***ROSEMARY*** Growing rosemary produces a very fragrant tender-perennial evergreen shrub, coming back for many seasons in your herb garden (if you're in a growing climate with mild winters). It has a fragrance similar to that of camphor and pine. As a culinary herb, Rosemary's flavor is often used as a compliment to lamb, poultry, fish and many vegetable dishes. Rosemary symbolizes remembrance and fidelity. It was often included in bridal bouquets, and it was believed that if you tapped your lover with a fresh sprig of rosemary, he/she would stay true. During the 15th century, rosemary branches were burnt within homes to ward off the black plague. In more modern times (during WWII), rosemary and juniper branches were burnt in French hospitals to limit the spread of infection. Sleeping with a sprig of rosemary beneath your pillow is supposed to banish nightmares. In Spain, a folk tradition claimed that wearing a sprig of rosemary would offer the wearer protection from "the evil eye." Legend has it that rosemary's flowers were originally white. On her flight to Egypt, the Virgin Mary threw her robe over a bush of rosemary as she rested. The flowers turned blue in her honor. In the 16th & 17th Centuries, rosemary's wood was used to make lutes and carpenters rulers. Use the flowers of this herb to repel moths from your closets. How to Grow Rosemary - Nutrition Information & Uses Rosemary is one of the richer herbal sources of antioxidants. Rosemary is reputed to have the following properties: Anti-microbial, Aromatic, Astringent, Emmenagogue, Nervine, Rubefacient, Stimulant, Parasitic Internally, rosemary tea can have a calming effect on digestion, and is also used as a remedy for tension or stress. Externally, it is used in oils to help ease muscular pain, sciatica, and neuralgia. It is also included in some popular topical headache remedies. Some use it as a stimulant to hair follicles for treatment of premature baldness.
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