Rose Water: Processing And Benefits

Rose water is believed to hold the oldest and most exciting health and beauty secrets in its delicate and intoxicating scent. Already in India and the Arab countries it was used as a basic remedy to rejuvenate the skin, for religious rites and also for meals.

All kinds of properties are attributed to rose water , mainly to soften and care for the skin. Therefore, today we want to show you how you can easily prepare a delicate rose water, so that you can use it on your skin.

General benefits of roses

An extensive study from 2011 analyzed the existing evidence on the different properties attributed to roses. Let’s see the benefits mentioned by natural medicine and if they have scientific support.

• Some studies indicate that roses would offer digestive benefits. Including rose petals in our meals would help us relieve constipation. We could, for example, use them in our salads, and even prepare a delicious rose tea.
• They would also have astringent properties. In fact, in natural medicine it is usually recommended to place a cloth soaked in rose infusion in the face of eye inflammation. The data in this regard are not conclusive.
• Roses may help sore throats. To do this, we should cook the fruit with boiling water, with seeds included, and then strain the content and drink two cups a day.
• Finally, the most famous benefit of roses would be to improve the appearance and smoothness of the skin, when applied in the form of rose water. To date, these properties have not been scientifically proven.

Rose water properties

• It would be anti-inflammatory and decongestant. The signs of tiredness would be alleviated by that tonic. If you used rose water in the morning, you would see how the bags under the eyes would lessen.
• It would ease the headache. Hence, it is advisable to place compresses moistened with rose water on the forehead.
• Its high content of vitamin C would be necessary to synthesize collagen, according to an article in Nutrients . In addition, this vitamin being an antioxidant would help us protect ourselves against free radicals that cause us to age.
• It would have a relaxing effect.
• According to popular folklore, it would smooth out blemishes, stretch marks, and wrinkles.
• It would prevent hair loss by improving blood flow and strengthening hair follicles.
• Thanks to its vitamin B, E, its tannins and its pectin, it would be an interesting tonic to clean our skin.
• It would have antibacterial and healing properties. 

Preparation of rose water

Ingredients

• ½ kg of rose petals.
• ½ liter of distilled water.
• A saucepan with its lid.
• A glass bottle with a hermetic closure.

Distilled water is best for making these topicals for skin and physical use. Also, you will have no problem finding it in supermarkets.

Preparation

• To start, select the rose petals. Red roses and red roses have the best fragrance.
• You will have to select half a kilo. It is a significant amount, hence you may need the help of other people to complete this amount.
• Next,  fill the saucepan with a pint of distilled water.
• Then add a pound of rose petals and put on high heat.
• This is the most important step. When you see that it starts to boil, lower the heat. The steam should not escape, because it is the steam that will contain the essential oils of the roses.

• Once you have lowered the intensity of the fire, keep it like that for another ten minutes, and then turn it off.
• Let it rest for an hour, as if it were an infusion.
• Once all the steam has dropped, pass all the contents through a filter, so that only the rose water remains.

Conservation

• Once we have the rose water ready, put it in the glass bottle, close it tightly and store it in the fridge.
• You can start using the rose water the next day.

Those who use it assure that the freshness of rose water serves as a tonic for your skin, to decongest, tone, heal … Although its health properties have not been scientifically proven, it is believed that it would be a simple and beneficial remedy.