Rose

Rose Petals 🌹💗
 
Rose is one of the oldest and most beloved plant medicines in the world, as much a healer as she is a beauty. Cooling and gently moistening, she treats the heart in both the physical and the emotional sense, soothing grief, lifting depression, and opening the chest to love and receptivity. Hand-selected, organic, and lovingly packaged in the Colorado mountains.
 
🌹 For: anyone working with grief, heartbreak, depression, digestive inflammation, skin care, or menstrual irregularity
🍃 Botanical name: Rosa spp.
🌱 Part used: petals
⚡ Energetics: cooling, slightly moistening
👅 Taste: sweet, bitter, astringent
🔥 Actions: anti-inflammatory, antidepressant, nervine, astringent, cardiotonic, antispasmodic, antiseptic, menstrual regulator, aphrodisiac
🌲 Body systems: heart, nervous system, digestive system, reproductive system, skin
🌿 Traditional uses: grief and heartbreak, depression, headaches, digestive inflammation and irritation, heavy menstruation, skin toning and care, gut flora support. Used internally as tea, tincture, oxymel, or food; topically in rosewater, infused oils, and baths.
☕ How to use: brew as a tea (1-2 tsp per 8 oz, steep 10-15 minutes), add to baths, infuse in oil or vinegar, or use fresh in foods and syrups
🌾 Variation: as a natural botanical, color and aroma may vary slightly batch to batch
⚠️ Not for: no known contraindications. Generally considered very safe.