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Cited: MSNBC

Rosemary has long been a favorite of chefs, bakers, and those dabbling in aroma therapy; the herb not the Hollywood Squares fossil. It has been used as a hair rinse, cat repellent, in savory dishes, baked goods, and as an oil to be rubbed on the body. New research is underway to see if perhaps rosemary helps to stimulate brain function and if so, do traces of the aromatic herb remain in the bloodstream just by smelling it? The study, which is still underway, will be published in the Therapeutic Advances in Psycho pharmacology when it concludes.

The researchers conducting the study say that they can already show that cognitive function improves after being exposed to the aroma of rosemary. However, what they want to see is if the bloodstream contains higher levels of the active ingredient found in rosemary, 1,8-cineole, after being exposed to it and for how long will someone benefit from being exposed to it. The researchers used 20 subjects, all of whom were exposed to rosemary. Not surprisingly they found that in all the subjects their cognitive performance was enhanced after having a whiff, so to speak, but the really amazing thing was that the subjects actually absorbed this compound into their bloodstream through their noses. The discovery led researchers to believe that the connection between higher function and rosemary has more to do with a biochemical reaction than had ever been demonstrated previously.

Their conclusion is that rather than being simply an aroma therapy from inhaling rosemary, the effects are more like that of a drug. The researchers point out that too many people in both the scientific community and among the lay population forget just how important plants are to our very existence and that in fact, so many of the remedies, cures, and drugs that are on the shelves of every medicine cabinet in America can trace their roots to plants and the science behind extracting the secrets in plants and how the compounds within every part of them interact with our physiology to add to the quality of our lives. Plant based drugs that can extend mental capacity as we age are just one of many benefits seen coming from this study as well as others that will surely follow.

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My take:

This is great news because I love rosemary and use it all the time. We grow it outdoors in the summer and indoors in the winter. I had no idea that it could help brain function, and frankly many would deny that is the case based on my exposure to the herb, but none the less I am happy to hear that there are more reasons to grow it other than the wonderful aroma and and the great flat breads that it makes.

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