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Can roses be eaten?
Yes, you can.

Roses are the flowers of Rosa rugosa and Rosa rugosa. Rose and double petal rose belong to deciduous shrubs, which originated in northern China and are now cultivated all over the country.

Roses in full bloom have excellent ornamental effect, and buds in bud are still good medicine. Rose bud, a traditional Chinese medicine, has the effect of promoting qi circulation and blood circulation, and is often used for trauma, blood stasis, pain, indigestion, irregular menstruation and so on.

Roses also symbolize love, and are gifts given by lovers.

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Rose is a kind of rose in plant taxonomy. "Rose" is usually an alias for a series of cultivated varieties with large flowers. Rose has a long history of cultivation, which is produced in eastern Asia, mainly distributed in North China, Northwest China, Southwest China, Japan, Korea and other places, and is also widely planted in many other countries.

The fruit of rose is edible, sugar-free, and rich in vitamin C. It is often used in herbal tea, jam, jelly, fruit juice and bread, as well as Nyponsoppa and Rhodomel. In western literature, European roses Rosa gallica and Rosa ×alba have long symbolized beauty and love.

Roses are rich in sweetness and are the main additives in some foods and cosmetics. Roses are sweet and slightly bitter, slightly warm in nature, and enter the liver, spleen and stomach meridians; Aromatic dispersion; It has the effects of soothing the liver, relieving depression, promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation. Roses and whole grass have astringent taste, and can be used for menorrhagia, leucorrhea with red and white discharge, enteritis, dysentery and intestinal semihemorrhage.

Regulate qi to relieve depression, remove blood stasis and dissipate stagnation. Indications: liver and stomach pain, chronic wind arthralgia, hematemesis and hemoptysis, irregular menstruation, leucorrhea with red and white discharge, dysentery, breast abscess and toxic swelling.

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