Botanical name: Rosa Damascena (Rose Otto), Rosa Centifolia
Botanical family: Rosaceae
Note: Middle
Part of plant used: Flowers and petals
Origin: Morocco, Turkey, France, Bulgaria
Description: Sweet and flowery with an exquisite deep aroma.
History: Known as the ‘Queen of the Garden’, Rose has long been a symbol of love and purity.
Properties and Indications:
- Excellent for feminine problems, for regulating periods, calming PMT and excellent for menopause
- Can act as a tonic on the heart
- For highly allergic and sensitive skins as well as dry and mature skins
- Haemostatic, a healing oil
- For asthmatics, calms down and relaxes
Personality:
- Well known for psychic rebalancing
- Rejected, jilted lovers
- Women who have lost their babies through miscarriage or termination, helps them to move on
- Gives women a positive feeling about herself
- Beautifies
- Mood swings
Blending:
- Bay, Benzoin, Bergamot, Cajuput, Chamomile, Clary Sage, Geranium, Jasmine, Lavender, Lime, Melissa, Neroli, Orange, Palmarosa, Patchouli, Rosewood, Sandalwood, Vetivert
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