Germany:<\/u><\/strong> In the Middle Ages rosemary was used at baptism, wedding and also funeral ceremonies to keep away evil spirits. It was hung around the neck to protect from the plague. Carrying a twig protected from the evil eye. Mourners would throw it into graves as a symbol of remembrance for the dead.\n<\/p>\n\n\tIn Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ophelia says, "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance." In Southern countries, the wood was used to make musical instruments.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tDuring the times of Charlemagne it was a wedding plant. When a women gave rosemary to a man she was ready to marry him.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tAn old saying says "Where Rosemary flourishes, the Woman rules" and in England it was believed that rosemary could not grow in the garden of the home unless the mistress was the master.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tPoland:<\/u><\/strong> They called him the fresh breeze of the sea. He was considered a symbol of faithful love.\n<\/p>\n\n\tItaly:<\/u><\/strong> The Romans believed Rosemary was governed by the sun. Consequently it was a symbol of rebirth and immortality, which earned it a place in funeral rites. It was a herb of good fortune and so was used in marriage rites and even kept by ancient Roman students when they sat their exams.[\/wpspoiler]\n<\/p>\n\n[wpspoiler name=”Contemporary use(cuisine\/ cosmetics\/medicine)”]Ireland:<\/u><\/strong> N\/A\n<\/p>\n\n\tGreece:<\/u><\/strong> Aromatic olive oil with rosemary and green pepper: Procedure: wash 3 sprigs of rosemary. Place them in a clean glass bottle along with seven peppercorns. Fill the bottle with virgin olive oil. Fasten the bottle and store in a cool, dark place for three weeks and shake it occasionally.\n<\/p>\n\n\tRosemary is one of the main herbs of Mediterranean cuisine. It is used in baked potatoes. Aromatizes wonderful bread, beef, lamb, game, fish, seafood, omelettes, soups, sauces, vegetables, and snails. Generally it can be used from the beginning of cooking.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tIn cosmetics can be used in the form of steam for deep facial cleaning and skin enhancement.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tGermany:<\/u><\/strong> Rosemary is used for Mediterranean cuisine, goes well with lamb or vegetables like eggplant, zucchini and pepper.\n<\/p>\n\n\tRosemary also fits well to goat cheese, e.g. harvest a bunch of rosemary and let it dry for some days. Take the zests of two lemons, split two garlic cloves in two parts. Put rosemary, the lemon zests and the garlic together with 10 goat cheese slices into a bottling jar and cover with olive oil. Leave it one week at a dark place.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tAs remedy the essential oil is used, e.g. against headache or also for arm baths where it helps against low blood pressure. It can be also used as tea to strengthen the digestive system.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tPoland:<\/u><\/strong> The stem can be used as a skewer skewers – makes them smell and taste.\n<\/p>\n\n\tItaly:<\/u><\/strong> As an Infusion : a tonifier and energizer, though used also for gastric indigestion and to combat colic.
\n\t20gr per litre of hot water, filtre and drink very hot.
\n\tFrequency:2-3 times a day until the symptoms disappear.[\/wpspoiler]\n<\/p>\n\n[wpspoiler name=”Traditional use (remedies, uses)”]Ireland:<\/u><\/strong> N\/A\n<\/p>\n\n\tGreece:<\/u><\/strong> Used for treatment of visceral disease. Rosemary wood spoon protects from germs. Burning rosemary repels scorpions, snakes and also cleans the air from germs. Elevates mood and is useful in cases of depression.\n<\/p>\n\n\tGermany:<\/u><\/strong> Medicinally and for purification rosemary was a mainstay in the practices of early medical and sterilization techniques. During the plaque of 1665 it was carried and sniffed to protect against contamination from the dreaded epidemic.\n<\/p>\n\n\tIn the Middle Ages Rosemary was cooked in goat milk and used against tuberculosis. Externally the milk was used against skin cancer.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tRosemary wine was and is used against low blood pressure and stomachache. To prepare it 40g fresh rosemary leaves are chopped, 1 table spoon cane sugar is added and filled with 750ml wine. After 7 days the wine should be filtered and kept at a dark and cold place.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tFamous was also for the Queen of Hungary Water. Rosemary oil in spirit of wine was used for one of the first perfumes, allegedly given to her by a hermit who claimed that it would preserve her beauty and health. Legend claims that the treatment so enhanced her vitality and appearance that the far younger King of Poland asked her to marry him.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThis effect is also mentioned in Blanckes Herbal Book from 1525: "washe thy face therwith . . . thou shalt have a fayre face." "Smell it and it shall preserve thy youthe. "And, remember Markham; "Rosemary "cleanseth away the spots of the face, . . . it maketh a man look young."\n<\/p>\n
\n\tPoland:<\/u><\/strong> Threw it on the floor in courtrooms as a protection against fever prison.\n<\/p>\n\n\tItaly:<\/u><\/strong> as a tincture against spasms but also taken as a digestive.
\n\tobtained by leaving 20 g of leaves in 100 g of alcohol at 60° to macerate for 4-5 days. Filtre without adding anything
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