Rosemary
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Scientific Name: Rosmarinus officinalis
Parts Used: Leaves, flowers, essential oils
Cautions:
Healing Properties
How to Use:
Grow/Harvest Yourself:
*I am not a doctor. The information on this platform is not a claim to treat, cure, prevent or diagnose any illness. These remedies are intended to aid the healing process within your body (in correlation with existing traditional treatments). Please talk to your family doctor before trying any natural remedies (especially if you are pregnant, nursing, or on prescription medication).
Buy Rosemary Essential Oil
Scientific Name: Rosmarinus officinalis
Parts Used: Leaves, flowers, essential oils
Cautions:
- Avoid high doses.
- Avoid use of oil in pregnancy.
Healing Properties
- Cardio-protective, digestive, nervine, nootropic, anti inflammatory, neuro-protective.
- A favorite heart tonic and can help control blood pressure.
- Eases digestion and helps stimulate appetite. Improves memory.
- Helpful for temporary fatigue and overwork.
- Tea relieves headaches, migraines, mild depression, and coldness associated with poor circulation. Good digestive remedy, clears gas.
- Dries up secretions - so good for mucus of the lungs or sinuses, and excess breast milk.
- Increases urination and has antiseptic properties, so it's a good addition to teas for ailments such as cystitis.
- Common remedy for arthritis, rheumatism, varicose veins, hot flashes, sore throats, tonsillitis/laryngitis, throat infections, loss of voice (with honey), muscular aches/pains and spasms.
- Can be useful for some parasites.
- Naturally darkens hair color and restores color to gray hair as well as combating dandruff. (add a few drops of oil or a cup of rosemary infusion to rinsing water after shampooing).
- An effective food preservative (even better when added to Sage).
- Good topically for wounds, sores, eczema and bruises.
- Some studies show it may help prevent breast cancer and brain function deterioration.
How to Use:
- Add fresh or dried herb to food and beverages.
- Can be taken in store-bought capsule or extract form.
- Tea/Infusion (best consumed immediately, but can be stored in the fridge for up to 48 hours):
- Cover 1/4 cup fresh herb with boiling water. Let steep for 5-10 minutes. Strain & drink.
- Cover 1 Tablespoon dried herb with boiling water. Let steep for 5-10 minutes. Strain & drink.
- Essential oils: Apply externally, or add 1-2 drops to drinks or directly on tongue
- Syrup (Can be stored longer - up to 2 weeks in the fridge, or frozen indefinitely):
- Make 2 cups of the tea. Add to cast iron or stainless-steel pan. Add 2 cups sugar or honey and heat the mixture on med-low heat until the sugar/honey is dissolved and it thickens into a light syrup. Remove from heat and let it cool. Store in a glass bottle (cork top, not screw, because syrups can ferment and explode if sealed too tightly). Take in 1-2 teaspoon doses every 3-4 hours.
- Tincture (Can be stored longer - generally last for 2+ years and some say potency increases with age):
- Add 2 cups water to 1 quart of vodka or rum that is approximately 37.5% alcohol). Put this in a clean bottle, clearly labeled (not all will be used for the tincture and you can use the remaining for additional batches). Put 1/4 pound of dried herb (or 3/4 pound fresh) into a large wide-mouthed glass jar. Add 2 cups of the diluted alcohol mixture to the jar, screw lid on tight and shake well. Leave jar in a cool dark place for 2 weeks, shaking well every couple of days. After 2 weeks, strain the mixture and store the liquid in a clean, dark glass bottle. Add 1/2 - 1 teaspoon tincture to juice or warm water 3-4 times daily.
- Steam Inhalation:
- Put a large handful of fresh herbs, 1.5 Tablespoons dried herb, or up to 10 drops essential oil into a large bowl. Add 2 cups boiling water. Lean over the bowl and cover your head completely with a towel. Inhale steam for 10 minutes (or as long as you feel comfortable). Make sure to stay in a warm room for 30 minutes after to allow your airways to return to normal.
- Ointments/Creams:
- Ointment (use when needing to protect and seal the skin): Melt 1/2 pound lard or vaseline in a saucepan over very low heat. Add 3 Tablespoons of dried herb and stir well. Heat for about 2 hours or until herb is starting to get crispy. Strain into glass ointment jars and store in a cool dry place. This should last about a year if all equipment is clean/sterile.
- Cream (use when you want the mixture absorbed by the skin): Use a large double boiler. Fill lower pan with water and put 1.5 Tablespoons white beeswax and 1.5 Tablespoons anhydrous lanolin into the top pan. Heat until melted and add 1/2 cup of base oil (sunflower or similar), 6 Tablespoons water and 2 Tablespoons glycerol. Heat until fully melted again. Add 3 Tablespoons dried herb and heat for at least 3 hours (check water level of bottom pan often and add boiling water as needed). After 3 hours, pour the hot mixture through a strainer (quickly, as it will begin to re-solidify). Stir cream gently until it cools. Store in small dark glass jars and use as needed. This should last about a year if all equipment is clean/sterile.
- Oil Infusions (Can be stored longer - generally will last for at least a year, often longer):
- Hot Infusion: Use a large double boiler. Fill lower pan with water and put 1/4 pound dried herb (or 1/3 pound fresh) and 2 cups of base oil (sunflower or similar) to the top pan. Heat on medium-low heat for 3 hours (check water level of bottom pan often and add boiling water as needed). Strain the oil into a pitcher. Cool completely, then pour oil into glass bottles and store in a cool dark place.
- Cold Infusion: Pack a medium sized jar with dried or fresh herb (1 inch from the top). Cover herb with safflower or walnut oil. Leave the jar in a sunny indoor location for at least 3 weeks. Strain the mixture and repeat process again using more herb and the oil from the first infusion. Leave it in a sunny indoor location again for an additional 2-3 weeks. Strain the oil again, place in glass bottles and store in a cool dark place.
- Compress: Soak a cotton ball or gauze in hot tea/infusion or tincture (4 teaspoons tincture to 2 cups hot water) and apply to area affected. Note: it may be beneficial to use a cold compress instead, for some types of headaches for example).
- Poultice: Use a cotton ball or piece of gauze about 3 times the size of the area needing treatment. Fold in fresh or dried herbs and place it in a shallow dish. Pour boiling water on it and soak for 5 minutes. Remove poultice from water and place on affected area. Replace when it cools (or put a heating pad on top to keep warm).
- Suppositories (anally inserted)/Pessaries (vaginally inserted): Make a mold by folding tinfoil into small holders (about 1/2 inch wide by 3/4 inch long). To make 6: Using a large double boiler, fill lower pan with water. Melt 1 Tablespoon cocoa butter in top pan. Remove from heat and add 8 drops essential oil, mix well and pour into the mold. Let set and remove the tin foil. Store between layers of waxed paper in a sealed container.
Grow/Harvest Yourself:
- Buy Rosemary Seeds
- Harvest anytime during growing season
- Zone: 8-10
- Soil pH: 6.5-7.0
- Well-drained soil
- Full sun
*I am not a doctor. The information on this platform is not a claim to treat, cure, prevent or diagnose any illness. These remedies are intended to aid the healing process within your body (in correlation with existing traditional treatments). Please talk to your family doctor before trying any natural remedies (especially if you are pregnant, nursing, or on prescription medication).