Rosmarino Seeds

ROSEMARY HAS MULTIPLE USES: AS AN ORNAMENTAL AND MEDICINAL PLANT IN THE COSMETIC INDUSTRY IN PERFUMERY AS INSECT REPELLENT OR DEODORANT; IN ADDITION ROSEMARY EXTRACT IS ALSO EMPLOYED IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY AS AN ADDITIVE WITH ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES. THE ESSENTIAL OIL CONTAINS PINENE CAMPHORENE LIMONENE FLAVONOIDS PHENOLIC ACIDS TANNINS RESINS CAMPHOR AND ROSMARINIC ACID WHICH HAS ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES. ROSEMARY IS RECOGNIZED AS HAVING DIGESTIVE ANTISPASMODIC AND CARMINATIVE PROPERTIES (IT REDUCES AEROPHAGIA AND ANY RESULTING COLIC); IT STIMULATES DIURESIS AND PERSPIRATION REGULATES THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE THINS BRONCHIAL SECRETIONS AND CALMS COUGHS. IT IS USED TOPICALLY AS AN EFFECTIVE ANTISEPTIC. THE ESSENTIAL OIL HAS STIMULATING AND RUBEFACIENT PROPERTIES THAT ARE USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF BRUISES MUSCLE AND JOINT PAIN RHEUMATISM AND STIFF NECK; IT IS WIDELY USED IN PERFUMERY IN THE COMPOSITION OF NUMEROUS LOTIONS PERFUMES LINIMENTS SOAPS AND MOUTHWASHES. IN AROMATHERAPY IT IS USED FOR IMPROVING MEMORY DEPRESSION AND RELIEVING MIGRAINES. IN THE KITCHEN IT IS USED AS A SEASONING INGREDIENT IN NUMEROUS RECIPES. ROSEMARY FLOWERS MOREOVER PRODUCE A GOOD DEAL OF NECTAR THAT ATTRACTS BEES: THEIR HONEY HAS EXCELLENT CHARACTERISTICS AND AN AMBROSIAL FLAVOR. ROSEMARY (IN PARTICULAR THE ESSENTIAL OIL RICH IN CAMPHOR) IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM EPILEPSY; IN EXCESSIVE DOSES IT CAN CAUSE IRRITATION CONVULSIONS VOMITING AND THE BEGINNINGS OF RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS