Women can lose hair to alopecia, or male pattern baldness. Alopecia can result from testosterone attacking hair follicles.For six months, men with androgenetic alopecia who massaged diluted rosemary oil twice a day gained hair thickness like minoxidil users.
Herbalists use rosemary to relieve mild pain. Also studied as a non-pharmaceutical pain management aid. A rosemary oil blend with acupressure for 20 minutes twice daily reduced shoulder pain in stroke survivors by 30% in a two-week study. Acupressure alone reduced pain by 15%.
Instead of chemicals, rosemary oil can repel garden and biting insects. The rosemary-oil-based pesticide EcoTrol reduced two-spotted spider mites on greenhouse tomato plants by 52% without harming them. Blood-sucking insects that spread viruses and bacteria are repelled by rosemary.
Common complaints include poor circulation. Hands and feet may show it much. During warm weather, rosemary oil can warm fingers and toes. In one study, a woman with Raynaud's disease warmed her hands more with a rosemary oil blend than a neutral oil. Thermal imaging confirmed these effects.
Non-drug pain and inflammation treatments are poorly studied. Rosemary oil may reduce tissue inflammation that causes swelling, pain, and stiffness, according to preliminary research.It may prevent white blood cells from migrating to injured tissues to release inflammatory chemicals, according to lab studies.