The origin of the name of the rose is about the origin of the name of the rose. In Shuowen, there are: "The beauty of the rose lies in the stone, the beauty of the rose lies in the pearl, and the pearl is round"; There is also a saying in Sima Xiangru's Zi Xufu that "the stone is a red rose, a jade rose and a rose rose". Even after the rose became the name of the flower, China people did not have such a gentle explanation as westerners. Because there are sharp hedgehogs on the stems of roses, people in China regard them as "aristocrats" and call them "assassins". This "nobleness" of appreciation is very in line with the nature of roses. Mr. Chen Junyu, the only flower academician in China, said that roses are not delicate, but the requirements for growth conditions are very low, and they are barren, cold-resistant and drought-resistant. Many gardens even use climbing roses as flower fences directly, which is quite extensive in management. Roses are also good plants to protect soil and preserve water and soil. In addition, because of its fragrance, roses are also called "falling flowers"; Old Mu Yi withered with each new branch. If the new branch is moved, both will flourish, so it is also called "Li Nian Cao". Whether in The Assassin or Leaving Mother, Rose shows a peerless elegance hidden in tenacity, and is by no means a sad lady whose youth is perishable.

Pingyin rose has a long history of cultivation. According to historical records, it began in the Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,000 years. In the Tang Dynasty, sachets and sachets were made, and in the Ming Dynasty, flowers were used to make sauce, wine and tea. By the end of Qing dynasty, large-scale production had been formed. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the Continued Revision of Pingyin County Records contained: Zhi Zhu Ci said: "A thousand branches are born in a gap, just like red beans send acacia. Roses smell like the sea, just as the wine is ripe. " The local chronicles of Pingyin in the early years of the Republic of China recorded: "During the flower picking season in the 23rd year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, merchants from Beijing, Tianjin, Xu and Hebei gathered in Pingyin to buy flowers, with an annual income of 300,000 Jin, worth 5,200 yuan." Pingyin rose was in its heyday during this period. Later, due to the war, pingyin rose was greatly reduced. By 1949, the annual output of roses was only 15000 kg. In recent years, the scale of rose planting in Pingyin County has been expanding. 1994 The rose planting area in the county is only 1000 mu, which has increased rapidly since 2000. By 2005, the rose planting area in the county reached 35,000 mu, covering 1 1 towns. Due to the continuous promotion of scientific management technology and high-yield varieties, the rose yield in Pingyin County has also increased significantly, with the yield per mu increasing from 100 kg in the past to 400 kg at present, with the highest yield exceeding 500 kg.

The effect of roses is pungent, sweet and mild. Regulate qi, relieve depression, eliminate dampness and middle warmer, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Rose oil contains volatile oil * * * *, mainly including citronellol, nerol, eugenol, phenylethyl alcohol, nonyl alcohol, benzyl alcohol, linalool and phenylethyl acetate, as well as quercitrin, picrosin, tannin, gallic acid, carotene and red pigment. Used for disharmony between liver and stomach, epigastric pain, chest distress, nausea, anorexia or diarrhea; Women have irregular menstruation, traumatic injury, swelling and pain; Blood stasis bleeding, vomiting blood, hemoptysis; First carbuncle swelling or breast carbuncle.

In addition, roses also contain a variety of nutrients, which have a good effect on some facial diseases. Long-term use can completely eliminate acne and make facial panel smooth and tender, and has certain curative effect on facial chloasma.

Abdominal pain in chest and hypochondrium, nausea, loss of appetite, accompanied by Rhizoma Cyperi, Fructus Citri Sarcodactylis and Fructus Amomi.

Irregular menstruation, premenstrual pain and traumatic injury. The former is used together with Angelica sinensis, Chuanxiong rhizome and Paeonia lactiflora. For traumatic injury, it can be combined with Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Semen Persicae and Flos Carthami.

Promoting qi circulation to relieve depression, this product has the function of promoting qi circulation to relieve depression, and can be used to treat liver and stomach gas pain, chest tightness, abdominal distension, and headache due to liver wind. For example, "Herbal Rejuvenation" said: "Relieve the qi of liver and gallbladder, strengthen the spleen and reduce fire, treat abdominal cold pain, and accumulate cold in the stomach."

Blood stasis, this product enters qi and blood, which is not only a qi-regulating drug, but also a blood-activating drug. Its taste is sweet and moist, and it enters the liver to divide blood, so it can replenish blood and combine it. Its taste is slightly bitter, and bitterness can relieve stagnation and dissipate blood stasis. As we all know, roses have the functions of enriching blood, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Can be used for treating liver depression, hematemesis, hemoptysis, chronic wind arthralgia, menoxenia, dysmenorrhea, leukorrhagia, blood stasis, enteritis, diarrhea, breast pain, and initial toxic swelling and pain. "Test of Medicinal Properties" says: "* * * Rose * * can promote blood circulation, break accumulation, relieve pain by removing blood stasis, and soak it in wine."

Rose * * * The role of a * * beauty.

