Rocket was popular in salads in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. However, it was advised for Rocket to be mixed with other salad leaves, as when eaten alone it was imaged to cause headaches and heat to the body to excess. When mixed with vinegar, Rocket was used to clear the face of freckles, spots and other blemishes.
Please note this information is research based on historic documents….and is not modern advice for health and wellness!