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Description
"A rose is a rose is a rose," except when it's a medicine. Native to Asia, perhaps to Iran, roses eventually entered the pharmacopeia in Europe. Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine, prescribed rose flowers and oil for uterine disease, and the 10th-century Arab physician Avicenna used rose water as a medicine.
In our era, rose hips - the cherry-sized fruit of the rose - are prized as natural sources of vitamin C. Commission E studied rose petals, dried and collected prior to fully unfolding. Interestingly, Commission E concluded that rose hip preparations made from Rosa canina, a particular kind of rose also known as dog rose, are ineffective, and placed rose hips on its list of unapproved herbs.
Potential Health Benefits
Commission E recommends rose flowers - chiefly in the form of teas and mouthwash - as treatments for "mild inflammations of the oral and pharyngeal mucosa": sore throat. In traditional Asian medicine, rose flowers have been used to reduce sweating and treat coughs, uses that the commission didn't address.
Scientific Evidence
Clinical studies of rose petals are few; Commission E drew its conclusions from the long history of the rose in German medicine. Not all herbal authorities agree with the commission's dismissal of rose hips. The Canadian Medical Association Journal cites several studies in the 1970s using large doses of rose hip-derived vitamin C (up to 2,000 milligrams per day) to lessen the severity and duration of colds; however, if rose hips were the sole source of vitamin C, one would have to sip rose hip tea practically nonstop to get enough vitamin C just from the plant source. As for rose petals, their usefulness comes mainly from tannins, which give the flowers astringent properties.
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Directions
Take 1 capsule, 3 times daily, with meals.
Cautions
Roses appear to be as benign as they are beautiful. There are no known interactions with other drugs, or adverse side effects from rose flowers (or rose hips, for that matter).
Additional Information
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These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Products are intended to support general well being and are not intended to treat, diagnose, mitigate, prevent, or cure any condition or disease. If conditions persist, please seek advice from your medical doctor. The essence of the current American rule on Traditional Uses is, as stated by FTC, "Claims based on historical or traditional use should be substantiated by confirming scientific evidence, or should be presented in such a way that consumers understand that the sole basis for the claim is a history of use of the product for a particular purpose."
