Rosa
Actions:
Culinary, Bitter, Anti-inflammatory, Anti-oxidant, Anti-aging, Antimicrobial, Mild Sedative, Anti-diabetic, Anti-anxiety
Therapeutic Categories:
heart disease, diabetes, obesity, cognitive diseases, menstrual relief, skin, calming, digestive
Safety:
make sure not toxins are sprayed in the area
Magical Uses:
Deeply comforting and intoxicating, enhance meditation to promote feelings of love, compassion, and self-worth. protects love, the rose protects herself with her thorns and does not need to dampen her beauty
Plant Parts Used: Petals
Preparations: rose water, tea, salves/creams, oil
Energetics: rich, warm, bitter, dry
Plant Identifiers: Thorns on stems (sickle-shaped hooks), serrated leaves, woody stock, variety of flower color and size.
Chemical Constituents: carboxylic acid, myrcene, vitamin C, kaempferol and quarcetin. Flowers also contain a bitter principle, tanning matter, fatty oil and organic acids