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Rosa, Rose, Mei Gui Hua 玫瑰花

Mei Gui Hua (TCM)
Ward, Gulab (Unani)
Se ba'i me tog 
སེ་བའི་མེ་ཏོག  (Tibet)
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Della Materia Medicinale Andrea Valuassori, 1562

Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563

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R. gallica (left), Rosa centfolia (right)
Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832

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Rose buds used for tea and medicine


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Botanical name:
Rose spp. Several species and many varieties are used:
  1. Gallic or Red Rose: R. gallica;
  2. Damask Rose: R. damascena;
  3. Hundred-leaved Rose: R. centifolia
TCM uses 2 types of Rose flower: Mei Gui Hua (R. rugosa) and Yue Ji Hua (R. chinensis). Both have similar uses, moving the Qi and Blood, useful for premenstrual symptoms and abdominal pain. The former moves the Qi, the latter more strongly moves the Blood. Mei Gui Hua affects the Liver, Spleen and Stomach, and is more similar to the use of Rose in the West.

Parts used:
Flower buds; Juice of the flowers

Temperature & Taste:
Mildly Cool and Dry. Pungent, Sweet, Aromatic

Classifications:
2A APERIENT.    2H. CARMINATIVE.     2N. REPELLENTS.    2O. ASTRINGENT.    2P. HEMOSTATIC.    2S. STRENGTHENING.    2T. GLUTINATE
2Z. CICATRIZING
3B. FEBRIFUGE & ANTIPYRETIC.    3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS.    3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE
4a. CEPHALIC.    4c. CARDIAC.    4d. PECTORAL.    4e. STOMACHIC.    4g. HEPATIC.    4i. UTERINE.    4j. NERVINE.    4k. ARTHRITIC
Uses:
1. Benefits the Heart, Liver, Stomach and Spleen:
-benefits and regulate the Heart, Liver, Spleen and Stomach

2. Astringes to Stop Leakage:
-binding; used for all types of Fluxes (red is strongest, then the White)

3. Clears Heat, Calms the Mind and Settles the Spirit:
-Fever, and Thirst in Fevers


4. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding:
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Leukorrhea, Uterine Bleeding, Spermatorrhea, as well as Diarrhea and Dysentery.

5. Clears Liver Heat, Eases the Liver, removes Constraint:
-headache, and pains in the eyes, ears, throat and gums

6. Regulates the Blood and Menstruation, Benefits Reproduction:
-delayed or irregular menstruation and menstrual pain from constrained Qi, or mild blood stasis.

7. Damask Roses are gently laxative:
-Pale or Damask Roses loosen the belly
-juice of the Flowers purges Choler, Phlegm and Water.

8. Externally:
-widely used in external preparations for heat, pain and inflammation
-externally for Vomiting and Stomachache (over the Stomach), Pain of the Abdomen (topically)
-Headache (forehead and temples), Earache
-sore Gums, Ulcers and Inflammations of the Mouth and Gums, Jaws and Eyes (often boiled in Wine, or Rose water may be used)
-the yellow
anthera from the center of the Flowers was used in Dentrifices to tighten and strengthen the Teeth and Gums

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Main Combinations:
Aloe & Rose
Rose, Sandalwood & Licorice

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Major Formulas:
Syrup of Rose Solutive (Syrupus Rosaceus Solutivus)
Aromatic Rose Compound (Aromaticum Rosatum)
Abbots Confect of Rose (Diarrhodon Abbatis) (Nicholas)
New Rose Powder (Rosata Novella) (Nicolas)
Troches of Rose (Rhasis)
Troches of Rose (Trochisci Diarrhodon) (Nicholas)
Troches of Rose (Trochisci Diarrhodon) (Mesue)
Troches of Rose Lesser (Mesue)
Troches of Rose Greater (Mesue)
Troches of Rose and Agrimony (Mesue)
Electuary of Rose (Unani)
Electuary of the Juice of Roses (Mesue)
Stomach Pills (Mesue)
Powder to Strengthen the Heart (Wirtzung)
Powder for Excessive Menstrual Bleeding (Wirtzung)


Cautions:
Generally Safe.
Susceptible people may develop sneezing, inflammation of the eyes, fainting, hysteria and even miscarriage (Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832). However, it is generally very safe and well tolerated, and such reactions are probably due to large doses of Rose concentrates (such as the Oil).

Main Preparations used:
Vinegar of Red Roses, Distilled Waters of Red, Damask and White Roses, Conserves of the Red and Damask Flowers Sugar of Roses (made of the juice and sugar), Distilled Oil, Tincture, Infused Oil (Simple and Compound), Manus Christi with and without Pearl, Aloes Rosata, Ointment of Roses

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