Rosmarini aetheroleum

Phytotherapeutically used oil from the leaves of rosemary.

Quality is defined in the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.).

HMPC - Monograph: Traditional-use: Internal: Dyspeptic complaints, mild spasmodic gastrointestinal complaints. External: as a bath additive: mild muscle and joint pain, circulatory complaints. As an embrocation: for mild muscle and joint pain, circulatory complaints
ESCOP monograph: Internal: improvement of liver and gallbladder function, dyspeptic complaints; external: rheumatic diseases, circulatory complaints, also as an antiseptic for wound healing.
Commission e-monograph: Internal: dyspeptic complaints; external: rheumatic diseases; circulatory complaints.

Also used as hair oil - e.g. for hair loss.

see also under Rosmarinus officinalis leaf oil (INCI)

Not recommended due to lack of data

Hypersensitivity to the active substance, when used orally: obstruction of the bile duct, cholangitis, liver diseases, gallstones and other biliary tract diseasesent. when used as a bath additive: large skin lesions, open wounds, acute dermatoses, high fever, severe infections, severe circulatory disorders, heart failure, hypertension.

Children and adolescents under 18 years

1. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/herbal-monograph/final-community-herbal-monograph-rosmarinus-officinalis-l-aetheroleum_en.pdf
2. https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/rosmarin.php