HEALTH BENEFITS OF ROSEMARY HERBS. ROSEMARY TEA RECIPE . ROSEMARY TEA WITH LEMON RECIPE. ROSEMARY TEA WITH SAFFRON RECIPE

ROSEMARY

3 TYPES OF ROSEMARY TEA  RECIPES.  HEALTH BENEFITS OF ROSEMARY HERBS.

RECIPE 1:  ROSEMARY TEA

RECIPE 2:  ROSEMARY TEA WITH LEMON

RECIPE 3:  ROSEMARY TEA WITH SAFFRON THREADS

ROSEMARY - also known as rosemarine/  rosemarinus (dew of the sea) / rosemaria

The Ancients were well acquainted with the rosemary shrub, which had a reputation for strengthening the memory

RECIPE 1:    ROSEMARY TEA

The young tops, leaves and flowers can be made into an infusion.

Boil them in water and let it steep for a long time.

Great care must be taken to prevent the escape of steam during its preparation, so cover the pot with a lid..

When done, add sugar to taste. Or use honey/ nectar.

If drink warm, it is a good remedy for removing headache, colic, colds and nervous diseases.  It also helps relieve nervous depression

 RECIPE 2: ROSMARIA TEA WITH LEMON

Follow above recipe on how to make rosemary tea.

When ready to serve, squeeze in lemon. Lemon is good to help ease cold.

Serves hot

RECIPE 3:  ROSEMARY TEA WITH SAFFRON THREADS

Follow above recipe on how to make rosemary tea

Steep in  the saffron  threads (2 cups=1 thread or two) together  with rosemary flowers, shoots, stems and leaves. Drink hot wit honey.

The  ancient Persians have long been making  hot saffron tea. They believe saffron is a natural aphrodisiac  and  drinking this tea helps fight melancholy
Saffron is a seasoning spice and coloring agent, derived from the Saffron crocus plant.  The crimson colored  stigmas, together with the “styles”, or  “stalks” that connect the stigmas to their host plant  are used. It’s the most expensive spice. About 90% of the world’s saffron comes from Iran.

Saffron has a bitter flavor and hay-like fragrance.  It contains a caratenoid dye (crocin), which imparts a rich golden yellow hue to dishes .
The reddish-colored “zeaxanthin”, is one of the carotenoids naturally present within the retina of the human eye 

To glean an amount of dry saffron weighing 1 lb (450 g) is to harvest 50,000–75,000 flowers ( about the land size of one football field).  Modern research studies discovered saffron stigma has Cancer-suppressing properties (anti carcinogenic), Anti oxidant and Protect eyes from Stress and Macular degeneration of the eyes.

THE ANCIENT ROSEMARIA STORY

Excerpts:  http://ww.tiptheplanet.com/wiki/

The following quotations from Banckes’Herbal

1.Also if thou be feeble boyle the leaves in cleane water and washe thyself and thou shalt wax shiny  

cooking varieties add ( you feeble/ weak- boil the leaves in clean water and wash yourself and you shall be wax shiny)

2.If thy legges be blowen with gowte, boyle the leaves in water and binde them in a linnen cloath and winde it about thy legges and it shall do thee much good.

cooking varieties add (if thy legs blown with gout, boil the leaves in water and bind them in a linen cloth and wind it around your legs-shall do you much good)

3.Take the Timber thereof and burn it to coales and make powder thereof and rubbe thy teeth thereof and it shall keep thy teeth from all evils. Smell it oft and it shall keep thee youngly.

cooking varieties add ( take the timber thereof/ wood and burn  it into coal, make powder, rub on teeth- keep  away bad and make it young)

4.Make thee a box of the wood of rosemary and smell to it and it shall preserve thy youth.'

cooking varieties add (make a box from rosemary wood, it’s smell  is good for youth/ keep young)

The Ancients were well acquainted with the shrub, which had a reputation for strengthening the memory.

The oil of Rosemary, distilled from the flowering tops, is a more superior oil, as compared to that obtained from the stems and leaves.

Rosemary is one of the plants like lavender which grows better in England than anywhere and English oil of Rosemary is of superior quality.

It is an excellent stomachic and nervine, curing many cases of headache and. may be useful in preventing or treating certain cancers, strokes and Alzheimer’s disease.

BEAUTIFUL WINTER UP NORTH..
WONDER IF ROSEMARY  PLANTS  STILL HAVE  LEAVES AROUND THIS TIME