We know that ancient Greek scholars used rosemary to improve
memory! Now there is a useful mention in BBC’s Magazine section (July 15) of
scientific evidence of the benefits of rosemary. The team of Prof. Mark Moss at
Northumbria University is working on tests how rosemary essential oil could
benefit future memory.
Rosemary has been linked to memory for hundreds of years. It is
also used in aromatherapy and in herbal beauty products. Scientists now suspect
there are compounds in rosemary oil that may be responsible for changes in
memory performance. One of them is called 1,8-cineole - as well as smelling
wonderful (if you like that sort of thing) it may act in the same way as the
drugs licensed to treat dementia, causing an increase in a neurotransmitter
called acetylcholine.
These compounds do this by preventing the breakdown of the
neurotransmitter by an enzyme. And this is highly plausible - inhalation is one
of the best ways of getting drugs into the brain. When you eat a drug it may be
broken down in the liver which processes everything absorbed by the gut, but
with inhalation small molecules can pass into the bloodstream and from there to
the brain without being broken down by the liver. As further confirmation Mark
and his team analyzed blood samples and found traces of the chemicals in
rosemary oil in the blood.
Being in the business of herbal natural beauty products,
Herbally Radiant has been highlighting many benefits of rosemary. This herb has
been in use for thousands of years in different civilizations in skin therapy. It
improves circulation to the scalp and all other parts of the body, besides
deodorizing and relieving soreness. It
is taken both in food, along with other spices, and in cosmetic formulations,
with other natural ingredients, to speed up skin cell regeneration process.
After testing effects of rosemary in beauty formulations, we
have found amazing benefits of rosemary when combined with other complementary
herbal ingredients in our new products: Glowing Silk Primer, and Body DayCream. We have mixed rosemary with other essential oils for added potency:
Lavender, Olea Europea, Tea Tree, Camellia Sinesis, Rooibos tea extract along
with Vitamin E and B complex. Making them aloe based and adding Zinc Dioxide
and Titanium Dioxide, these products also provide excellent protection from sun
damage or other pollutants, making them the most useful especially for summer.
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