Benefits of Rose Petals: Roses are most widely known for their aesthetic benefits and the fragrance of the flower that is sweet and soothing to the senses. Roses do much to enhance the beauty of any object or even person but it is also important to keep in mind that they do provide certain health related benefits. The high content of vitamin C, pectin, citric and malic acids combine very well to provide an all round assistance in a number of internal processes of the body. A few of the benefits that roses and rose petals provide to the human body include clearing the toxins and heat from the body – providing it with a certain cooling effect. Moreover, the ingestion of rose petals also helps relive a sore throat as well as a runny nose or even blocked bronchial tubes. It also hastens the elimination of waste through the kidneys while helping in the treatment of conditions like dysentery, gastroenteritis and diarrhea. Its characteristics of a laxative also make it very beneficial in treating a number of liver conditions that include sluggishness and constipation.