Lamiaceae · leaf
Rosemary
Salvia rosmarinus
Leaf mapped as a traditional aromatic bitter and topical circulatory folklore. Cognition marketing outruns tea.
Safety first
Culinary leaf is food-like. Essential oil is not stuffing — camphor/eucalyptol can be neurotoxic in overdose and is not for infants.
Tradition vs trials
Traditional record. Mediterranean culinary and Commission E dyspepsia/external records.
Trial literature. Human files are small. Culinary use is not an extract trial.
Practical ranges
Educational ranges — not a prescription. Culinary use is not an extract.
leaf
Culinary and Commission E-type infusions of a few grams; oil is a different object
ESCOP / German Commission E — Educational range only — not a prescription. A licensed clinician individualizes product, dose, and duration.
Pregnancy, nursing, children
- Pregnancy. Culinary leaf is food-like; medicinal oil avoid.
- Nursing. Insufficient reliable data; avoid unless a clinician directs otherwise.
- Children. Culinary food. Oil not for infants.
Contraindications
- ingestion of essential oil
- infants and rosemary oil
Key interactions
- none distinctive at culinary doses · note
Oil is a different object.