Rose beauty tea is a new generation of beauty tea, which has obvious freckle removing effect, skin care, anti-inflammatory and throat moistening characteristics. Drinking method: Take 4-5 roses and put them in a cup. These flowers float on the water. The soup is elegant in color and fragrance. It is an ideal drink for beauty and health care. Rose tea is mild in nature and suitable for both men and women. It has the effects of relieving mood, balancing endocrine, nourishing blood and benefiting qi, caring skin, regulating liver and stomach, relieving fatigue, improving physique, helping digestion and eliminating fat, so it can lose weight, and is most suitable for obese women due to endocrine disorders, regulating qi and blood, and regulating female physiological problems; The most important thing is its beauty effect. Regular drinking can remove the black spots on the panel, make the panel white and natural, and prevent wrinkles. Liver depression and qi stagnation, drinking more will help you lose weight. It has the effects of breast enhancement and menstruation regulation; It can also moisten the intestines and relieve constipation. Beauty beauty's best slimming product. Because rose tea has a strong fragrance, it has a good effect on treating halitosis, and it can also improve sleep after long-term drinking. Rose tea tastes fragrant and elegant, and has the best drinking effect after meals. Because roses have astringent effect, people with constipation should not drink too much; Pregnant women should avoid taking rose tea.

* * * II * * * Skin care value

Rose: Gesneriaceae. Each 100g rose contains about 3g of volatile oil, quercitrin, picrosin, fat, tannin and vitamins. Anti-aging and whitening.

Rose water is a derivative of distilled essential oil, which contains a lot of nutrient water-soluble substances in flowers and can adjust the panel well. Pure flower water dew is the flower water distilled for the first time, and the essence elements of plants are retained by the flower water itself.

Rose solid extract contains a special substance-rose tannic acid G, which is mainly used to fully activate the transporters on the cell membrane and quickly expel the pigment toxins and metabolic toxins from the cells. It has a good detoxification and beauty care effect.

Rose pulp mask Rose petals are filtered by harmful substances and pressed into flower pulp mask, which is rich in skin care nutrients and has the effects of anti-aging, moisturizing and nourishing.

Rose essential oil is used for whitening * * *, which is contraindicated for pregnant women. According to market research, the amount of rose essential oil has increased sharply, but beauty experts remind the public that pure concentration essential oil should be used under the guidance of professional beauticians.

* * * three * * * medicinal

Rose is a kind of high-grade perfume, which is made of floral aromatic oil. Flowers are used to invigorate qi and blood circulation, soothe the liver and relieve depression, and are mainly used to treat liver and stomach gas pain, anorexia and vomiting, irregular menstruation, iron injury and other diseases.

As an edible medicine, rose has been officially listed in Food Materia Medica. People often use roses and sugar to send boiling water, which is not only sweet and delicious, but also can promote qi and blood circulation. Soaking wine with roses can relax muscles, promote blood circulation and treat joint pain. Since ancient times, roses have been made into pure rose dew by distillation, with fragrant smell and remarkable curative effect. Compendium of Materia Medica says: "Roses are pure, fragrant and light in taste, which can calm the liver and replenish blood, nourish the stomach and broaden the chest, and dispel depression.

Antiviral effect: Rose extract has antiviral effect on HIV, leukemia virus and T-cell leukemia virus. Aristolochia longipedunculata and its neosinapine ⅰ can inhibit the reverse transcriptase of mouse leukemia virus cells.

Other effects: Rosa davurica can reduce LPO content in liver and kidney, suggesting that it may have anti-aging effect. Rose oil can promote bile secretion in rats. Rose decoction can alleviate the toxicity of oral potassium antimonate and make its anti-schistosomiasis effect disappear.

Promoting bile secretion: rose oil can promote bile secretion in rats; Rose has a certain protective effect on myocardial ischemia in experimental animals.

* * * Four * * psychological influences

Can calm the mood, especially when depressed, sad, jealous and hateful. Raise your mood and relieve tension and stress. It is obviously a very feminine essential oil, but it can make women feel positive about themselves.

* * * Five * * Physiological Effects

Rose is an excellent uterine tonic, which can calm the symptoms of premenstrual tension, promote the secretion of * * *, and regulate the menstrual cycle. It is quite helpful for infertility, frigidity and impotence.

Activate blood stasis circulation, reduce heart congestion and strengthen microvessels. You can balance and strengthen your stomach when you are depressed. Antibacterial and laxative functions, purifying digestive tract, and improving nausea, vomiting and constipation.

Relieve dysmenorrhea: drop 4 drops of rose essential oil and 4 drops of geranium essential oil into a basin of hot water, and apply a wet towel to the lower abdomen for half an hour to treat dysmenorrhea.

2 drops of rose essential oil, 2 drops of geranium essential oil and 5 ml of base oil can relieve dysmenorrhea by gently pressing the lower abdomen clockwise.

* * * Six * * medicated baths

20 12 rose medicated bath can treat facial diseases in three ways, including whole body bath, sitz bath and foot bath. When the patient uses it, it is also very simple, just put the dissolved medicine into a bathtub or bath bucket with adjusted water temperature and quantity, and then soak the body in water. Patients can gradually feel the changes in their bodies during bathing.

Treatment of climacteric syndrome: Rose bath can effectively promote blood circulation, improve hormone imbalance in the body, regulate menopausal physiological disorder and hormone secretion deficiency, and can be used as an auxiliary treatment of climacteric syndrome.

Treatment of dysmenorrhea and premenstrual syndrome: Rose bath relieves dysmenorrhea and regulates premenstrual syndrome with its refreshing fragrance. Such as: irregular menstruation, premenstrual swelling and pain. It can also be used for menopausal disorders with hormonal imbalance.

Treatment of panel relaxation and aging: Rose bath can be suitable for health care of known types of panels, especially for dry, hardened or sensitive panels of middle-aged and elderly people.

Treatment of facial inflammation: Rose bath can relieve facial inflammation to a certain extent, shrink microvessels and treat venule rupture.

Treatment of all kinds of pain: Rose bath can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and reduce swelling, and has curative effect on pain caused by various traumatic injuries.

On the next page, more rose health food recipes are introduced.