Pink flos

Rosae flos, also known as rose petals, is a drug used in herbal medicines to treat mild inflammation of the mouth and throat mucosa(Commission E). Rose petals are used to extract rose oil. The quality of rose petals is specified in the German Pharmaceutical Codex (DAC).

The petals of the rose hip bush also belong to the Rosae flos

HMPC monograph: Traditional use: mild inflammation of the mouth and throat, mild inflammation of the skin

see also under Rosae pseudo-fructus cum fructibus

Rose flowers contain essential oil, including Nerol, L(-)-Citronellol, Geraniol and also tanning agents.

Rose petals have an astringent and anti-inflammatory effect.

Rosae flos is used for mild inflammation of the mucous membranes of the mouth and throat and as a massage oil during birth.

The daily dose of the drug is 1 to 2 g, each of which is added to 200 ml of water and consumed as tea.

There are no known adverse effects.

Allergy to any of the ingredients, children and adolescents under 12 years, allergy to any of the ingredients. no data for pregnancy and lactation.

There are no known interactions with other drugs.

1. Communications of the Commission E
2. Hermann PT et al (2014) In: Hunnius, Pharmaceutical Dictionary, De Gryuter GmbH, Berlin, Boston, p. 1565.
3. Schilcher H (2016) In: Leitfaden Phytotherapie, Urban & Fischer Verlag Munich, p. 272 f.
4. https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/hagebutte.php
5. https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/rose.php