Pure Essential Oils, Fragrance Oils, Carrier Oils / Fixed Oils
Herbal Extracts and Plant Extracts
Rose Oil
Obtained through advanced technology, contemporary Rose Oil ( Rose Otto / Rose Attar ) is of appreciably higher quality and biological value than the one obtained from ancient times until the second half of the 20th century.
Rose Oil History and Rose Oil Medical Application
Even in ancient times rose had wide medicinal applications. The ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans used it for treatment of: headache, migraine, ophthalmic diseases, tuberculosis, unhealing wounds, etc.
In ancient Egypt rose oil was one of the ingredients of embalming mixtures.
In his work ‘Natural History’, a sui generis encyclopaedia of the Nature in 37 volumes, the Roman scholar Plinius Secundus ( Pliny the Elder ) ( 23 B. C. - 79 B. C. ) listed 32 medicinal preparations that include roses.
The eminent Tadzhic physician and philosopher Avicenna ( 980 A. D. - 1037 A. D. ), was applying rose otto ( attar of rose petals ( rosa corollae )) in cases of persistent coughing, blood expectoration, tuberculosis, etc.
In Western Europe rose essential oil came into extensive medical use as late as at the turn of the 16th century. An indirect evidence in that respect is that rose oil is mentioned in Worms’ Pharmacopoeia published in 1582 A. D.
Contemporary medical science has unambiguously proved that rose oil possesses remarkably high biological activity by revealing anti-inflammatory, anti-serotonin, anti-microbial ( aseptic ), spasmolytic, laxative, cholagogic and choleretic action.
The healing properties of rose oil are to be mainly ascribed to the presence of non-saturated turpentine alcohols, i. e citronellol ( up to 50% ), geraniol ( up to 40% ). Contained in the yellow base of the petals, glycoside possesses tangible laxative action. In the traditional Bulgarian medicine rose petal preserve is used both as a helminthagogue ( deworming agent ) against Enterobius vermicularis ( pinworm ), Ascarides and an aperient ( mild laxative ).
Rose oil can be successfully applied in treatment of inflammatory processes in the bile and the biliary ducts, biliary dyskinesia, stomach-intestinal disorder, bronchial asthma of microbial origin, etc.
Inhalations with rose oil or rose water increase the body tonus, restore the vigor in cases of overexertion and nervous stress and exhaustion, remove headache, sedate the nervous system and simultaneously stimulate neuro-psychic activity by activating the reticular formation of the brain. Moreover, inhalations have anti-inflammatory, aseptic, and anti-allergic action in cases of inflammations on the upper respiratory tract ( bronchitis, bronchiectasis, bronchial asthma, etc. ). Rose oil inhalations are recommended in cases of rhinopharyngitis, tonsillitis, cold, coryza ( nasal cold ), influenza, etc.
A few
droplets of rose oil on a cotton swab inserted in the nostrils before sleep is a
traditional Bulgarian sleeping-draught.
Dripping a couple of droplets of rose oil in inflamed ears will quickly allay the ache.
Rubbing rose oil in the forehead has a tangibly favorable effect against persistent headache, migraine, insomnia ( sleeplessness ).
15 - 20 minute water baths with rose oil added have a pronounced roborant ( strength-giving ) effect achieving rapid recovery after physical and mental fatigue, nervous stress, headache, migraine, allergic conditions, upper respiratory tract inflammation, etc.
Pledgets with rose oil are an old traditional remedy against ophthalmia ( eye inflammation ), eruption of the skin, allergic rash, chafed and callous skin, unhealing or purulent ( festering ) wounds, skin burns, inflammatory edemas, varicose and decibitus ( bedsore ) ulcers, panaritium etc. In such medical cases rose oil potentiates the plastic force ( tissue formation ) and accelerates cutification ( skin regeneration ).
Rose oil, and its component eugenol in particular, is widely applied in treatment of parandotosis, periodontosis, dental caries, etc. For that reason rose oil is an indispensable ingredient in production of mouth washes and tooth pastes possessing gingiva ( gum )-healing properties.
In England as early as the turn of the 16th century rose water was commonly used in balsams for treatment of callous skin.
During the reign of Louis the 16th ( 1638 - 1715 ) rose oil and honey were basic ingredients in preparing the best cosmetic cremes. According to the French adage, “The rose oil bestows life to the skin”. Even now-a-days folk phytocosmetics extensively utilizes rose oil and rose water as indispensable ingredients in a wide range of cosmetic preparations.
Present day medicine has unequivocally ascertained that with its emollient ( softening ), analeptic ( toning ), and aseptic ( disinfecting ) properties rose oil and rose water have a remarkably favorable action upon the skin.
Following are only a few recipes using rose oil or rose water.
Cosmetic Mask for Any Type of Skin
Variant 1
50 ml of rose water or 5
droplets of rose oil ( one gram of rose oil equals 25 droplets ) diluted with 50 ml of
distilled water
20 g of rice flour or ground oat flakes
Mix the ingredients well and spread the preparation onto the face and the neck. Remove the mask after 30 minutes by rinsing the skin with tepid water. Subsequently, spread an appropriate cosmetic ointment onto the skin treated.
