How to Use Rosemary Essential Oil

One of the questions our customers ask us most often is: how to use Rosemary Essential Oil? In this article, we want to delve into its properties to understand how best to use it.

How to use Rosemary Essential Oil

Rosemary Essential Oil is extracted from the flowering tops, small leaves, and flowers, and has a fresh, herbaceous, and balsamic scent. To use it on the skin, it is necessary to dilute it in a vegetable oil or a basic cream because, as the active ingredients are very concentrated, the essential oil would otherwise be too stimulating. Rosemary Essential Oil has many properties: anti-inflammatory, purifying, and expectorant. It is particularly effective as a hair strengthener and as a regulator for the scalp.

Rosemary essential oil aromatherapy

The energetics of Rosemary make it an indispensable plant to have: Rosemary Essential Oil strengthens the sense of identity and spiritual strength, renews self-confidence and integrity, helps dissolve apathy and inertia, awakens the courage to take risks and willpower, aids concentration, dedication to study, and memory. Susanne Fischer Rizzi compares it to a staff that supports when one is tired and lacking strength. We can find two chemotypes of Rosemary essential oil, the cineole chemotype and the verbenone chemotype. The chemotype precisely defines the character of the essential oil: its properties, methods of use, and scent. Rosemary CT cineole is more antiseptic and more suitable for cold-related ailments, while CT verbenone is known for its detoxifying and anti-inflammatory properties and for skin and hair care.

How to use Rosemary Essential Oil for hair

One of the most important uses of Rosemary Essential Oil is for hair and alopecia: a few drops added to shampoo will help you prevent hair loss or promote lush growth. In addition to stimulating microcirculation of the scalp, Rosemary Essential Oil also regulates sebum production. For this use, CT Verbenone is preferred.

How to use Rosemary Essential Oil for the face

Rosemary Essential Oil is suitable for facial treatment, particularly for oily and acne-prone skin, as it also regulates sebum production and provides a purifying effect. For the face, we suggest using the hydrolate of this plant, which is gentler. For a more pronounced effect, it can be added to creams, oils, and face masks.

How to use Rosemary Essential Oil against cellulite

Cellulite is a consequence of water retention, and tissue inflammation is one of the reasons that causes the formation of this imperfection. Therefore, a purification of the body is needed: Rosemary Essential Oil acts as an anti-inflammatory on the inflamed part of the tissues, penetrating through the skin, and also stimulating microcirculation. How can you use it? Use it in combination with a neutral oil or butter, such as almond oil, for a massage in the area of interest.

Is Rosemary Essential Oil an aphrodisiac?

In the language of flowers, rosemary evokes a happy heart, and if given as a gift, it conveys the message "I am happy when I see you." It has always been a symbol of faithful love, stimulates the depth of feelings and dedication to the couple, improving the quality of relationships. It awakens the joy of love through the movement of energies, invigorates and warms. It is a warm and powerful oil, it warms and restores strength to sexual energies, alleviating fatigue. It activates blood processes also at the genital level, giving greater awareness in the relationship by stimulating.

Rosemary Essential Oil for colds

Rosemary, particularly CT Cineole, is an excellent expectorant and can be used for decongestant inhalations in the presence of respiratory tract affections. It should be massaged on the chest for coughs, always diluted in an oil or cream. Its antiseptic, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-infectious, expectorant, mucolytic, antitussive, and anti-inflammatory properties make it a valuable ally against cold-related illnesses.

Rosemary Essential Oil for the liver

This oil acts on the hepatic gland, meaning it helps the function of the liver, gallbladder, and bile excretion. On one hand, it is antispasmodic, on the other, it stimulates the gallbladder: for this reason, it is suitable for biliary imbalances, with or without gallstones.

Rosemary Essential Oil for memory

If you are looking for an essential oil that counters sadness, apathy, and exhaustion by stimulating the nervous system, you have found the most suitable one! Rosemary Essential Oil provides energy, concentration, and memory, perfect for getting back on track with the right charge. It has a strong stimulating power: it increases emotions, courage, and willpower.

When not to use Rosemary Essential Oil

Rosemary Essential Oil should not be used in some situations: it is not recommended for pregnant women or during breastfeeding, in cases of epilepsy or hypertension. A good alternative if one still wishes to use this plant is rosemary hydrosol, which retains the properties but is gentler and also suitable for children.

The history of Rosemary Essential Oil

The word Rosemary comes from the Latin term Rosmarinus and has several possible etymologies: it probably derives from ros maris, meaning "dew of the sea", rosa maris meaning "rose of the sea" or rhus maris, meaning "sea shrub". What connects these names? The sea, a place where rosemary grows vigorously and spontaneously, strengthened by the sun's rays. Rosemary is a plant common in the Mediterranean basin, and, thanks to its powerful properties, it spread throughout Europe over the centuries, even in places very far from the sea. Rosemary has been important for all peoples of the Mediterranean since ancient times from a spiritual and medical point of view. Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans considered it a powerful symbol of rebirth and immortality and for this reason it was used in burials and during sacred rites for purification. Rosemary also symbolized faithful love, particularly conjugal love: Romans adorned weddings with rosemary garlands. Rosemary was considered fundamental for scholars, because it aids concentration and memory. Thanks to its properties, it spread throughout Europe, so much so that Charlemagne in the year 812 ordered all farmers to cultivate it. Until the first decades of the 20th century in France, rosemary sprigs were still burned in hospitals to disinfect and cleanse. In antiquity, rosemary was also used instead of incense in the Mediterranean.

Curiosities and legends about rosemary

It is said that the rosemary plant had white flowers in ancient times. Then the Blessed Virgin Mary placed her blue cloak over the plant during the flight into Egypt, and its flowers miraculously changed color to their current shade. Rosemary is a plant linked to the sun because it reflects its characteristics of energy, strength, and expansion. It is one of the first flowers to bloom in spring, associated with rebirth and change.

Where to find rosemary essential oil

How to recognize a quality rosemary essential oil? Olfattiva's staff selects wild plants in clean and uncontaminated areas, to obtain an essential oil rich in active ingredients that allow to grasp its essence. In our online shop you will find many rosemary-based products, including essential oils and aromatherapy perfumes. Alternatively, by clicking on this link you will find all the points of sale where you can buy Olfattiva products, including those based on rosemary essential oil.