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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Felter's Materia Medica on Aqua RosÆ

AQUA ROSÆ
   Rose Water. Stronger Rose Water mixed with an equal part of distilled water, immediately before dispensing. Description.—A clear aqueous preparation having the pleasant odor of roses. [Stronger Rose Water is a saturated, aqueous distillate from the flowers of the hundred-leaved rose (Rosa centifolia, Linné, Nat. Ord. Rosaceae). It is colorless and should have only the odor and taste of fresh rose petals.] Action and Therapy.—External. A cooling, non-irritating and slightly astringent collyriu...1


References

1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.