exams.

Rosemary has been considered a symbol of remembrance, friendship, love & loyalty since ancient times. Egyptian pharaohs were buried with Rosemary.

Reportedly, Queen Elizabeth of Hungary cured herself of partial paralysis in 1235 by massaging wine-soaked Rosemary leaves into her joints.

During WW2 the French burned Rosemary leaves mixed with Juniper berries in field hospitals to kill germs.

Rosemary has been implemented topically for various ailments. Used as an essential oil it increases blood flow to a wounded area, works as an analgesic, antirheumatic, and a stimulant; also treats skin conditions such as dandruff. Administered in tincture form to treat muscle soreness & relieve the inflammation and pain in a sprained ankle.

Rosemary is an astringent, antiseptic, antidepressant, antibacterial, antimicrobial, circulatory stimulant, cardiac tonic, and more; the list is miles long.

You can use Rosemary in tea by steeping two teaspoons in boiling hot water for ten to fifteen minutes. It helps treat the common cold, flu, rheumatic pains, indigestion; also fights fatigue & headaches.

You can combine a Rosemary tincture with skullcap or vervain to help with depression; or combine with cardamom in a tea.

Use Rosemary to treat headaches by mixing with chamomile in tea, or rubbing the diluted essential oil into your temples.

Add Rosemary essential oil to your diffuser to calm palpitations and strengthen the heart.

Rosemary has always been an essential herb in my kitchen. My mom taught me to simmer Rosemary and Eucalyptus in a pot of water on the stove to steam up the house when someone in the home is sick... even having me do steam treatments when I stayed home from school with a sinus infection.

Another herb that most people overlook for its medicinal properties, often used as hedges and in landscaping here in northern California; I can find some wherever I choose to look.

To a happier and healthier you!

~Tanya Capps~
Herbal Witchcraft Magazine

https://www.herbalwitchcraftmagazine.com

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