Rose

A mainstay of women’s health is sweet, cool, subtle, and slightly bitter, and has an affinity for the emotional heart.

All of these qualities balance Pitta, and rose gravitates towards blood-rakta dhatu, a tissue dominated by Pitta. A pitta pacifier in rakta dhatu curbs hot flashes, heavy bleeding, skin rashes, and headaches during the pitta time of the cycle. To target heavy periods, we may blend rose with other astringent and rakta-loving plants, such as a tea of Hibiscus and Rose.

There are so many herbal allies! Find recipes and more about using rose in my book, Everyday Ayurveda for Women’s Health.

Ayurvedic classifications of Rose:

taste: sweet, astringent, bitter
qualities: light, dry
actions: cools, moves energy down, calms nerves, reproductive tonic

Try it: Paired with hibiscus in herbal
infusions; rose hydrosol as a cooling face mist