Magical & Medicinal Properties of Roses ~
Gender – Feminine
Planet - Venus
Element – Water
Powers – Love, Psychic Powers, Healing, love divination, luck, protection
Magical Uses
The ultimate in love wishes,
this will aid in bringing a true lasting
love and help to mend any spats
between you in an already committed relationship.
The petals can be bathed with
while thinking a new love to you,
the dried flowers are burned in love wishes.
Sleeping with the flowers will
protect your dreams.
Carry a sachet or amulet for protection against
bodily injury or when working healing wishes.
Roses have long been used in love mixtures,
owing to the flowers' association with the emotions.
A chaplet of roses worn when performing love spells
(remove the thorns), or a single rose in a vase
on the alter, are powerful love magic aids.
Rose water distilled from the petals
is added to love baths.
Rose Hips (the fruit of the rose) are
strung and worn as love-attracting beads.
A tea of rosebuds drunk before sleep
induces prophetic dreams.
To discover their romantic future,
women used to take three green rose leaves
and name each for one of their lovers.
The one that stayed green the longest answered
the question of "Which One?"
Rose petals and hips are used in healing spells
and mixtures, and rosewater saturated cloth
laid to the temples will relieve headache pain.
Roses are added to fast-luck mixtures and, when
carried, act as personal protectants.
Rose petals sprinkled around the house
calm personal stress and household upheavals.
Roses planted in the garden attract fairies, and
are said to grow best when stolen.
Medicinal
Rose petals, and specifically the rose hips (the edible fruit portion of the rose), are rich in vitamin C, carotene, the B vitamins, and vitamin K, as well as calcium, magnesium, copper , and many other minerals. The rose hips of the dog rose (R. canina) contain much more vitamin C than blackcurrant, lemons, or apples. Fresh rose hips, harvested at the correct time of year (and time of day) contain 60% more vitamin C than oranges! Also high in vitamins (and reportedly better tasting) are the rose hips of the Japanese rose R. rugosa.
Roses may be prepared as tinctures, decoctions, rose water, or attar of roses. The concoction may be placed in water to inhale directly or as a gentle infusion in a room.
A rose petal tincture may be used to soothe menstrual and gastrointestinal disorders (particularly diarrhea).
You may prepare roses to be used in a soothing bath by pouring hot water over roses, covering the bowl, and then pouring the infusion into a bath later on. Some write of making a rose tea with a teaspoon of crushed dried roses infused in a cup of boiling water.
Here is a recipe for a rosehip simple syrup:
1 cup rose hips (either dry or fresh)
2 cup water
1 cup sugar
Bring the rose hips and water to a boil, and simmer for 20 minutes or so. Remove from the heat, and mash up the rose hips, to get as much of the goodness out into the water as possible. Add the sugar, and bring to the boil again, simmer, and make sure all the sugar is dissolved, then strain through a sieve and bottle.
It should keep in the fridge for up to a year.
I encourage you to grow your own roses and consume only those you have grown (not ones from a florist). That way you could be assured of a toxin or pesticide-free rose herbal medicine preparation
~Citrine~
Photo by Citrine Waters
Resources~
cauldronsandcrockpots.com
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs
by Scott Cunningham
blog.timesunion.com/holistichealth
Gender – Feminine
Planet - Venus
Element – Water
Powers – Love, Psychic Powers, Healing, love divination, luck, protection
Magical Uses
The ultimate in love wishes,
this will aid in bringing a true lasting
love and help to mend any spats
between you in an already committed relationship.
The petals can be bathed with
while thinking a new love to you,
the dried flowers are burned in love wishes.
Sleeping with the flowers will
protect your dreams.
Carry a sachet or amulet for protection against
bodily injury or when working healing wishes.
Roses have long been used in love mixtures,
owing to the flowers' association with the emotions.
A chaplet of roses worn when performing love spells
(remove the thorns), or a single rose in a vase
on the alter, are powerful love magic aids.
Rose water distilled from the petals
is added to love baths.
Rose Hips (the fruit of the rose) are
strung and worn as love-attracting beads.
A tea of rosebuds drunk before sleep
induces prophetic dreams.
To discover their romantic future,
women used to take three green rose leaves
and name each for one of their lovers.
The one that stayed green the longest answered
the question of "Which One?"
Rose petals and hips are used in healing spells
and mixtures, and rosewater saturated cloth
laid to the temples will relieve headache pain.
Roses are added to fast-luck mixtures and, when
carried, act as personal protectants.
Rose petals sprinkled around the house
calm personal stress and household upheavals.
Roses planted in the garden attract fairies, and
are said to grow best when stolen.
Medicinal
Rose petals, and specifically the rose hips (the edible fruit portion of the rose), are rich in vitamin C, carotene, the B vitamins, and vitamin K, as well as calcium, magnesium, copper , and many other minerals. The rose hips of the dog rose (R. canina) contain much more vitamin C than blackcurrant, lemons, or apples. Fresh rose hips, harvested at the correct time of year (and time of day) contain 60% more vitamin C than oranges! Also high in vitamins (and reportedly better tasting) are the rose hips of the Japanese rose R. rugosa.
Roses may be prepared as tinctures, decoctions, rose water, or attar of roses. The concoction may be placed in water to inhale directly or as a gentle infusion in a room.
A rose petal tincture may be used to soothe menstrual and gastrointestinal disorders (particularly diarrhea).
You may prepare roses to be used in a soothing bath by pouring hot water over roses, covering the bowl, and then pouring the infusion into a bath later on. Some write of making a rose tea with a teaspoon of crushed dried roses infused in a cup of boiling water.
Here is a recipe for a rosehip simple syrup:
1 cup rose hips (either dry or fresh)
2 cup water
1 cup sugar
Bring the rose hips and water to a boil, and simmer for 20 minutes or so. Remove from the heat, and mash up the rose hips, to get as much of the goodness out into the water as possible. Add the sugar, and bring to the boil again, simmer, and make sure all the sugar is dissolved, then strain through a sieve and bottle.
It should keep in the fridge for up to a year.
I encourage you to grow your own roses and consume only those you have grown (not ones from a florist). That way you could be assured of a toxin or pesticide-free rose herbal medicine preparation
~Citrine~
Photo by Citrine Waters
Resources~
cauldronsandcrockpots.com
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs
by Scott Cunningham
blog.timesunion.com/holistichealth
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