Rose Petals contain Vitamin A, C, D, and E and some B Vitamins too! Rose Petals also contains antioxidants, and they are a mild sedative, anti-depressant, and mood-enhancing agent.
Rose water is antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and can be use for all kinds of skin ailments like eczema, psoriasis, and works great for sunburns too!
Rose water is a very mild diuretic, helping to rid your body of excess water, and works well for a gentle detoxing agent. And Rose water helps open up the lungs, and aids in decongesting the nasal passages, sinuses, even asthma… if you add it to a steam bath. In Chinese Medicine Rose Petals are used for pain, menstrual disorders, and GI distress… and Rose Petals work well for curing diarrhea.
In Malaysia and other Indonesian countries they use Rose Water to make syrupy drinks with milk or coconut milk, and they add Rose water to ice tea. They feel Rose Water is soothing and calming for the mind/body. Rose Petals have a great fragrance that will relax and sooth… thus they work well for tea… and you can make Rose Petal Syrup and Preserves.
Rose Water can also be added to rice, puddings, cakes, curries, and even Baklava.
And you can make Rose Petal water which is great for relaxing in your bath, also a good astringent and skin toning agent. Just boil up some rose petals… put it in a bottle and keep it chilled.
Rose water works great for bug bites by…soothing, healing, cooling and getting rid of inflammation.
Rose water is great for the scalp… by nourishing, soothing, and getting rid of itchy flaky areas… also great for your hair, helping to increase blood flow to the hair follicles.
You can make perfumes and soaps, just about anything you can imagine with Rose water… even cleaning solutions by adding Epson Salts to Rose water.
And of course putting a few Rose Petals on your eyes while soaking in the tub will do you so much good… cooling and soothing away the tender areas around your eyes…add a few rose scented candles and you are relaxing in style.
Make sure you have real Rose water… and not something made from chemicals.
Paul Haider – Master Herbalist
Relax Into Success 
Wow! Very informative. I always thought “they just smelled pretty.” Nice to know they’re also quite nourishing. Thanks!
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Even many of the famous doctors on TV have talked about this.
But no one single herb will work the same for everyone – and not one antibiotic, or anti-depression medication.
Herbs are no different – You have to try it and see how it works for you.
Thank You for your comment
Dr. Paul Haider – Master Herbalist
PS – the best way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more.
Please let me know what kind of rose petals one can actually eat.
I have quite a few roses in my garden, but am not sure if they are the right kind.
Thank you
Just make sure they are not sprayed – that’s what’s important – Your Humble Servant – Dr Haider – Master Herbalist
Hello, I was after the nutrition information such as the nutrirtion panel on labels. Can that be done for rose / flower petals.?
Yes it could be done – you would have to get a lab to do the break down for you.
Your Humble Servant
Dr. Paul Haider – Master Herbalist
Yes it could be but you would have to find a lab to do the analysis for you. — Your Humble Servant – Dr. Haider – Master Herbalist
hello Dr. ! Thanks for this informative post. How can rose petals be used for menstrual disorders? Can you please elaborate?
Rose petals are soothing and relaxing and because of that they can help with menstrual disorders – it has to do with stress- they can be of great benefit for stress.
There are 2 main things that happen to the body – one is not eating right – the other is stress – in my mind these encompass 99% of all Dis-Ease.
Your humble servant – Dr. Paul Haider – Master Herbalist
Thank you for your answer. Actually someone told me a remedy for irregular periods which consists of boiling rose petals in milk. So I was wondering if rose petals have an effect on female hormones?
I feel they have an effect on hormones because it deals with stress. – milk contains a long (about 20 different) list of hormones – so that might trigger the effect.
I feel stress and n-proper nutrition causes 99% of all dis-ease we have going on in this life.
I highly recommend starting meditation – we now know that meditation can balance the human body and actually turn on
good genes, and turn off bad genes, – the study of epigenics.
Try http://www.tm.org or Vipassana Meditation – http://www.dhamma.org/en/about/vipassana
The Vipassana 10 Day Meditation Retreats are free, and put on by people who feel so strongly in their healing abilities that they volunteer their time to help others.
Your Humble Servant
Dr. Haider – Master Herbalist
Thanks you for the information. Truly blessing to be able use things from earth to heal use. GOD IS GOOD.
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