English Rosemary.
white or yellow, fruit—red.)
Folk Rusmari.
Action Fruits—rich in vitamin C.
Action Essential oil from flowers
and leaves—anti-inflammatory,
astringent, antiseptic, stomachic,
Rosa webbiana Wall. carminative; used externally in
circulatory disorders. Flowering
Family Rosaceae.
tops and leaves—carminative,
Habitat Dry and inner Himalayas diuretic, emmenagogue; vapor
from Kashmir to Kumaon at baths afford relief in incipient
altitudes of 900—4,000 m. catarrh, rheumatism and muscular
affections.
Ayurvedic Laddaakhi-Sevati.
(Flowers— pink or deep red, fruit— Key application Leaf—internally in
red.) dyspeptic complaints; externally in
558 Rotula aquatica Lour.
supportive therapy for rheumatic diseases and circulatory problems. (German Commission E.) Shows improvement of hepatic and biiary function. (ESCOP) Carminative, spasmolytic of hepatic and biliary function. (ESCOP) Carminative, spasmolytic. (The British Herbal Pharmacopoeia.)
In research using rats, the essential oil and ethanolic extract of rosemary decreased drug-induced hepatotoxicity and the suppression of bone marrow cells. Phenolic compounds in the herb exhibit antioxidant activity. (Sharon M. Herr.)
The herb contains volatile oil (1.0— 2.5%), composed mainly of 1, 8-cineole (20—25%), alpha-pinene (15—25%),
camphor (10—25%), others include bor neol isobutyl acetate, camphene, li monene linalool, 3-octanone, terpine ol verbenol; flavonoids including api genin diosmetin, diosmin; rosmarinic
_______ acid and other phenolic acids; diter R penes; rosmaricine; ursolic acid, oleanolic acid and their derivatives.
The anti-inflammatory effect of Rosemary has been attributed to ros marinic acid, ursolic acid and
