From the Mediterranean it is very timely hit in other parts of Europe. In the Middle Ages to the rosemary meadows grazed sheep, which makes their meat has acquired a special taste. Quite common at that time was known for rosemary honey, produced primarily in Narbonne (southern France) and Mahoney on the island of Minorca, in the Mediterranean Sea. Theodore Jacob from Bergzaberna wrote that a few centuries ago rosemary branches used as firewood and manufacturing of these primitive furniture. In the Middle Ages with smoke from the shoots of rosemary smoked the devil in the rituals of exorcism, and for centuries it continued use as a disinfectant room patients. Saxon Chronicle mentions rosemary in connection with its healing properties. To protect against infectious diseases rosemary were burned to clear the air, as well as carried with him as a small bouquet, so it protects the wearer from the plague. Sometimes it is used instead of incense in the church.

During the Renaissance, he was a member of many pharmaceutical drugs. The antiseptic properties of rosemary, may explain the legend of "Wiener four robbers." During the plague epidemic in France in the seventeenth century. Four robbers looted homes of patients. But none of them is not ill. However, the bandits were caught and sentenced to death. The only thing that could save them from death – a secret escape from the deadly disease. They described the wine which they drank, they contain antibacterial herbs and essential oils of rosemary, sage, mint and lavender.

Yarrow – Achillea millefolium. Ukrainian name – derevy . Common names – belogolovnik, Zieleniec, , tansy, rannik, Rumer, serporez. Perennial, herbaceous plant up to 100 cm, and grows in Europe, Asia, America, in dry meadows, glades and pastures. For medical and cosmetic purposes harvest aboveground portion of plants. Baskets of flowers or whole plants harvested during flowering, and dried in the shade at temperatures up to 35-40 C Operating substances. The plant contains volatile oil, active ingredients which are chamazulene, borneol, tsinen, tannins, organic acids (acetic, formic, Isovaleric), phytosterol, mineral salts and vitamins (C, group B, P), flavonoids, volatile. Has anti-inflammatory, hemostatic, antispasmodic, antiallergic, antipruritic, choleretic, diaphoretic action, stimulating effect on the function of the excretory glands (stomach, sweat, sebum).

Application in cosmetics. Extract from the leaves and flowers add to the medical creams, liquid facial, toothpastes and mouthwashes, shampoos and hair creams (5 tablespoons of dry plant is boiled in 500 ml of water 30 minutes). Cooked broth make lotions for the face, neck, or added to bath (also effective in chronic eczema), and they rinse their hair with oily seborrhea. Application in phytotherapeutic practice. Infusion of herbs (2 tablespoons plants pour 350 ml of water, boil for 10 minutes, insisting 1 hour, take 100 ml 3 times daily before meals) or tincture (baskets of flowers are ground, pour 70% solution of ethyl alcohol in a ratio of 1:5, insist 10 days stirring daily, take 20 drops 3 times daily before meals) is prescribed for gastritis with low acidity of gastric juice, spastic pain in the abdominal bleeding (nasal, lung, uterine, hemorrhoids), inflammatory diseases of the urinary and biliary tract, headaches, insomnia, bedwetting, for stimulation of milk ejection in mother-nurse, as a vermifuge. For external use drugs yarrow effective in inflammatory skin diseases, boils, wounds, eczema.