The roses around us are different shapes and types, bright colors that attract the beholder and dazzle the eyes, and their smells are aromatic and irresistible. Everyone is captivated by its beauty. We often find roses decorating our homes or some public places or gardens. But there are other benefits to it. , Or extract rose water from them.
Benefits of rose water
Rose water is a liquid extracted from the petals of roses, and we can say that it is one of the substances that appear beside the rose oil (which enters the composition of perfume) during the process of production, and rose water has many benefits and uses, as follows:
- It is used to give a delicious and unique flavor to many recipes and sweets, because of its distinctive color and taste.
- Rose water is one of the most useful things for the skin, as it works to solve many of its problems, such as: acne, dry skin, and the expansion of pores, and sensitivity of the skin.
- It is often used to whiten skin.
- Enter into the installation of a lot of cosmetics, skin care, facial lotion, soap your skin.
- Very effective in treating skin infections such as eczema.
- Useful in the treatment of mosquito bites.
- Compresses it to the eye, for its effectiveness in the treatment of tiredness and fatigue of the eye.
How to make rose water?
Rose water is available in the market, and it is found in many shops and perfume shops, but sometimes it may be adulterated and unsuitable for use, which requires learning how to make it at home; it is not difficult; there are two ways to make it as follows :
Distillation of roses
We need eight roses in a good state of any kind of roses, two liters of water, and roses to be in good condition prefer picking them early in the morning or in the evening, because at these times are at their best.
It is manufactured by:
- The leaves are taken out and the dry leaves are removed from the roses.
- Put the water in a bowl and then put it on the fire and leave it to boil.
- After boiling the water is poured on the roses leaves in a bowl, and then close the container and leave it until it completely cools.
- Filter the water from the paper, place it in a container, and then place it in the refrigerator.
Soak the roses
In this way, the leaves are placed in a bottle so that they cover the middle. The boiling water should then be poured over the remaining area. The bottle is then stirred and stirred several times, so that the boiling water is mixed with the leaves, leaving the bottle for three days. And after the third day the water is filtered out of the leaves and placed in a suitable bottle in the refrigerator to be ready for use.