Red Rose Petals Rosa centifolia

Botanical Information

Common Names: Red Rose, Cabbage Rose

Botanical Name: Rosa centifolia

Family: Rosaceae

Description: Highly aromatic, many-petaled roses with lush, voluptuous blossoms. Known as the “hundred-petaled rose,” R. centifolia is deeply associated with beauty, devotion, grief healing, and heart-centered medicine.

History & Tradition

• Used in European, Middle Eastern, and Ayurvedic traditions for emotional healing and heart soothing.
• Symbol of love, purity, devotion, and the divine feminine.
• Rose petal infusions used for digestive comfort and gentle astringency.

Cultivation & Parts Used

Parts Used: Petals.

Growing Conditions: Prefers full sun, rich soil, and good airflow.

Collection: Petals gathered early in the morning when fragrance peaks.

Doctrine of Signatures

The layered, velvety petals reflect emotional complexity and heart unfolding. Thorny stems represent healthy boundaries paired with softness.

Medicinal & Energetic Properties

Constituents

Volatile oils (citronellol, geraniol), flavonoids, tannins, anthocyanins.

Actions

Astringent • Anti-inflammatory • Heart tonic • Nervine • Digestive soother • Mood uplifter.

Taste & Energetics

Taste: Floral, sweet, astringent

Energetics: Cooling • Moistening • Opening

Tissue States: Hot • Inflamed • Constricted (emotionally or physically)

Internal Uses

• Emotional heart healing: grief, heartbreak, agitation.
• Cooling digestive tonic for inflammation or tension.
• Hormonal and menstrual emotional balance.

Topical Uses

Used in skincare for redness, irritation, and dryness; rosewater is classic for cooling heat.

Combinations

• With Hawthorn for heart healing.
• With Lemon Balm for emotional soothing.

Homeopathic Remedy

Rosa centifolia minor remedy for emotional sensitivity.

Flower Essence

Softens emotional armor, opens the heart to love and beauty.

Essential Oil

Rich, precious oil used for emotional, spiritual, and skincare purposes.

Culinary Use

Petals used in teas, syrups, confections, and desserts.

Safety Notes

• Very safe; mild astringency may be drying for some.

This information is educational and not a substitute for medical advice.

Spiritual & Ritual Uses

Used for love magic, beauty rites, grief healing, heart-opening ceremonies.

Astroherbalism

Planetary Rulership: Venus

Zodiac: Taurus, Libra

Signature: Softening, beautifying, heart-opening.

Chakra Correspondence

Heart Chakra: Love, grief healing, emotional openness.

Cosmic Ray

Rose Pink Ray: Unconditional love and emotional healing.

Alchemy & Spagyrics

Salt (Body): Softening and cooling tissues.

Sulfur (Soul): Essence of beauty, love, devotion.

Mercury (Spirit): Gentle, uplifting harmony of the heart field.

Spagyric Purpose: To open, soothe, beautify, and harmonize the emotional body.

Magical & Spiritual Properties

Love • Beauty • Healing • Devotion • Emotional Opening

Tarot Correspondence

The Empress: Love, beauty, fertility, emotional nourishment.

Keywords: Heart Tonic • Love Medicine • Cooling • Beauty • Emotional Healing