Rosa, Rose, Mei Gui Hua ็ซ็ฐ่ฑ Mei Gui Hua (TCM)Ward, Gulab (Unani)Se ba’i me tog เฝฆเฝบเผเฝเฝ เฝฒเผเฝเฝบเผเฝเฝผเฝ (Tibet) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Della Materia Medicinale Andrea Valuassori, 1562 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Rosa gallicaMedical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rosa centfoliaMedical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Rose buds used for tea and medicine Botanical name: Rose spp. Several varieties are used: 1. Gallic or Red Rose: R. gallica; 2. Damask Rose: R. damascena 3. Hundred-leaved Rose, Pale Rose: R. centifoliaTCM 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.In Tibetan Medicine, R. moschata (syn. R. brunoni), R. omeiensis and R. davurica are used. R. moschata is distilled in Himachal Pradesh for Rose water and otto, the flowers being used for Hot and Bile disorders as for the use of Rose in the West.. Parts used: Flower buds; Juice of the…
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