Variant 2
50 ml of rose water or 5
droplets of rose oil ( one gram of rose oil equals 25 droplets ) diluted with 50 ml of
distilled water
10 g of honey
10 g of oatmeal
Mix the ingredients well and spread the preparation onto the face and the neck. Remove the mask after 30 minutes by rinsing the skin with tepid water. Subsequently, spread an appropriate cosmetic ointment onto the skin treated.
Cosmetic Mask for / against Flaccid and Aging Skin
10
droplets of rose oil ( one gram of rose oil equals 25 droplets )
5 droplets of olive oil
5 grams of glycerin
One 2 ml ampoule of Vitamin C
One 5 ml ampoule of Vitamin D
Mix the ingredients well and spread the preparation onto the face and the neck. Remove the mask after 30 minutes by rinsing the skin with tepid water. Subsequently, spread an appropriate cosmetic ointment onto the skin treated.
Cosmetic Mask for / against Dry Skin
50 ml of
rose water or 1 g of rose oil diluted with 49 ml of distilled water
30 g of milk cream
Use wire whisker to blend the ingredients into homogeneity. Then the preparation is to spread onto affected skin surface.
Rose Oil as Renowned Perfume Ingredient
The Rose Essential Oil is a basic ingredient in renowned perfumes as: “Chanel +19”, “Ives Saint Loran”, Christian Dior’s “Diorelle”, “Jacky”, “Dalicim” of the Salvatore Dali series, etc.
By possessing aseptic, toning and refreshing action on the skin and simultaneously improving its blood circulation, water balance and metabolism, rose water reveals excellent cosmetic properties.
Those valuable qualities can be utilized through dabbing the face and the neck with a cotton swab imbued with rose water. With its inhibition on the growth of malignant bacteria, rose water can be used for everyday cleansing of any type of skin, even inflamed one.
10 g of
peeled almond kernels
100 ml of warm rose water or 2 g of rose oil diluted with 98 ml of distilled water
Fine grind the peeled almond kernels and pour in thin stream the rose water while stirring the mixture into homogeneity by a wire whisk. Finally, sift the mixture through a tea filter or a cheese cloth.
Rose water can be successfully utilized as eye wash in cases of eye strain and inflammation.
Rose Water Gargle ( Throat Wash )
Five to six times daily gargling with rose water or aqueous infusion of rose oil alleviates, or even cures, tooth ache, aphthae, gingival, oral or throat inflammations, husky voice, etc.
Rose water is particularly appropriate for skin disinfection after shaving. Simultaneously, it soothes and tones the skin.
Moderate sun and thermal burns are very well influenced after treatment of the affected areas with rose water.
50 ml of
rose water or 1 g of rose oil diluted with 49 ml of distilled water
50 ml of filtered cucumber juice
50 g glycerin
Mix the ingredients well and apply the preparation onto the affected skin by a cotton swab.
Rose water frictions will yield remarkably good results.
In severe acne cases a remarkably favorable effect is achieved if 4 or 5 times a day the affected skin area is treated with a cotton swab imbued with rose water.
Dry Skin Moistening and Make-up Removing Creme
85 g of
beeswax
100 ml of almond oil or olive oil
200 ml of rose water or 2 g of rose oil diluted with 198 ml of distilled water
Melt the beeswax in a double boiler. Add the almond or olive oil while stirring the mixture with a wire whisk. Finally, pour in thin stream preliminarily warmed rose water or rose oil solution without ceasing to stir until the preparation becomes homogeneous.
Creme for / against Callous Skin of the Hands
90 ml of
rose water or 1 g of rose oil diluted with 89 ml of distilled water
30 ml filtered lemon juice
30 g glycerin
Mix the ingredients well and apply the preparation onto the affected skin by a cotton swab.
Pore Inflection / Contracting Creme
150 ml of
rose water or 1 g of rose oil diluted with 149 ml of distilled water
100 ml of pure alcohol
1 ml of citric acid
Apply the homogenous preparation onto the affected skin by a cotton swab.
200 ml
rose water or 5 droplets of rose oil ( one gram of rose oil equals 25 droplets ) diluted
with 200 ml of distilled water
10 ml of pure alcohol or vodka
5 ml of rosemary or lavender oil
In the morning and in the evening cleanse the face with a cotton swab imbued with the lotion containing the above-mentioned ingredients.
Vapor Baths for Refreshing of Dehydrated Skin of the Face and the Neck
500 ml of rose water or 3 g of rose oil diluted with 497 ml of distilled water are to be set to boil. Expose your face to the vapors and cover your head with a towel.
Due to its exquisite and lasting odor, rose essence is extensively used for odorizing of public, business and living premises. That is being easily achieved either by attaching a small flask of rose essence to the final chamber of the air conditioning system or merely allowing the incoming processed air flow from the room air conditioner to envelop a vial of rose essence.
Another option is using a common odorizing device as electric diffuser that is being plugged in the power supply wall socket.