Witnessed by: TCM · Unani
Cherokee rose (Rosa laevigata), of the Rosaceae family. Vigorous evergreen climbing rose with fierce hooked thorns and white flowers; native range: southern and central China; naturalised in the American south-east, whence its English name. Globally recognized as jin ying zi (金櫻子) in Chinese, ward (ورد) in Arabic, and Cherokee rose hip in English. The part used is the ripe fruit (hip). Bristly orange-red hips shaped like a small vase, sour and astringent with a sweetish pulp.
In this cross-tradition database, we analyze how this substance operates across world medicine systems — tracking its traditional tastes, temperatures, tissue affinities, post-digestive effects, and planetary correspondences across Ayurveda, Unani, and Western herbalism.
CHEROKEE ROSE
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- Cherokee rose
- Scientific name
- Rosa laevigata Michx.
- Family
- Rosaceae
Form
- Part used
- the ripe fruit (hip)
PROPERTIES
Nature
Taste
how the plant declares itself on the tongue
- TCM
- sour · sweet · astringent
- Unani
- sour · astringent
Temperature
- TCM
- neutral
- Unani
- cold & dry (1st degree)
Affinity
where in the body it travels
Organs / channels
- TCM
- Kidney · Bladder · Large Intestine
- Unani
- stomach · intestines · kidneys
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- TCM
- stabilises the Kidney and binds the essence (jing), secures the Bladder and reduces urination, binds the Intestines to stop chronic diarrhoea, and astringes abnormal discharge
- Unani
- qabiz (astringent), muqawwi-e-meda (stomach tonic), habis (checks discharges)
Cautions
- Contraindications
- excess heat or fire and acute damp-heat dysentery; not where there is stagnation to be cleared
- Toxicity
- few reported
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