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Item Specifics:
0.5 mL (1/60th fluid oz.)
Rose Absolute
100% Pure Absolute/Otto
Imported from India.
Packaged in a
1 mL clear glass vial with a plastic stick insert
and clearly labeled for easy use.
The following information is for educational purposes only. This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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Rose has been highly regarded for thousands of years. This is one of the most expensive essential oils. Rose gives a sense of security and spiritual attunement. It keeps your heart open and connected to all things. It reduces anger andstrengthens liver function. In skin care it is important because of its astringent and antiseptic properties. And can be especially beneficial for Pitta type inflammations and skin allergies. |
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The Flower of Love
The hardy nature of the thorny rose bush and the flower’s magnificent beauty make it a horticulturalist’s dream. The genus Rosa has some 150 species spread around the globe, being cultivated in your grandmother’s backyard garden, in vast fields in Bulgaria’s Valley of Roses, and everywhere in between.
Roses have somewhat of a unique past, peppered with interesting stories and extravagant displays of affection. The flower’s association with devotion was perhaps most wonderfully expressed during the Roman empire, with banquet halls being carpeted with petals. Cleopatra once received her beloved Marc Antony in a room literally knee-deep in rose petals – how’s that for greeting? Roses are the unrivaled symbol of love, given dear ones through the ages as an affirmation of true affection. It’s no wonder the flower’s oil has great healing properties, both physically and emotionally, for the human heart.
Rose’s health Benefits
With it’s considerable therapeutic and aesthetic value, the ‘queen of the flowers’ had a special place in medicine and perfumery in the ancient civilizations of Persia, Egypt, India, Greece and Rome. The modern healing tradition of the extract of rose began in the 17 th century with the writings of English physician Nicholas Culpeper. The herbalist described the use of red roses to strengthen the heart, it’s cooling and astringent actions, and its effect on headaches and tired eyes. Perhaps inspiring it’s use as a beauty tonic ‘par-excellence’, he went on to suggest it’s use as a remedy for a variety of skin complaints.
In aromatherapy, the psychological effects are wondrous for those with a broken heart, or other emotional wounds. Rose oil calms and supports the heart center, inspiring a sense of happiness and well-being. When rejection or loss has injured one’s ability to love and nurture, either themselves or those around them, rose oil can bring sweet and gentle comfort and allow an emotional ‘re-opening’.
Use in Aromatherapy
It is the Bulgarian Damask rose, or Rosa Damacena, most often used in aromatherapy. The oil of this 36-petaled beauty is available in two forms: the ‘otto’, or true essential oil, and the ‘absolute’. Harvest of the flowers occurs in the early morning, before the sun’s rays has warmed away the aroma. Rose otto is made in a two step steam-distillation process; the first distillation yields an essential oil and a large amount of ‘rose water’. The water is again distilled, producing an oil which is combined with that from the first distillation.
The absolute is made with a different process entirely. Similar in a way to ‘effleurage’ (the pressing of petals in fat to produce an extract), the flowers are processed in a solvent, with a wax-like ‘concrete’ being produced. Through a second extraction of the concrete, rose absolute is yielded. This method is significantly more efficient than steam distillation, producing nearly 7 pounds of oil per 10,000 pounds of roses (distillation yields 1 pound oil per 10,000 pounds of roses), with a corresponding lower cost. Does one produce a better oil? There is certainly debate; while some argue that traces of solvent are likely to exist in the absolute, others claim the heat of distillation does not result in a true representation of the flower. And as with either method, the quality and effect of the oil varies greatly with the experience and care of the manufacturer – the answer truly lies with the individual and the application.
Using Rose Oil
Oil of rose can be utilized in a number of ways; it is very gentle, being suitable for use on the skin ‘neat’, in massage oil, and in a bath, as well as in a diffuser. As a perfume, the absolute can be worn directly on the skin – it’s ‘tenacious’ quality will have the aroma slowly released for many hours. For therapeutic use for the emotions, a dilution of 10% of otto or absolute in jojoba oil is often used, being massaged into the heart area – a diffuser is very effective for this purpose as well. The absolute or otto can also be added in small amounts to any skin cream, though using a home-made natural recipe is often the nicest. Rose water, or hydrosol, the water resulting from the distillation process of rose otto, can also be used directly on the skin, with it’s mild astringent and toning properties.
A rose and lavender facial cream can be made using the following recipe:
Melt ½ ounce of beeswax in 4 ounces of jojoba using a double boiler. Add 3 ounces of distilled water in a thin stream while stirring vigorously with a wire whisk. Remove from heat and continue stirring while adding 20 drops of rose oil (absolute or otto) and 15 drops of lavender. Allow to cool, then enjoy this wonderful homemade cream for sensitive skin.
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Please consult your health care provider before beginning use of any herb medicinally or therapeutically.
Remember, one drop goes a long way with therapeutic grade essential oils! Please dilute essential oils with a carrier oil (such as apricot oil, olive oil, sunflower oil, jojoba oil, coconut oil, hemp butter, sweet almond oil, or any other fixed oil) before using them directly on the skin!
General Safety Information for Essential Oils:
*Please, do not ever take any essential oils internally without consultation from a qualified aromatherapy practitioner or other health care practitioner.
*Do not apply undiluted essential oils, absolutes or other concentrated essences onto the skin unless directed to do so by a qualified health care or aromatherapy practitioner.
*If you are pregnant, epileptic, have liver damage, have cancer, or have any other medical problem, use oils only under the proper guidance of a qualified aromatherapy practitioner and any other healthcare practitioner/s you are seeing.
*Use extreme caution when using oils with children and give children only the gentlest oils at extremely low doses. It is always best to consult a qualified aromatherapy practitioner before using oils with children, and only use diluted essential oils when working with children.
*A skin patch test should be conducted before using any essential oil that you've never used before.
*Use care not to get essential oils in your eyes.
*If you need to clean up an essential oil spill, or apply too much essential oil, dilute the oil with a fixed vegetable oil before trying to wash it off (washing essential oils with water will only make them penetrate the skin faster—they must be diluted with a fixed oil, then wiped/washed off).
*Please use common sense! Discontinue use if any irritation or disease develops as a result of use.
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