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TCM Treasures - Chinese rose
By Zhang Qian |
May 19, 2013, Sunday
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SIMPLIFIED Chinese: 月季 Pinyin: yuè jì
Yue ji - the Chinese rose - which represents romance and love, is also used in traditional Chinese medicine.
The Chinese rose often has more petals but a fainter fragrance than its Western counterpart.
The legend of yue ji in traditional Chinese medicine is a moral tale cherished by traditional Chinese culture. A beautiful girl from the Shennong Mountain, in Henan Province, turned down marriage proposes from rich nobles, instead marrying a boy who had cured her mother's long-term coughing problems.
She asked the boy about the magic medicine on their wedding night. The boy told her that it was made from yue ji. This was the family's secret recipe for curing coughs, and it could also treat gynaecological conditions.
Yue ji is a mildly "warm" herb that helps activate blood circulation, regulate menstruation, soothe liver, relieve depression, relieve inflammation, and detoxify. As well as relieving coughing, it is often prescribed to tackle gynaecological conditions such as irregular menstruation. It can also treat traumatic injury.
Drinking rose tea often can help benefit the skin and delay aging.
Yue ji and the Western rose belong to the Rosaceae family, offering similar benefits. The Western rose is also used to treat stomach and liver discomfort.
Prescriptions & Usage:
Chinese rose tea
Add boiling water to 10g rose petals.
Drink often as tea.
Benefits: Helps activate blood and energy circulation, nourish skin and treat irregular menstruation and painful menstruation.
Multiple flowers soup
Cook decoction with 10g roses, 10g angelica, 10g dan shen (root of red-rooted salvia) and 10g bai shao (root of herbaceous peony). Add brown sugar to sweeten.
Eat three doses 3-5 days before period.
Benefits: Relieves menstruation problems.
External use
Mash the rose petals and apply on the area of the wound.
Benefits: Helps treat traumatic injuries.
Yue ji - the Chinese rose - which represents romance and love, is also used in traditional Chinese medicine.
The Chinese rose often has more petals but a fainter fragrance than its Western counterpart.
The legend of yue ji in traditional Chinese medicine is a moral tale cherished by traditional Chinese culture. A beautiful girl from the Shennong Mountain, in Henan Province, turned down marriage proposes from rich nobles, instead marrying a boy who had cured her mother's long-term coughing problems.
She asked the boy about the magic medicine on their wedding night. The boy told her that it was made from yue ji. This was the family's secret recipe for curing coughs, and it could also treat gynaecological conditions.
Yue ji is a mildly "warm" herb that helps activate blood circulation, regulate menstruation, soothe liver, relieve depression, relieve inflammation, and detoxify. As well as relieving coughing, it is often prescribed to tackle gynaecological conditions such as irregular menstruation. It can also treat traumatic injury.
Drinking rose tea often can help benefit the skin and delay aging.
Yue ji and the Western rose belong to the Rosaceae family, offering similar benefits. The Western rose is also used to treat stomach and liver discomfort.
Prescriptions & Usage:
Chinese rose tea
Add boiling water to 10g rose petals.
Drink often as tea.
Benefits: Helps activate blood and energy circulation, nourish skin and treat irregular menstruation and painful menstruation.
Multiple flowers soup
Cook decoction with 10g roses, 10g angelica, 10g dan shen (root of red-rooted salvia) and 10g bai shao (root of herbaceous peony). Add brown sugar to sweeten.
Eat three doses 3-5 days before period.
Benefits: Relieves menstruation problems.
External use
Mash the rose petals and apply on the area of the wound.
Benefits: Helps treat traumatic injuries.
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