Wow! Thanks for this keeper! And right now, my rugosa roses are blooming like gang-busters! Wahooo! Be well, Léna On Jun 6, 2012, at 2:20 PM, 123 456 wrote:
> I thought you might have an interest in this one. > L > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Maribel Todd <hari...@q.com> > Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 09:36:33 -0700 > Subject: [Crock_Lakhovsky] Healing Properties of the ROSE > To: crock_lakhov...@yahoogroups.com > > This lovely article was sent to me this morning. Well worth reading. > Maribel > > HEALING POWER OF > THE ROSE > > > > treats most dangerous diseases > > > > > > > 25th October 2004 > From Pravda.ru > > > Bacteria die within five minutes when contacted with fresh rose petals > > The Rose is an astonishingly beautiful flower which is why it is > poetized and immortalized in legends. Long ago, the first rose was > raised from an ordinary dog-rose; some unknown gardener did it about > four thousand years ago. > > Ancient doctors used rose water to treat upset nerves, fumed > patients suffering from lung diseases with rose incense and gave > extracts of rose petals to patients suffering from heart and kidney > diseases. > > Attar of roses is the basic medical component of roses; it > stimulates and harmonizes people's immune and nervous systems. It also > improves activity of endocrine glands, removes sclerous disorders in > organs and revives cells. Attar of roses is good for digestive tract > as it heals mucous membranes, fights disbacteriosis and fermentative > deficiency in stomach and intestine. > > Rose petals contain vitamin C, carotene, B group vitamins and > vitamin K that is essential for haemopoesis. Almost all mineral > substances of Mendeleyev's periodic table can be found in rose petals. > They contain calcium that influences metabolism and assimilation of > foodstuffs; also potassium which is important for normal heart > activity, copper that participates in haemopoesis and improves > activity of endocrine glands; iodine that is good for thyroid gland > can be also found in rose petals. The list of the rose's virtues is > long enough which allows to call rise a universal natural medicine. > > It is recommended to collect rose petals early in the morning when > the air is clean and humid, better after rain or abundant dew. > Blossomed out but not fading roses will do for collection of petals. > When collected, rose petals should be immediately dried or used for > treatment without washing to preserve their health-giving components. > Collected rose petals may be used for making extracts, decoctions, > rose water or attar of roses. > > Bacteria die within five minutes when contacted with fresh rose > petals which makes rose a perfect medicine for fighting skin diseases. > Fresh rose petals will help cure festering wounds and burns; they may > also alleviate allergic itching. > > Powder of dried rose petals mixed with honey is an effective > medicine against mouth inflammations, stomatitis and paradontose. The > mixture should be rubbed into inflamed gums. Headaches, sickness and > weakness can be cured with inhalation of roses and attar of roses. > Rose inhalations are also recommended to people with poor nervous > system, liable to neurosis and depressions. Put a bowl with hot water > and rose petals in the room in case you suffer from nervous diseases, > cold in the head, cough and flu. > > Attar of roses perfectly tones up the cardiac muscle: that is why > doctors prescribe rose inhalations for stenocardia treatment. A bath > with rose petals is a perfect remedy against nervous diseases: it > tones up, rejuvenates, relieves anxiety and purifies skin. Pour > boiling water over half a glass of rose petals and infuse in a closed > bowl to preserve attar of roses. Pour the infusion and the petals into > the bath; the infusion's healing power will be stronger if beetroot > juice is added to this bath. Never throw faded rose bunches away and > make curative baths of them. > > Spraying with rose water is recommended for treatment of many > diseases. Pour a glass of boiling water over 10g of rose petals and > infuse in a covered bowl. Everyday spraying within two weeks is > recommended to people suffering from nervous disorders. In this case, > spraying with warm rose water should be done on the upper third of the > back. Spraying with rose water is good for healthy people as well to > strengthen the nervous system and immunity. Apply rose water to skin > and slightly rub. Warm rose water bath for feet helps cure rheumatism; > hot compress with rose water applied to sacrum is good against > radiculitis. Wrap a bedsheet wetted with rose water round the body to > tone up the organism after a surgical operation. Then muffle up with a > dry bed-sheet and a blanket. > > Tea made of rose petals (a teaspoon of dried rose petals per glass > of boiling water) is good against cold, pharyngitis, bronchitis and > various neuroses; it is a vitaminous drink as well. Rose-petal jam is > a wonderful natural medicine especially in cold weather. > > If rose therapy is not available you may use dog-rose as its > characteristics are the same as of roses. Hips are to be collected > within the period late August to October when they are still hard. > Green hips will not do for drying as they contain fewer vitamins. > Fresh hips should be dried in the shade away from direct sunrays. > Better use a special dryer or an oven (at a temperature of 80-100 > degrees centigrade). > > The content of ascorbic acid in rose-hips is ten times more than in > blackcurrant, 50 times more than in lemon and 100 times more than in > apples. At that, the supply of vitamin C depends upon the area of > dog-rose vegetation. Hips collected in the north contain more vitamin > C than hips collected in the south. Hips grown in the mountains or > sunlit places contain more ascorbic acid than those grown in plains or > shaded areas. > > Dog-rose is called a natural concentrate of vitamins: besides > vitamin C it contains vitamins B1, B2, P, K and carotene. That is why > rose-hip extracts, decoctions and syrup are perfect medicine and > prophylactic against beri-beri and hypovitaminosis. To make rose-hip > extracts and infusions even more effective add some honey or lemon > juice before drinking. This is a unique medicine against cold, flu, > chronic bronchitis, lung diseases, stomach and duodenum ulcer and > others. If mixed with carrot juice, rose-hip extract will contain > almost all vitamins and minerals that people need. > > To make a healing beverage against cold, flu and bronchitis mix two > portions of dried rose-hips with one portion of dried nettle leaves. > Drink half a glass of the beverage twice a day with honey. > > Rose-hips are perfect surrogate of coffee: they are as aromatic and > tasty as coffee beans. Grind a teaspoon of dried and fried rose-hips > and pour a glass of boiling water over the powder. Let it brew for > some time, then drink with some milk and sugar. > > Boris Vasilyev, Doctor of Medical Science > > (Translated by Maria Gousseva) > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > > Unsubscribe: > <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html > > Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> > List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com> > >
