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http://www.businessinsider.com/oil-of-rosemary-found-to-boost-multiple-types-of-memory-2013-4Shakespeare 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.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/oil-of-rosemary-found-to-boost-multiple-types-of-memory-2013-4#ixzz2PyCCcfP3
malaise
(269,157 posts)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
(13,262 posts)R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)My two year old loves to smell them, but I am not sure if she is going to remember of her earlier life.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Hahahahahhahha - that is too good
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)and it hasn't hurt.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)OPHELIA
There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray,
love, remember: and there is pansies. that's for thoughts.
(Hamlet IV.v)
surrealAmerican
(11,363 posts)... of pansies aiding cognition, I guess.
marmar
(77,088 posts)LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)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
(12,606 posts)I keep mine inside for most of the cold months.
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)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
(51,666 posts)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
(22,845 posts)I've lost several rosemary plants in past winters, but the climate has definitely gotten warmer in recent years.
LeftInTX
(25,515 posts)It is one of the few plants that is sun, heat and drought tolerant in South Texas.
panader0
(25,816 posts)What was it now?
xchrom
(108,903 posts)TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)Take a pinch and snort it up each nostril. That will give you memories.
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)Don't do that stupid shit again.
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)mountain grammy
(26,644 posts)and took a big sniff. Will try the tea.
Atman
(31,464 posts)BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)...any effect on mem........
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)hedgehog
(36,286 posts)Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)where some of his promises went
like closing Gitmo and not touching social security.
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)You're gonna get spanked for that.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)then I'd probably get the Secret Service, et al, after me.
The crime:"Illegal herbing of the President."
glinda
(14,807 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)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
(5,927 posts)I'll put a plant in my Mom's room at the facility if it might help. No stone unturned.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Interesting.