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The rose comes originally from Iran and has been cultivated there since antiquity.
In Greece, Hippocrates recommended rose flowers mixed with oil for diseases of the uterus. India's traditional Ayurvedic physicians have long considered rose petals cooling and astringent, leading to their use in poultices to treat skin wounds and inflammations.
Ayurvedics also used rose petals and rose water as a laxative and modern western herbalism supports all of the above.
Sappho, the 6th century BC Greek poet, described the red rose as the 'queen of flowers'. In Rome, the rose was much used in festivities, and the petals were consumed as food. Rosewater was prepared by the Arab physician Avicenna (AD 980-1037). During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the rose was esteemed as a remedy for depression.
Rose is not currently used in herbal medicine in the west but it is probably time for a re-evaluation of its medicinal benefits.
Rose tea, or sun rose water (you can make your own by simply soaking dried rose petals in hot water overnight if you do not have the time to warm roses over a day of sunlight ) is popular as a mildly sedative, anti-depressant and anti-inflammatory remedy.
Rose petals and their preparations have a similar action even when used on salads, in jams or simply chewed. They also help reduce high cholesterol levels. Rosewater is mildly astringent and makes a valuable lotion for inflamed and sore eyes.
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