Scientific name: Rosmarinus officinalis. 

Common name: rosemary, ramerino. 

English name: rosemary. 

Parts used: leaves, flowers and young shoots. 

Components: essential oil (cineol 15% - 30%), camphor (15% - 25%), borneol, flavonoids, rosmarinic and caffeic acid. 

Properties: antioxidant and anti-inflammatory, soothes muscle pain, counteracts cellulite and joint pain. 

A perennial shrub, present spontaneously only in the coastal strip but cultivated throughout Italy. The flowers gathered in axillary clusters of a violet blue color are present throughout the year.

Suggested use: the essential oil has an antimicrobial and antioxidant activity with improved liver and biliary function; capillary fragility also decreases. Above all, it is an important remedy for its anti-radical and rejuvenating action, a general stimulant in the presence of brain fatigue, asthenia and memory loss. For external use, it is used in massages, baths and as an oral hygiene mouthwash. It also stimulates the scalp and has antiparasitic properties. It is used as mouthwash and together with arnica, nettle and ginseng, for the treatment of oily hair. 

Essential oil: used as adjuvant therapy in rheumatic diseases and disorders related to circulation since it manages to increase blood flow at the dermal level. 

Curiosity: in 1235 Queen Elizabeth of Hungary, then paralyzed and with gout at the age of 72, was treated by a monk who would massage her paralyzed limbs with 500 g of rosemary macerated in 4 liters of alcohol for several days. 

Baths with Rosemary have been used for infantile rickets, especially in Tuscany. 

Rosemary derives from Ros (dew) and Marinus (marine).

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