Steinmetz:Rosa

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Rosa canina

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Rosaceae
English Names
  • Wild Dog Rose
  • Wild Brier
  • Hip Rose
Natural Habitat
  • throughout Europe (including Great Britain)
  • except Lapland and Finland; especially Hungary
  • Canary islands
  • Northern Africa
  • Persia
  • Siberia
Part(s) Used
  • Fructus Cynosbati = Fructus Rosae caninae
  • Semen cynosbati = Semen Rosae caninae
Constituent(s)
  • fruit: vitamin C
  • carotin (provitamin A)
  • citric acid
  • invert sugar
  • pectin
  • tannin
  • mycerin
  • fibrin
  • albumen
  • malic acid
  • citrates
  • malates
  • mineral salts
  • gum; seed: fatty oil
  • albumen
  • organic acids
  • invert sugar
Action
  • fruit
  • seed: diuretic
  • astringent
  • antiscorbutic; the roasted seeds are used as substitute for coffee. Fungus Cynosbati (containing tannin) is employed against urinary disorders



Rosa centifolia

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Rosaceae
English Names
  • Cabbage Rose
  • Hundred-leaved Rose
  • Pale Rose
  • Provence Rose
Natural Habitat
  • Europe (including Great Britain)
  • Persia
  • temperate and subtropical countries
Part(s) Used
  • Petala Rosae centifoliae = Flores Rosae pallidae v, incarnatae
Constituent(s)
  • essential oil
  • fixed oil
  • colouring matter
  • malic acid
  • tartaric acid
  • tannin
  • resin
  • sugar
Action
  • aperient
  • nervine
  • astringent; much employed for making rose-water

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Rosa gallica

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Rosaceae
English Names
  • Red Rose
  • Damask Rose
  • Portland Rose
  • Persian Rose
  • French Rose
Natural Habitat
  • all over the world (mainly Bulgaria and temperate countries)
  • Turkey
  • Northern Persia
Part(s) Used
  • Petala Rosae gallicae = Flores Rosae rubrae
  • Oleum Rosae (mainly obtained from Rosa damascena)
Constituent(s)
  • volatile oil
  • colouring matter
  • resin
  • fat
  • malic acid
  • tannic acid
  • tartaric acid
  • sugar
  • mucilage
  • salts
  • glucose
  • quercitannic acid
Action
  • flower: heart-tonic
  • stomachic
  • astringent
  • carminative
  • refrigerant
  • nervine
  • aperient

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Rosa moschata

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Rosaceae
English Names
  • Musk Rose
Natural Habitat
  • Northern Persia
  • Himalayas
  • India
Action
  • flower: aphrodisiac
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