Richard Whelan ~ Medical Herbalist ~ Rosemary

ROSEMARY
Common Names
Rosemary
Botanical Name
Rosmarinus officinalis
Family
LAMIACEAE or LABIATAE ~ Mint Family

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What is it?

Rosemary is the familiar, long lived shrub with thin olive-green leaves and pretty blue flowers that dot the plant for half the year round. ‘Rosemary’ translates to the ‘dew of the sea’ (ros means dew and marinus means sea in Latin).

FLOWERS

BRANCHES

DRIED

How has it been used?

Rosemary has a tremendous variety of folk uses and mythology associated with it. It has particularly been strongly connected to memory and remembrance since ancient times. The main historical medicinal uses of Rosemary have been as a tonic to the brain and as a gently cleansing liver medicine.

Rosemary has been widely used to treat headaches and migraine and is particularly worth trying for these problems where high blood pressure is involved or where heat is found to be helpful. Rosemary is much used in European traditional medicine to strengthen the heart and blood vessels and there is a keen appreciation in this old culture of Rosemary being a herb that clears congestion in the liver and gall-bladder thereby lifting the mood and resolving 'liverishness'

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Personal experiences

Rosemary has remarkable cleansing properties. I respect its historical use as a tonic for the heart and mind but I think it is the liver where Rosemary activates its healing actions the most.

People who have sticky, stuck blood need to do something about it before they can go much further. and Rosemary quickly helps to get things moving.

Rosemary combines with Panax Ginseng for lifting mental energy and with Dandelion root and Golden Seal for activating and cleansing the liver.

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Historical notes on Rosemary

Rosemary was an essential part of the apothecary's repertoire during the Renaissance. The French regarding it as a cure-all, Hippocrates, Galen, and Dioscorides all prescribed rosemary for liver problems.

Rosemary, native of southern Europe, was brought to Amercia by the first colonists, and stored carefully indoors during the cold winters.

Greek students would braid Rosemary into their hair to help them with their exams. Also known as the herb of remembrance, it was placed on the graves of English heroes.

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