Updated 31 January 2024
Botanical characteristics
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- Order: Rosales
- Family: Rosaceae
- Genus: Rosa
- Distilled portion: Petals
- Country of origin: Bulgaria
Authorised users
Children under 6 years
Routes of administration
- Oral route: +++
- Skin: +++
Scientific properties
- Refreshing
- Antiseptic
- Antispasmodic
- Hormonal balancer
- Appetite regulator
- Psycho-emotional balancer
- Euphoric, anxiolytic, soothing
- Neurotonic
Energy properties
- Grief, bereavement
- Anger, irritability, aggression
- People at the end of life, brings peace and helps them to let go
- Psycho-emotional distress
- Depression
- Chronic bronchitis associated with emotional frustration
- Compulsive perfectionism and lack of real satisfaction
- Chronic conflict
- Constant need for a reassuring presence (parents, leaders...)
- Lack of courage to live one's spirituality
- Selfishness
- Excess Pitta
- Heart and coronal chakra blocked
Indications
- Eczema
- Rosacea
- Urticaria
- Menopause
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Dry skin
- Mature skin
- Irritated skin, sensitive skin
- Anxiety
- Stress
- Insomnia
- Nervousness
- Excessive appetite
- Chronic bronchitis
- Acute bronchitis
- Coffee, alcohol and sweets abuse
- Frigidity and impotence
- Liver congestion
- Cardiovascular disorders
- Arrhythmia
- Haemorrhoids
- Migraines linked to liver congestion
Directions for use/usual dosage
- For people who drink too much coffee, alcohol or sweets, or who have a healthy appetite, take a 20 day course internally, 1 tablespoon in 1 litre of water, to be drunk throughout the day.
- For hormonal imbalances and nervousness, take a 20-day course and repeat if necessary.
- For all psycho-emotional shocks and disorders, to calm the heart, take a 40-day course orally.
- Use as an aura spray to cleanse the aura, especially if you spend a lot of time in front of a computer.
Precautions for use/contraindications
- None known
Cosmetic
- Soothes reddened and blotchy skin
- Astringent, toning
- For dry, wrinkled, mature and irritated skin
- Soothes skin allergies and eczema
- Eye care: irritation, sore eyes
- Baby Care
Cooking
- This hydrosol has been used for centuries in the kitchen, particularly to flavour oriental pastries. Its rose-like flavour is a pleasant and subtle addition to desserts (fruit salads, sorbets, chocolate mousse, rice pudding, etc.) and drinks.
Interior use
- This hydrosol can be used as a room spray to bring serenity and peace to the heart.
- It can also be used in the washing water, diluted with demineralised water in the iron.
Additional information
Habitat and botanical description
Native to Syria, the Damask Rose is a thorny, dark green deciduous shrub that can reach 2m in height. Its magnificent pink-petalled flowers have an intoxicating fragrance reminiscent of old roses.
Mythology / History / Anecdotes and traditional virtues
Valued since ancient times, it has always been considered the queen of flowers.