New discovery of rosemary aroma: enhancing children's cognitive ability

New discovery of rosemary aroma: enhancing children's cognitive ability

A recent study released at the American Psychological Association meeting found that there was a significant difference in working memory between children exposed to rosemary essential oil and children not exposed to rosemary essential oil.

According to the researchers, previous studies have confirmed that the aroma of rosemary can enhance adult cognition. Working memory is especially important in learning. To this end, researchers tested whether children could also get overflow from the aroma of rosemary in the classroom environment.

In this study, 40 children aged 10-11 were recruited and randomly divided into two rooms. One room had the aroma of rosemary, while the other room did not. The children received a series of question and answer tests to verify the influence of rosemary aroma. The researchers found that the children in the room with the aroma of MIDI scored much higher than those in the room without the aroma. Especially when inhaling the aroma of rosemary, children have the best memory. The final results showed that the average performance of children exposed to Maddy increased by 5% to 7%.

As for the mechanism of Rosemary's effect on memory, the researchers said that further research is needed. However, the aroma of rosemary may affect brain electrical activity, or some pharmacological compounds contained in the volatile of rosemary may be absorbed by the human body. In any case, poor working memory is related to poor academic performance, and this finding provides a low-cost and simple intervention for improving children's working memory, which helps to improve children's academic performance.

Rosemary: a herb from ancient Europe

Rosemary's ability to improve memory has always been a topic of interest to many researchers. For many years, rosemary has been a prescription for Europeans to improve their memory, which has been embodied in literary creation. For example, in Hamlet, Ophelia made a declaration to Laertes: Rosemary is for memory. Shakespeare is not a doctor, but he also tells in literature that people saw many health benefits of this plant a long time ago. Now, researchers are trying to prove his power through experiments.

As early as 2003, researchers noticed the direct effect of rosemary essential oil on mental clarity, and came to the conclusion that "rosemary has significantly improved the overall memory quality and secondary memory factors"; A study published by pharmaceutical food impurities in 2012 showed that rosemary dry leaf powder can improve the cognitive ability of the elderly. The authors of this study believe that this may mean that the application of rosemary is further extended to be used as oil. Other previous studies conducted by Dr. moss, the researcher of this time, have shown that smelling rosemary oil can increase memory by 75%.

In addition, rosemary has other health benefits, including：

 Improve mood: there is evidence that smelling rosemary can improve mood and clear your mind. Researchers point out that aromatherapy with rosemary oil can help patients with chronic anxiety disorder.

Soothing stomach: other studies have found that rosemary is an ideal natural drug for the treatment of stomach discomfort.

 Reduce pain: Rosemary is also an analgesic, which replaces the pain relief of therapists who use herbs as plasters or ointments.

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