Crimean rose
Properties and application of Crimean rose essential oil
Botanical characteristics of the Crimean rose
The Crimean rose belongs to the Rosaceae family. This is a perennial shrub, the stems of which reach a height of 1 meter. Leaves are bright green, alternate, odd-pinnate, located on long petioles. Consist of seven small rounded leaves. Purple-red or pink, large, fragrant flowers with long legs appear at the ends of the branches from May to June.
This type of rose is cultivated in the south and in central Russia and Siberia. It occurs naturally in the Crimea, Moldova, and the Caucasus. The ether oil plant is grown in the Far East. Rose petals are used for medicinal purposes, they are collected in the morning, at which time the flowers are more fragrant.
Useful properties of the Crimean rose
Crimean rose contains phenylethylene alcohol, a component of essential oils, citronemol. The petals are rich in sugars, fatty oils, quercetins, nerol, geraniol. There are many different vitamins, bitterness, wax, anthocyanins and organic acids in the plant.
The use of the Crimean rose
The Crimean rose is not only a beautiful and fragrant flower, its petals have healing powers. They can be used to treat vascular atherosclerosis, hypertension, and cardiac dysfunction. Crimean rose petals eliminate indigestion, with the help of tinctures and decoctions, you can cure some liver diseases, stomach ulcers and gastritis. The tonic, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties of the plant are known.
Products made from petals are excellent for their tonic, emollient and wound-healing properties. If you crush dried petals into powder, you get an excellent remedy that relieves erysipelas. By sprinkling wounds and sores on the skin with rose powder, rapid healing can be expected. The recipe for rose water has long been known and is used to effectively treat conjunctivitis, stomatitis, tonsillitis and eye diseases.
Rose water recipe: Rose water is prepared in two ways. Place the rose petals on the bottom of a wide saucepan, in several layers. Cover with water, covering the petals.
Method 1: place an empty container in the center of the pan so that its top is above the water level. Cover the pot with the inverted lid so that the steam collects on the lid and rolls down, and the condensation, this is the rose water, drips from the handle of the inverted lid of the pot into the pot.
2nd method: heat water with rose petals until it boils, then reduce heat and fill an inverted lid of a saucepan with ice cubes. Boil for about an hour, the water in which the petals are boiled should not boil away, so ice must be added periodically. As a result, rose water forms in the dishes.
Infusion of Crimean rose petals: Pour 2-3 tablespoons of chopped petals with two glasses of boiling water and leave in a thermos for 10 hours. Then strain and drink throughout the day in equal doses thirty to forty minutes before meals.
Means of the Crimean rose are used for scarlet fever, allergies in children, inflammation of the kidneys and intestines. They have antihelminthic properties. Eliminate inflammation and pain in hemorrhoids. There are frequent cases of recovery from jaundice, influenza and acute respiratory infections, tuberculosis.
Rose oil
Rose oil has antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties; its beneficial properties have been known for a long time, using in aromatherapy and cosmetology. Its use in the complex therapy for the treatment of skin problems helps to improve the condition in psoriasis, eczema and herpes. Rose oil is obtained by steam distillation using fresh rose petals. The healing properties of the oil are ideal for relieving pain in caries and pulpitis, and help with periodontal disease. This valuable oil can be obtained at home.
Recipe number 1: crushed rose petals are poured with water, add 1: 1 olive oil. Put on fire and, at low power, evaporate water from this mixture.
Recipe number 2: two glasses of rose petals and pour 1 glass of olive oil, insist 2-3 weeks in a dark place, stirring occasionally. The finished oil is drained and stored in the refrigerator.
Recipe 3: heat oil to 60-70 ° C, add rose petals and leave in a dark place for 2 days. Drain the oil and add fresh petals to it. Perform such actions from 8-10 times. Then the oil will be very aromatic and healthy.
Rose oil has a cooling, astringent, moisturizing and absorbing effect. It is an excellent antispasmodic, blood-purifying agent and improves metabolic processes.
Crimean rose essential oils
Rose essential oil is an excellent depressant, has a positive effect on the nervous system, tones, fills the body with strength, harmonizes and acts as a sedative. Among the many benefits of essential oil, the anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory and antiviral properties are significant. Thanks to the blood-purifying action, the work of the circulatory system is normalized, and the functions of the heart are improved.
The oil has an excellent effect on the female body, stimulates the menstrual cycle, removes spasms, treats vaginitis and thrush. When using for douching, dissolve 1 teaspoon of baking soda in 500 ml of water and add three drops of rose oil. For toothache, you can do baths or applications with oil. Mouthwash with 1 teaspoon of baking soda and 1 drop of rose essential oil diluted in 100 ml of water is also suitable. Shown the use of rose essential oil for insomnia, absent-mindedness and memory loss. Rose oil copes well with apathy, asthenia, neurosis.
Contraindications of the Crimean rose
Contraindications to the use of the Crimean rose as a therapeutic agent are severe forms of liver disease, acute inflammatory processes in the gallbladder and individual intolerance. Do not use rose oil and infusions for anacid and hypoanacid gastritis.
The author of the article: Sokolova Nina Vladimirovna | Phytotherapist
Education: Diploma in "General Medicine" and "Therapy" received at the Pirogov University (2005 and 2006). Advanced training at the Department of Phytotherapy at the Peoples' Friendship University of Moscow (2008).
