What are the effects and uses of roses?
The rose is a shrub of the genus Rosa in the family Rosaceae. It contains volatile oil, whose main components are citronellol, geraniol, nerol, eugenol, phenylethyl alcohol, organic acids, and others. It has the effects of soothing the liver and relieving depression, harmonizing the blood, and regulating menstruation, and it has a therapeutic effect on conditions such as chest and diaphragm fullness and oppression, gastric cavity, hypochondriac and rib pain, breast distension and pain, and irregular menstruation. Let us take a look below at the effects and uses of roses!
The medicinal value of roses
[Nature and flavor] Sweet in taste, slightly bitter, slightly warm in nature.
[Meridian entry] Liver, spleen, and stomach meridians.
[Effects] Soothing the liver and relieving depression, harmonizing the blood and regulating menstruation; treats chest and diaphragm fullness and oppression, gastric cavity, hypochondriac and rib pain, breast distension and pain, irregular menstruation, red and white vaginal discharge, diarrhea and dysentery, traumatic injuries, wind impediment, and carbuncles and swellings.
The medicinal effects of roses
1. Eliminating fatigue: Roses have effects such as relieving fatigue, relaxing the mood, dispelling pent-up qi, and strengthening the body.
2. Regulating qi and blood: Roses have the effects of regulating the endocrine system, enhancing blood circulation, strengthening the spleen and nourishing the liver, and boosting qi and blood.
3. Beautifying and nourishing the skin: Roses have the effect of beautifying and nourishing the skin, and can moisturize the skin, remove dark spots, and improve complexion.
4. Regulating menstruation and relieving pain: Roses have an auxiliary therapeutic effect on symptoms such as menstrual pain and irregular menstruation in women.
Related discussions on roses
1. "Bencao Zaixin": Soothes the depressed qi of the liver and gallbladder, strengthens the spleen and reduces fire. Treats cold pain in the abdomen and accumulated cold in the gastric cavity, and can also break blood stasis.
2. "Gangmu Shiyi": Harmonizes the blood, moves the blood, and regulates qi. Treats wind impediment.
3. "Suixiju Yinshi Pu": Regulates the middle, invigorates the blood, soothes stagnation, dispels foulness, and harmonizes the liver. Brewed into wine, it can dissolve breast nodules.
4. "Xiandai Shiyong Zhongyao": Used for excessive menstruation in women, red and white vaginal discharge, and general enteritis and diarrhea, etc.
Medicinal selected prescriptions for roses
1. To treat hematemesis due to liver depression and irregular menstruation: Three hundred rose buds, freshly opened, with the center and stem removed. Decoct in a sand kettle with newly drawn water to obtain a thick juice, filter out the residue, decoct again, and make a paste with one jin of white rock sugar; take with boiled water in the morning and evening. Store tightly in a porcelain bottle, and be sure not to let the qi escape. If used specifically to regulate menstruation, brown sugar may be used to make the paste.
2. To treat qi pain of the liver and stomach: Dry roses in the shade, steep in boiling water, and take as tea.
3. To treat coughing of blood from lung disease: Pound fresh roses to extract the juice, stew with rock sugar, and take.
4. To treat recent and chronic wind impediment: Three qian of roses, one qian each of safflower and whole angelica. Decoct in water, remove the dregs, and take seven doses mixed with good wine.
5. To treat headache due to liver wind: Four to five roses, combined with three to four qian of broad bean flowers, steep in boiling water and drink frequently as tea.
6. To treat jinkou dysentery: Dry roses in the shade, decoct, and take.
7. To treat breast carbuncle: Seven roses and seven mother cloves. Decoct in ash-free wine and take.
8. To treat the early stage of swelling and toxin: Remove the center and stem of roses, roast and grind into powder, one qian. Take mixed with good wine.