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Writer's pictureCynthia A. Barrington, BCHHP, CNHP

Health Benefits of Wild Rose

The rose is often associated with love but did you know it has wonderful health benefits for your physical heart, too? As you will see, there are many health benefits of wild rose.

Pink and White Wild Rose
Wild Rose

Energetics-Cooling/Drying

Taste-Sour (Astringent)


Plant Properties

  • Astringent

  • Analgesic

  • Nervine

  • Aphrodisiac

  • Antiinflammatory

  • Antioxidant

Plant Parts Used

  • Petals

  • Inner Bark

  • Leaves

  • Fruit (rose hips)

Plant Benefits

  • Bladder infections

  • Colds

  • Depression

  • Flu

  • Grief

  • Inflammation

  • Pain

  • Wounds

  • Lowers cholesterol

  • Inflamed and sore eyes

Plant Preparations

  • Food

  • Honey

  • Syrup

  • Tea

  • Tincture

  • Vinegar

Deep Pink Wild Rose
Wild Rose

Roses typically have 5 petals with stamens in a circular pattern in the middle. They range from white to deep pink and are aromatic. Because roses have been cross-bred and hybridized, they have lost most of their medicinal properties. Wild roses are your best bet to receive the most benefits possible. NEVER USE FLORIST ROSES OR ROSES SPRAYED WITH PESTICIDES FOR MEDICINE OR FOOD.


Studies have shown roses calm the autonomic nervous system. Rose oil has been shown to decrease breathing rate, blood oxygen saturation, and systolic blood pressure.


A tincture of rose petals has been shown to help people dealing with grief, sadness, and depression. It has been used to relieve post-traumatic stress syndrome as well as postpartum depression.


Roses have been used for bee stings, diarrhea, wound healing, and tissue toning (like when teeth become too loose it can tighten the gums); they relieve pain, decrease inflammation, help with premenstrual syndrome, and reduce ulcers and canker sores.


Rose hips have been shown to help with osteoarthritis by reducing pain in the hips and knees and by reducing C-reactive protein. They have also been shown to help with rheumatoid arthritis.


Roses are one more example of how God has put everything in nature that we need for our health.

And God said, Let the earth put forth [tender] vegetation: plants yielding seed and fruit trees yielding fruit whose seed is in itself, each according to its kind, upon the earth. And it was so. ~Genesis 1:11

Resources

  1. de la Foret, R. (2017). Alchemy of Herbs: Transform everyday ingredients into foods & remedies that heal. Hay House.

  2. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (2023, April 29). Rose. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved May 7, 2023, from https://www.britannica.com/plant/rose-plant

  3. Chevallier, A. (2016). Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine. DK/Penguin Random House.







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