Smell Of Rosemary Found To Boost Multiple Types Of Memory

[xchrom]

http://www.businessinsider.com/oil-of-rosemary-found-to-boost-multiple-types-of-memory-2013-4



Shakespeare was right - the smell of rosemary is good for your memory, according to a new study.

Essential oil of rosemary boosted healthy adults' ability to recall past events and remember to perform future tasks, which could include taking medication or sending a birthday card, at the correct time.

The improvement was unrelated to the participants' mood, suggesting it was having a chemical influence which improved their memory, the study found.

Researchers, who will present their findings at the British Psychological Society's annual conference in Harrogate on Tuesday, said the results could improve the everyday lives of people with age-related memory loss.


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[malaise]

1. The last thing we do before going to bed five nights a week is

drink a cup of rosemary and mint tea. We infuse fresh rosemary and add a few leaves of peppermint - all from our garden. The flavor is delish!

[enough]

5. Sounds delightful, have to try it. (nt)

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

8. I have several "inside" rosemary bushes.

My two year old loves to smell them, but I am not sure if she is going to remember of her earlier life.

[malaise]

10. LOL

Hahahahahhahha - that is too good

[Auntie Bush]

29. Do you feel it's helped your memory?

[malaise]

32. I've always had a pretty good memory

and it hasn't hurt.

[Berlum]

2. Remember me to one who lives there...She was once a true love of mine.

[ananda]

3. remembrance

OPHELIA
There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray,
love, remember: and there is pansies. that's for thoughts.

(Hamlet IV.v)

[surrealAmerican]

6. ... so we should be looking for evidence ...

... of pansies aiding cognition, I guess.

[marmar]

4. k/r......Fascinating.

[LiberalEsto]

7. I just pruned our overgrown rosemary bush

because it was taking over part of the front porch. Didn't realize it would thrive when partly shaded and sheltered by azalea bushes.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

9. What part of the world do you live in?

I keep mine inside for most of the cold months.

[slackmaster]

20. PMFJI - I live in San Diego. Some people have hedges of rosemary.

It's perenniel, evergreen, and grows very fast once it gets established. It grows best in a Mediterranean climate.

I have to trim the heck out of my one plant every year. I prune it almost to the ground.

Yet there are still people who pay $5 per ounce for dried rosemary in grocery stores.

[kestrel91316]

26. I live in Los Angeles and we can also grow it outdoors here.

We have mild winters with rain and ghastly hot, dry summers. It just loves it. Once established it needs very little water. The plants can get several feet tall.

[LiberalEsto]

28. About 15 miles northwest of Washington DC in Maryland.

I've lost several rosemary plants in past winters, but the climate has definitely gotten warmer in recent years.

[LeftInTX]

12. I'm surprised too. I lost some to rot in a spot that was wet and shady.

It is one of the few plants that is sun, heat and drought tolerant in South Texas.

[panader0]

11. Okay, I'm going to the nursery today to get

What was it now?

[xchrom]

13. sage. nt

[TexasProgresive]

22. Cayenne

Take a pinch and snort it up each nostril. That will give you memories.

[Fuddnik]

24. The only thing that makes me remember is.

Don't do that stupid shit again.

[lonestarnot]

14. Thyme.

[Sentath]

23. Pansies?

http://www.motherearthliving.com/in-the-garden/a-readers-request-the-herbs-of-shakespeare-act-one.aspx

http://www.oldrose.info/shakes97/s_herbid-e.htm (good list, terrible format)

[mountain grammy]

15. Immediately ran to the pantry and pulled out my jar of organic rosemary

and took a big sniff. Will try the tea.

[Atman]

16. I sniff rosemary when I forget the thyme.

[BlueJazz]

17. I don't believe in that kind of bullshit. How can a plant have..

...any effect on mem........

[slackmaster]

18. It always boosts my momory of the time I used way too much rosemary on a pork roast.

[hedgehog]

19. Ophelia: "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray, love, remember:"

[Ichingcarpenter]

21. Send some to President Obama maybe he can remember

where some of his promises went



like closing Gitmo and not touching social security.

[Fuddnik]

25. Oooh

You're gonna get spanked for that.

[LiberalEsto]

30. I could send him a big bunch, but

then I'd probably get the Secret Service, et al, after me.

The crime:"Illegal herbing of the President."

[glinda]

33. Good one!

[grasswire]

27. it also grows outside in Pacific NW

Lovely bushes of it everywhere. I don't need to plant my own for culinary purposes. I just pick a few twigs off a nearby hedge on my walk to the library when I need some. Lovely.

[navarth]

31. It would be bonus if it affected alzheimer's

I'll put a plant in my Mom's room at the facility if it might help. No stone unturned.

[Warren DeMontague]

34. Smell is totally linked into memory.

Interesting.