Red Rose Herbal Uses
Red Rose "Edibility" (Eastern Herbal Version):
Rose is not only a flower, but It's a sign of love, beauty, peace, and paradise. It is an ideal herb to represent the herbs community because of its iconic look and magical properties.
Here, we will see the properties of Rose with the lens of eastern herbal medicinal system also known as “ The Unani Medicines " in the Indo-Pak region. Rose is not only used in various herbal medicine formulations ( for external and internal uses ) with sometimes alone itself, but it's also have useful roles in Alchemy , too.
Only eatable /edible ( You'll see these 2 words with their Alchemical functional alternative " wearable ", frequently in my writings ) benefits of this sign of love / Rose, will be discussed in this today's post.
Good For Cardiac Health : Rose has a special positive effect on the heart. It not only strengthens the heart but also refreshes the heart. It is used in different heart medicines and formulations as an effective main ingredient.
Liver Edema : The paste made with rose flowers diffuses the liver edema when applied to the liver spot locally or externally. Just paste the paste on the skin where the liver is spotted and it will diffuse or dilute the liver edema situation.
Good For Throat :
For problems related to the throat, rose tea is used to gargle with it.
Good For Mood (Cheerful / Joyful) : According to science, it is just a matter of mood but eastern herbal gurus think that being not cheerful, is a heart disease. So, a rose helps you to be happy because it makes your heart cheerful.
Motion Tightner : Rose is a magical herb having both occupying properties that cause constipation and laxative properties at the same time. This effect depends upon the quantity that we consume. If we have consumed it in little quantities, then the rose makes us suffer from constipation which is good for those who always face loose motion whenever they eat fatty, heavy, or milky food.
Laxative : Rose also has laxative properties when consumed a bit more. One of its famous anti-constipation formulas is "Gulkand", which means the sugar of a flower. It is a paste of only sugar and rose petals . Which is very tasty and it's a good method to consume the roses in a tasty way.
Good For Skin : Rose is good for the skin in both ways locally and even consumed orally. This means that it makes skin beautiful, and glowing and removes skin rashes. It is an important ingredient in beauty products.
Anti-Aging : Rose has a unique property and that is its ability to reduce aging factors and hence you look young.
General Body Weakness : Rose is good for general weakness. It strengthens unique body parts, like the brain, heart, liver, and stomach. So it is an energetic herb that empowers entire body parts.
Washing Agent for Eyes and Wounds : Rose water is a good washing agent and therefore it is used in eye drops. Rose water when poured into the eyes, makes the vision clear and removes dust or smoke from the eyes. It is also good to wash wounds or cut skins that got puss in them, with distilled rose water.
Good for the Stomach : Rose makes the stomach strong, work properly, and reduces acidity therefore it is good for gastric ulcer. The Unani herbal Gurus recommend it for their named "old stomach", meaning a less-functioning stomach to make the stomach young and work properly again as a young man's stomach does.
Good For Liver : It is also a liver strengthened for the low-functioning liver. This means this flower can make the liver young again. And as a result of rose consumption, the liver works again properly as a young man's liver.
Stops To Cough Up Blood : Rose also has another beautiful benefit and it is to stop bleeding. Especially if someone is coughing up blood, the petals of the rose can be used for this purpose.
Anti-Dysentery : It is effective for treating dysentery as well.
Normalizes The Heart Beat: The Unani herbalists think that the increased heartbeat is a disease and rose is good for tackling the sudden increase in a heartbeat.
Strengthens The Brain: The beautiful fragrance of this flower makes the brain strong but weak people may suffer from the flu by doing so.
Can Kill Metals and Stones: The process of killing a metal or stone is called making the "Kushta" ( From Persian language " Kushtan meaning killed one ) of that metal or stone in Indo-Pak region of eastern herbal miracles. Kushta is the most ideal way of getting all the hidden beneficiary possibilities of a metal or a stone with the magical support of herbs, for a particular target/ disease.
Rose flowers can kill many metals and stones to make them edible, and digestible and hence they give indescribable benefits and powers. But every metal or stone has its way / own technique to be killed via roses and it's an entirely separate vast topic. " How to make pearls eatable / edible with the Rose petals ".
Dosage:
Flowers: 5-7 grams
Distilled Rose Water: 10 grams
Conclusion:
Rose is a magical herb. From skin to brain and from the liver to heart, the rose has various benefits for all of our vital organs. From its anti-aging to its unique refreshing ability, there is a whole new chapter of endless benefits. Its regular consumption leads to long life and reduces the aging factor. Many beauty products use it in their products. Indian herbalists used this plant in many of their ayurvedic formulations to tackle different body problems.
Here we wrote the properties of the rose flower as an edible herb and distilled water of this flower. and we discussed red roses only. Other parts of the rose plant and rose flowers with different colors may have different properties.

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