Many people like to use essential oils derived from plants or fruits on their bodies before going to bed or after taking a bath to relax the body and mind, and each of the different flowers and plants have different effects. Rosemary has been accused of being related to memory in the past, and now research confirms that rosemary does have a beneficial effect on memory, mainly from an enzyme that inhibits and blocks the functioning of the brain.

Rosemary essential oil has been found to boost long-term memory. (Image / taken from the UK Telegraph)

According to the UK Telegraph report pointed out that in the past for rosemary related research has found that it is related to the long-term memory function of the human brain, this time in the British Psychological Society of the annual meeting of the study, so that 66 participants were divided into two major groups, one group of people will be brought to the rosemary essential oil fumigated in a closed room, asked them to wait for the experiment there. One group was taken to a closed room fumigated with rosemary essential oil and asked to wait there for the experiment to take place.

Then, the two groups were given memory tests, including hiding items and then finding them again, or following instructions to give something to a specific person at a specific time. The results of the experiment showed that the subjects who stayed in the room fumigated with rosemary scored significantly higher on each of the memory tests, and their blood was also found to contain eucalyptin, a compound unique to rosemary that has a strong influence on the memory-related systems in the human body.

In fact, rosemary has been widely used as a spice in weddings since ancient Egyptian times, and Shakespeare also said that rosemary can help people remember things, and scientific research has confirmed that this is true; however, the report does not specify how much rosemary essential oil is needed or how long it takes for the effect to be felt, and it is not necessary to treat rosemary essential oil as the best guarantee for memory. It is not necessary to consider rosemary essential oil as the best guarantee for memory.