Roses are edible, but not all roses are edible. Edible roses include pingyin rose, Turkish roses and bitter roses. Fresh-cut roses, which are often used as gifts, are inedible and contain toxins, which are harmful to health.
How to eat roses
1, rose tea: take a proper amount of roses and Anxi Tieguanyin tea and brew with boiling water. Rose tea has the effects of refreshing the brain, promoting qi circulation and relieving depression, and can also remove fat and stagnant things in our stomach and lose weight.
2. Rose syrup: Prepare 20 to 30 fresh roses, or use 10 to 15 dried roses, then add rock sugar and brew with boiling water. Drinking rose syrup can relieve female menstrual breast pain. This rose tea can also soothe the liver and relieve depression.
3, rose jasmine crystal sugar porridge: wash the rose and jasmine with clear water, soak the glutinous rice for half an hour, put the rose and jasmine, pour them all into the pot, add water to boil, cook on low heat, add a proper amount of crystal sugar after turning off the fire, melt and stir evenly, and sprinkle with rose petals.
Efficacy and Taboo of Eating Roses
Roses have many functions, especially for those who are in a bad mood, pale and even have dysmenorrhea during menstruation. Roses can be soaked in water to drink. Roses are rich in vitamins A, C, B, E and tannic acid, which can regulate endocrine disorders, relieve emotions, regulate qi and blood, beauty beauty and induce diuresis.
Rose tea may not be suitable for some people. It has astringent effect and is not suitable for constipation patients. But also has a strong role in promoting blood circulation. Therefore, women with large menstrual flow should not drink it to avoid increasing blood flow.